Jose Calderon is experiencing an unexpected career revival in Cleveland. After spending last season as a seldom-used third-stringer for the Lakers and Hawks, he’s seen a small uptick in minutes and a larger uptick in overall scoring efficiency. Just like Kobe and Dirk would go to Europe in the off-season to get special “European treatments”…
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Jordan Clarkson 23 Points Full Highlights (3/30/2018)
If the Cavaliers make the Finals again, I’m not going to be down with that. Why even play the season if LeBron is just going to make it no matter what random assortment of players is surrounding him? No, this is the year I want some change. Something different. I can’t even tell if they’re…
Read MoreJ.R. Smith 19 Points Full Highlights (3/28/2018)
“Hey, I just realized, you play for the Cavaliers, right?” J.R. Smith’s waiter said as he set the basketball player’s food down in front of him. “Yeah, that’s me,” J.R. replied, easily adopting the joking, friendly attitude that he reserved for fans. “When you didn’t recognize me right away I thought I would finally get…
Read MoreGeorge Hill 22 Points Full Highlights (3/21/2018)
George Hill was 10-of-11 from the field in this game. Great! I love it when players score efficiently. He also had zero assists, but I honestly don’t know whether that’s great or not great. He’s always been a point guard in name only, stretching the limit of how little a point guard can care about…
Read MoreJordan Clarkson 23 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (3/13/2018)
Jordan Clarkson has been as advertised since coming to the Cavaliers. If I had to guess, I’d say that Cavs fans were expecting a lot more than that because of all the extremely highlight-y highlights they watched (Clarkson has some of the highlightiest highlights in the league in my opinion), but they didn’t get to…
Read MoreKyle Korver 22 Points Full Highlights (3/13/2018)
Whatever’s wrong with the Cavaliers, I don’t think Kyle Korver being inserted into the starting lineup will solve their problems. At best, it partially solves their “J.R. Smith” problem, which involves J.R. Smith being total booty all of the time and reacting to getting called out on his booty-ness by throwing soup at people. That…
Read MoreAnte Zizic 15 Points Full Highlights (3/11/2018)
Prior to tonight, Ante Zizic had put together a solid (for him) run of games: 6, 5, and 4 points in the last three. But nothing could have prepared us for what we saw tonight. 15 points, 7 made shots, 2 blocks, all accumulated by Zizic in a mere 20 minutes as the stunned ESPN…
Read MoreCedi Osman 12 Points Full Highlights (3/5/2018)
Cedi Osman was rewarded for his relatively strong play in his string of nine starts by…getting benched for Rodney Hood against the Pistons. Here come some DTB truth nukes dropped right on your doorstep: if we’re being real, Hood is better than Osman. Hood has a way bigger chance to score twenty or even thirty…
Read MoreLarry Nance Jr. Career High 22 Points Full Highlights (3/5/2018)
Am I supposed to be feeling some sort of deep connection with the spirit of Cavaliers past after seeing Larry Nance Jr. score a career high in the same arena where his dad was an All-Star? Because I’m not. I’m feeling like this was a great game for Nance, but that’s about it. I’ll leave…
Read MoreJ.R. Smith 19 Points Full Highlights (3/3/2018)
An hour before their scheduled team practice, Cavaliers assistant coach Damon Jones cautiously approached J.R. Smith in the locker room. “Hey J.R. What’s up?” J.R. carefully slurped his spoonful of piping-hot chicken noodle soup before answering. It had just been taken out of an extra-long cycle in the microwave, so he had to be very…
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