The stats don’t paint Cedi Osman as an impact player. In fact, they paint him as a negative-impact player. I don’t watch enough Cavaliers games to form my own opinions (nobody would willingly subject themselves to such inhumane torment), but I’m very good at putting blind faith in advanced stats when they match my preconceived…
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Larry Nance Jr. 19 Points Full Highlights (3/4/2020)
Man, ever since he left the Lakers, it’s like pulling teeth to get people excited for Larry Nance Jr. Even with the Lakers, the hype for him was surprisingly low considering that he was on the Lakers (which is usually all you have to get hyped to the moon and beyond) and he could dunk…
Read MoreLarry Nance Jr. 16 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (3/2/2020)
Despite this video acting as conclusive proof that Larry Nance Jr. is a better passer than Collin Sexton will ever be (ever), I predict that its view count will be rather low. And if people knew how lame the assists in it were, the views would be lower still. I was worried that all of…
Read MoreMatthew Dellavedova 12 Points Full Highlights (2/26/2020)
This season has been quite a fall from grace for the former Finals MVP Matthew Dellavedova. Yes, I know that technically, Dellavedova did not get enough votes to win Finals MVP. But that’s only because the voters were blinded by star power and failed to see who the real catalyst of the Cavaliers was. He…
Read MoreKevin Porter Career High 30 Points Full Highlights (2/24/2020)
I’m thinking that right now, right at this very moment, Cavaliers fans are happy for the first time this season. Like, legitimately happy. A happiness that is more than just the absence of frustration. A pure, true happiness. If Cavaliers fans come to this video (and I’m sure a lot of them will come to…
Read MoreCedi Osman 19 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (2/22/2020)
Well, John Beilein is out in Cleveland. That’s a relief for me because I have never heard Beilein’s name pronounced out loud (presumably it was said during college basketball broadcasts back when he was coaching at Michigan, but I don’t watch college basketball), so internally, I was pronouncing it all sorts of weird ways. “Bay-lean”,…
Read MoreKevin Porter 18 Points Full Highlights (2/12/2020)
Haters who direct their hate towards Kevin Porter Jr. would do well to realize that Porter is still only 19 years old, with only 8 players in the NBA who are younger. If haters want their hater status temporarily revoked, they have to name those 8 players without consulting any reference material. Personally, I came…
Read MoreLarry Nance Jr. Career High 23 Points Full Highlights (2/12/2020)
I would like to reiterate my astonishment that Larry Nance Jr., who isn’t even that bad of an offensive player, only has a career-high of 23 points. It just doesn’t seem possible that this dude, who can score in a bunch of different ways and has been in the league for half a decade now,…
Read MoreTristan Thompson 27 Points/6 Dunks/3 Threes Full Highlights (2/12/2020)
I had previously held the opinion that Tristan Thompson and new arrival Andre Drummond would not be able to coexist due to their dramatically overlapping skillsets. Both of them are primarily inside operators whose value comes from tenacious rebounding and lots of hustle points inside. Neither is known as an especially skilled scorer from outside…
Read MoreKevin Porter 17 Points Full Highlights (2/9/2020)
Tonight was the first game of the “Andre Drummond” era of Cleveland Cavaliers basketball. I can think of some other eras of Cleveland Cavaliers basketball that might have had more potential for success than this one, but it is, definitely a whole new era. And, following in the trend of the Andre Drummond era of…
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