Live Thread: Cavs vs. Hawks (take 2)
2018-10-30
Larry Drew makes his debut tonight as the acting interim coach voice of the Cavs. Sam Dekker looks to start at power forward in Kevin Love’s absense again. Look for the Cavs to play hard after being embarrassed by the Hawks last week. And with this being a chance to silence some of the noise, and to get a win before playing the Nuggets and going on the road for two games.
It’s not hard to imagine that Larry Drew is coaching for a contract tonight, and that a bad showing might leave him out in the cold.
Let’s hope he comes through and this team starts playing better basketball.
One t hing to worry about: Huey, Luey, and Drewy.
Love out a couple of weeks and possibly longer if surgery is needed. Wow.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25130125/kevin-love-cleveland-cavaliers-miss-weeks-painful-toe-injury
Man…If we can just beat boston a lot this year…it will be a victory
Yeah…whatever happens with the coaching situation, I hope our new coach is at least as candid as Larry Drew. He is just a level above Lue in terms of understanding how to create a vision that guys can buy into. Lue will get another opportunity. He won a title and went to the finals mulyiple times…not every organization is smart enough to discount him as a beneficiary of LeBron Raymone James.
Actually…the more i think about it…the more i like Larry Drew for at least a couple years with this current group. He has the characteristics of a coach i want: 1. He wants to be unpredictable on not just the offensive end, but the defensive end. This honestly is my number one desire after experiencing Tye Lebron for 3 years. Give me more. He wants to communicate consistently, not once before the game and then never again until the next practice. 2. His desire is for the cavs to play with pace…but for reasons that make sense. He doesn’t want… Read more »
Agree. Drew is off to a good start.
Can’t understand why the cavs would muck up morale by not giving drew a better contract. It’s not like they’re opposed to paying coaches not to coach if they change their mind this summer. #alwayspaythreecoaches
Cavs are closer to the 8th seed than the Lakers are at the moment.
Bahaha comment of the day
Stats for those who do not want to look at a box score.
Play, Min, Pts/Reb/Ast/Stl/Blk, TO, FG/FT/3
Hood, 30, 26/1/3/3/0, 1, 9-13/4-6/4-4
Cedi, 33, 20/5/3/1/0, 5, 5-11/7-9/3-5
Hill, 20, 17/2/3/1/0, 1, 6-8/3-3/2-2
Sexton, 27, 17/8/3/0/1, 3, 4-10/8-9/1-2
Clarkson, 27, 15/2/1/1/0, 1, 7-15/x/1-5
Dekker, 28, 12/9/4/3/0, 0, 4-6/2-2/2-2
TT, 29, 11/13/3/4/0, 1, 4-9/3-6/x
Nance, 16, 9/1/3/0/0, 0, 3-8/3-4/x
The Larry Drew press conference is so refreshing vs listening to Ty Lue…. its 1 win but they looked like professionals tonight at least.
STILL THINK IT IS PREMATURE TO OFFER “THE VOICE ” A LONG TERM CONTRACT—LET’S PLAY IT OUT FOR AWHILE ———–SEE WHAT TRANSPIRES
I dont think it works like that. Drew is ubder no obligation to act as head coach under his current contract. My thought is he will end up with a renegotiated 1 year deal for an extra couple million with the understanding he will get an interview for the job next summer.
Yeah, I imagine they can placate him with more money, and that’s how it’ll most likely play out…
I hope he bleeds Gilbert and his puppet GM dry.
The Cavs have as many wins as the Houston Rockets and the Washington Wizards!! Everything is fine folks!
Wow!
YEAH EVIL FORGOT ABOUT THAT MAGICAL 23 ASSISTS —HOPE THERE ARE MORE NIGHTS LIKE THAT —–WILL BE SETTLING IN WITH AN ADULT BEVERAGE (OR 2) AND WATCH THE REPLAY @ MIDNIGHT
Drew needs to be given the head coaching job.. let him know it’s his to lose., and get out of the way. this interim stuff is a very sad dynamic, and quite petty..
Just shoot straight with him.
1) Pay him like a HC this year
2) If it goes well, we will make a longer term deal. If not, not.
That’s how it usually works.
Raps just took it to Sixers tonight… forced Simmons into a triple double… 11 points, 10 assists 11 turnovers…
AGREE WITH NATE —(TY WANTED OUT )—-AND STILL GET PAID——LONGO DON’T YOU WANT TO BE WITH YOUR BUD
Pistons just threw away a chance to tie in the Garden…
So happy with so many things this game.
Almost every player really showed what they are capable of this year. Now the Voice has to make sure he keeps using them in ways to complement each other.
So much more often tonight I looked at the court and our lineups actually seemed to match what we needed in ffbe situation.
…in *the* situation.
Honestly, i think Ty just didn’t want to be here anymore since 2017.
Possibly…
Could explain players being so seemingly lost and unprepared for a lot of things.
Thats been a 3 year long problem
Cavs assists:
4: Dekker
3: Hill, Sexton, Cedi, Hood, TT, Nance.
1: Clarkson
7 guys with 3 or more.
Very spurs-like stat
The Voice is just a candid dude…
Looking forward to seeing it when it posts on the mother site….
Sounds like drew is just a straight shooter.
Thanks for the link!!! Focused with the right priorities
Even the press conference is night and day…
Man, the Rockets stink…they desperately, desperately need an elite 3 and D wing like Rodney Hood…he could be their Ariza replacement…
They are awful without Harden…
Melo does not help win games either.
Like LA & OKC, if they screw around & fall too far behind #8, catching up could be hard out West.
Cavs 2 games out of 8th!
Roster is so top heavy after those 3….they need to panic trade soon…would they be a suitor for JR or Korver? Could take on Brandon Knight’s bad money if they can’t get Butler.
I assume Miami and Houston will be making moves soon…as will the Wiz…BLOW IT UP!!!
Excited to hear The Voice in his first post game presser this year…
Free throw disparity was glaring… 11-17 for Hawks, 33-43 for Cavs…
Good slashing.
Cavs hit that magical #23 assists…
I guess the halftime adjustments actually worked this time…
ahem…actually happened this time…
So true…
I guess Larry did not have to look at the tape.
Buck said 3 wins by January. let’s see how this energized group down here on out.
i am hoping for better.. we shall see.. though sample size is small, data suggests drew should make a difference.. if they stop playing like a 3-40 team, i will acknowledge it… tonight was a start.. but certain (currently improbable) things need to happen.. like hood finding his shot.. as the facts change, i will, accordingly, change my view.. i learned the fine art trend-following from mr market.. as the trend changes, i will jump on-board.. i don’t mind missing the bottom and paying a premium..
if this win was against toronto, it would have been a tad more impressive.. but honor is due (can you name the film that phrase comes from? it’s a good one)
Not without Googling it 😁
This was an energized group. I hope it continues and once Love is back, he’s used correctly.
Seven guys in double figures…. Cedi with a huge statement in the 2nd half after a rough few games.
That is how we have to do it, collectively.
We have a lot of 12-18 ppg types but not a 25 ppg type (save perhaps Love, who was out a month): Hill, Hood, Cedi, Sexton, & Clarkson. TT, Nance, Korver, & Dekker can get you 6-10.
yes, they must play like musketeers
Hood with great interview… Driving home the point about sharing the ball.
anybody think Larry Drew gets a 2 year contract after tonight? this exact same thing happened last year when he coached for Lue. He played Nance and Cedi a lot and we had flow for the first time all year.
I hope he does not.
Hope not. That would be a bit premature.
Though I will say I think he is a far far better in game coach than Lue.
Agreed.
I hope not as well. but what happens if he goes 8-1 or something over the next stretch like he did last year. Hard to argue the players don’t play for him.
YEAH YOUNG BULL ALMOST WITH A DOUBLE / DOUBLE——CAVS 2 / 3 PT SHOTS AWAY—-( SEXTON 17—HILL 17 PTS —FROM HAVING 4 / 20 PT SCORERS —–
Young is Atlanta’s best player… That’s scary for them.
Untrue. Collins is good but still hurt.
Yep. The 4 spot would have been an issue with Collins out there.
Collins is for sure a legit NBA player….could easily be starting big on a playoff/contending team one day.
Bazemore. Young has only been their best player against us. That is two out of seven games. The rest he has been awful to mediocre.
DID THEY HAVE A LOCKED UP BUDWIESER REFRIG —-TO UNLOCK AND HAND OUT FREE BEER –1ST “W”
play of the game was probably Hood’s facial of Len. that set a tone we haven’t had yet this year.
Agreed…. Especially for him
Yep. Hood’s confidence went way up after that & he drilled a 3 the next time down.
Great point!
Absolutely
Sexton had 8 boards…4 offensive.
Cool. They beat a team they should beat. That is a major step in the right direction. Blowout is icing.
Finally. Glad the team got their first W. I’m sure the guys needed to that.
THE VOICE
Give Larry Drew a 10 year deal!!!
Hahaha nice.
Sexton midrange money!!!!!
Sexton needs to work on his handle.
Noticed in the first few games it was pretty darn losses for a slashing pg.
Loose
Easy to improve with practice
Zizic has to play. Why did we pick up his option if he’s going to be glued to the bench?
tt was so good defensively it was tough to find mins. He could have taken some of nance’s actually
Yeah TT got his sh!t together after the first quarter
Nwaba nice dump off! Great passing sexton and dekker!
YES HOOD’S SHOT IS “PURE –VELVET “—NEEDS TO HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE TO ” JACK IT UP ” !!
Nice to see the Cavs get a win and return the favor… and without Love even…
Nwaba be strong with ball!
That Hill, Clarkson, Hood, Cedi, TT lineup is not bad. Pretty athletic. Cedi as a small 4.
Don’t be fooled by one game lol.
Yeah, I hate Sexton/Clarkson together, so I might not hate this as a starting lineup.