bgrep14 wrote:jbk1234 wrote:tidho wrote:
Yeah in the regular season when the team can afford to keep minutes low enough that they're staggered more often than not so they don't get absolutely abused defensively.
In the playoffs they're just two really skilled offensive talents that get bullied into being less effective while providing the opposition with switch targets on the other end. Could be wrong though, has only happened three years in a row.
I'm talking about in the playoffs. Neither Mitchell nor Garland has shown they can win without the other against good competition which is where the prevailing narrative about defense being the problem kind of takes a hit.
They haven’t shown they can win meaningful basketball with eachother for 3 years. No clue where you’re getting a nightmare for opposing defenses unless you’re referring to the regular season. Cavs have been bullied out 3 years in a row by Indy, Celtics, and Knicks. This won’t change until they get bigger and stronger and this all starts with moving Garland for someone bigger.
Garland was responsible for our only win against the Knicks. Garland and Mitchell were on the court when we won game 2 against the Celtics (then Mitchell got hurt). Garland's first game back against the Pacers was our only win against them (and that was with Garland trying to play on one foot).
The reality is that when Mitchell feels like he has to do it all on offense, things get choppy, Mobley tends to disappear from the offense, and Mitchell's defense drops off a cliff due to fatigue. It's why that JR poster keeps trying Mitchell (also a mistake).
None of our core guys were responsible for Ty Jerome having a truly awful series. He was our big injury insurance card and the claim got denied.
