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Re: 2025-26 Off-Season 

Post#461 » by JujitsuFlip » Wed Oct 15, 2025 1:37 am

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toooskies wrote:Seeing lots of fun stuff from Ball tonight. Lots of super-early passes that guys aren’t expecting yet.


If this is what we get from Lonzo... just sees every opening in transition and semi-transition
That 2021-22 Bulls team before all the injuries was fun. Not sure if stats back it though.

They were the #1 seed in the East through 60 games, i did just look that up.
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Re: 2025-26 Off-Season 

Post#462 » by JujitsuFlip » Wed Oct 15, 2025 1:48 am

Sucks that Hunter picked up a right knee contusion in this game, hopefully he's ready in 1 week.
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Re: 2025-26 Off-Season 

Post#463 » by jbk1234 » Wed Oct 15, 2025 2:45 am

Ball's best game by a mile. Merrill matters especially against a team like Pistons that's so aggressive on defense they have problems staying home. Mobley didn't look particularly comfortable with how physical the game was being played. Hopefully, that's a bridge he crosses this season.
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Jarret Allen isn’t winning you anything. Garland won’t show up in the playoffs. Mobley is a glorified dunk man. Mitchell has some experience but is a liability on defense. To me, the Cavs are a treadmill team.
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Re: 2025-26 Off-Season 

Post#464 » by toooskies » Wed Oct 15, 2025 3:58 pm

Very good Dean Wade game too. 15 points, doing stuff besides shooting 3s, and while he missed a couple bunnies at the rim, he got the basket after the rebound twice. A lot of that is how well Ball got the bench offense flowing.

Bad offensive night for Mobley-- most shots on the team, but eighth in points. 5 assists though. Great defensive night for him too.
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Re: 2025-26 Off-Season 

Post#466 » by JujitsuFlip » Yesterday 2:41 pm

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/282354/Cavaliers-Waive-Darius-Brown-II

And now the final E10 player has been waived.

I understand them not wanting to fill spot 15, for financial reasons but they should fill the final two-way spot, it has zero cap implications.
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Re: 2025-26 Off-Season 

Post#467 » by ijspeelman » Today 9:18 pm

So what if Jaylon Tyson is just actually good? Meaning he plays real NBA minutes and hits his threes, makes good cuts, gives the extra pass, and plays good on and off-ball D.

Would he just take the Dean Wade minutes once everyone is back?

I was extremely impressed with him this preseason. I know its just preseason, but he was just doing the right things almost all the time
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Re: 2025-26 Off-Season 

Post#468 » by JujitsuFlip » Today 10:05 pm

ijspeelman wrote:So what if Jaylon Tyson is just actually good? Meaning he plays real NBA minutes and hits his threes, makes good cuts, gives the extra pass, and plays good on and off-ball D.

Would he just take the Dean Wade minutes once everyone is back?

I was extremely impressed with him this preseason. I know its just preseason, but he was just doing the right things almost all the time
Sounds like a good problem to have, especially with Wade expiring and never having played more than 63 games in a season.

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