2025-26 Regular Season

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

ijspeelman wrote:
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.

JujitsuFlip · 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.

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.

toooskies · 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.

JujitsuFlip · Post #465 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 10:46 pm

https://hoopswire.com/cavs-waive-killian-hayes-charge-likely-next/

Cavs have waived Killian Hayes, whomp whomp.

Edit: they waived 4 of their other exhibit 10 guys too.

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/miller-kopp-waived-by-cleveland/

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/chaney-johnson-waived-by-cavaliers/

https://www.hoopshype.com/story/sports/nba/rumors/2025/10/15/the-cleveland-cavaliers-have-waived-tristan-enaruna/86715173007/

JujitsuFlip · Post #466 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 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.

Post #467 » by **ijspeelman** » Sat Oct 18, 2025 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

JujitsuFlip · Post #468 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Sat Oct 18, 2025 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.

toooskies · Post #469 » by **toooskies** » Sat Oct 18, 2025 11:58 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

He has been working hard. I worry that he is too mistaken-prone still for a team looking to make a championship run. But he does look like an NBA player, or at least close enough to fill in.

JujitsuFlip · Post #470 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Sun Oct 19, 2025 7:09 am

https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2025/10/cavs-losing-another-assistant-from-kenny-atkinsons-staff.html?outputType=amp

Cavs lose another assistant but he will fulfill his role this season at least.

toooskies · Post #471 » by **toooskies** » Sun Oct 19, 2025 9:49 pm

Kobe Bufkin or Tyler Smith for the two-way?

JujitsuFlip · Post #472 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Sun Oct 19, 2025 9:57 pm

toooskies wrote:Kobe Bufkin or Tyler Smith for the two-way?

I'd take a flyer on Kobe.

JujitsuFlip · Post #473 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 11:35 pm

Post #474 » by **jbk1234** » Tue Oct 21, 2025 2:14 pm

toooskies wrote:
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

He has been working hard. I worry that he is too mistaken-prone still for a team looking to make a championship run. But he does look like an NBA player, or at least close enough to fill in.

I think he'll be a quintessential role player in that if you ask him to do more than defend, rebound, collect garbage points, and hit an occasional open three, he's going to get into trouble. On this team, however, he really shouldn't have to do anything else.

Post #475 » by **ijspeelman** » Tue Oct 21, 2025 2:57 pm

In the short term, I assume Tyson will start if Hunter is injured. I really do want to throw him to the wolves and just see what he looks like in real NBA minutes

JujitsuFlip · Post #476 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Tue Oct 21, 2025 5:48 pm

ijspeelman wrote:In the short term, I assume Tyson will start if Hunter is injured. I really do want to throw him to the wolves and just see what he looks like in real NBA minutes

CBS had the assumption Wade will get the nod but i guess we'll find out tomorrow.

Sucks to already be hit with the injury bug again, early this season.

Post #477 » by **ijspeelman** » Tue Oct 21, 2025 6:15 pm

JujitsuFlip wrote:
ijspeelman wrote:In the short term, I assume Tyson will start if Hunter is injured. I really do want to throw him to the wolves and just see what he looks like in real NBA minutes
CBS had the assumption Wade will get the nod but i guess we'll find out tomorrow.

Sucks to already be hit with the injury bug again, early this season.

Better than the end of the season ig. Does make the beginning of the season a little anti-climatic

JujitsuFlip · Post #478 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Tue Oct 21, 2025 6:45 pm

ijspeelman wrote:
JujitsuFlip wrote:
ijspeelman wrote:In the short term, I assume Tyson will start if Hunter is injured. I really do want to throw him to the wolves and just see what he looks like in real NBA minutes
CBS had the assumption Wade will get the nod but i guess we'll find out tomorrow.

Sucks to already be hit with the injury bug again, early this season.

Better than the end of the season ig. Does make the beginning of the season a little anti-climatic

The luck of the past 4 seasons, it could be both.

Post #479 » by **ijspeelman** » Tue Oct 21, 2025 7:18 pm

JujitsuFlip wrote:
ijspeelman wrote:
JujitsuFlip wrote:CBS had the assumption Wade will get the nod but i guess we'll find out tomorrow.

Sucks to already be hit with the injury bug again, early this season.

Better than the end of the season ig. Does make the beginning of the season a little anti-climatic
The luck of the past 4 seasons, it could be both.

Its always possible, but I am going to stay positive. I thought we did almost everything right last season and it still ended with 3/4 of our best 4 players hobbled. Its our best chance yet to make it out of the East and I am going to act like it until I don't think its true lol

JujitsuFlip · Post #480 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Tue Oct 21, 2025 7:38 pm

ijspeelman wrote:
JujitsuFlip wrote:
ijspeelman wrote:
Better than the end of the season ig. Does make the beginning of the season a little anti-climatic
The luck of the past 4 seasons, it could be both.

Its always possible, but I am going to stay positive. I thought we did almost everything right last season and it still ended with 3/4 of our best 4 players hobbled. Its our best chance yet to make it out of the East and I am going to act like it until I don't think its true lol

Hahaha, i like the positivity! We'll have to see how the season plays out.