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A Closer Look At The Cavs Hot Start

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The biggest positive story of the new season is Cleveland’s 15-0 start, which puts the Cavs in pretty elite company.  Much has been written about this great start but I thought we could take another look, FAQ style, and see if we can squeeze a few more interesting nuggets… How is Cleveland doing this? In simplest terms, the offense has exploded.  The Cavs were a defense-first team last season (6th in defensive rating) that had to eke out offense (18th in offensive rating) by … [Read more...] about A Closer Look At The Cavs Hot Start

Breaking Down the Harden Deal

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How do you wrap your head around this recent James Harden trade?  This epically large trade was as follows: Nets get: James Harden from Rockets, 2024 second-round pick from Cavs Rockets get: Caris Levert, Rodions Kurucs, three first-round picks (2022, 2024, and 2026) from Nets, and four options to swap first round-pick with the Nets; Dante Exum and 2022 first-round pick (Milwaukee’s) from Cavaliers Cavaliers get: Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince, and rights to Aleksandar Vezenkov from … [Read more...] about Breaking Down the Harden Deal

NBA Draft: The Shooting Guards

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The 2016 SG field is pretty mediocre as draft subgroups go. We have the potential star in Hield, the frosh phenoms in Murray and Beasley, a few intriguing prospects with issues, young players too erratic to be taken seriously, old players who finally arrived as prospects and a few guys worth a flyer as a UFA. Basically it’s the usual suspects. Here are the pace adjusted numbers: Shooting Guards 2PP 3PP P40 S40 A/TO RSB40 Buddy Hield 548 460 27.4 1.2 0.7 8.1 Jamal … [Read more...] about NBA Draft: The Shooting Guards

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