Byline is Tim Bontemps.

More national media attention.

Lots of praises for Mobley, a decent amount of skepticism because of strength-of-schedule measures. Better than the WSJ article I shared yesterday here.

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  3. All of the skepticism comes from the same basic point of outsiders questioning our sustainability.

    However I think many of us who have been following the growth of this team since DG was drafted know just how good our guys are, and that it still feels like we have another level to get to with DG and Mobley. This season has absolutely been wonderful but not completely shocking to me.

  6. I mean the article isn’t wrong. The Cavs strength of schedule has alternated between 29th and 30th and the league over the last few weeks when I would check and we have played a lot lot of teams who have either been missing one or two of their biggest stars.

    So the rest of the season is probably going to be a bit more testy than the first 35 games, but it’s not like those 35 games didn’t feature quality opponents that the Cavs just simply throttled.

    The next few weeks are going to test the team. I think the Cavs are clear of every team outside of Boston and OKC. Those are clearly the two biggest hurdles league wide for the Cavs. If we play our game and run them ragged, the defense should be good enough to keep their offense in check.

  9. I was listening to Windy’s podcast about the Cavs on my back to college and Bontemps was on there trying to discredit the Cavs any way possible. Windy and another guy keep basically tell him to shut the fuck up the whole time

    You don’t get to 31-4 by mistake

  10. I’m absolutely mind blown how they claim bench depth is a disadvantage come playoff time sure starters get more minutes and rotations shorten. But the Knicks didn’t have bench depth last year and they burned out when injuries eventually took over because Thibs doesn’t know how to use a bench.

    Then they list the elite duos we’ll be facing over the next month like we haven’t played anybody yet. We’ve beat dame twice. We’ve beat Giannis twice. We’ve beat the Celtics at home. We’ve beat LeBron/AD twice. We’ve beat a healthy Jokic and Co. twice. We’ve beat a healthy Steph and Co. twice. And we beat the Knicks in the only matchup we saw them. Let’s not act like KAT and Brunson are some elite duo. They haven’t won shit in the nba.

    The nba is in a transition stage right now. Lebron KD Steph are all on their way out. Secondary stars like Kawhi Harden Dame Embiid Jimmy are all starting to succumb to Father Time. The current faces of the league are all foreign. Giannis Joker and Luka don’t even have good teams built around them. This leaves a void and for somebody to grab it. The Celtics won last year basically by default. They had the easiest path to a ring and people want to act like they are some dynasty. Let’s not forget the same team 2 years ago got taken to 7 by embiid and harden and then lost to the zombie heat. The Celtics are overrated as fuck. All they do is shoot 3s. The NBA title is the most winnable as it’s ever been. The Cavs and Thunder are the 2 best teams and will be the 2 best teams for the next 4-5 years until the likes of Wemby, Ant, Flagg start to reach their peaks.

    Keep the disrespect coming. It’s what fuels us. Keep doubting Mobley because you remember how he was under JB. Keep doubting DG because you remember how he was under JB. Keep saying the NBAs best bench is overrated. Dudes like Levert Jerome and Okoro/Wade would be starters for half the league. Sure we haven’t won anything. But literally nobody else in the nba has either. This is our year. This is our time. The window has just opened. We are fucking here to stay.

    #LetEmKnow

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