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October 29, 2014Cleveland Cavaliers 2014-15 Predictions: WFNY Roundtable Part 1
October 30, 2014Yes, LeBron James is back and he makes his return to Quicken Loans Arena tonight as a Cleveland Cavalier. But it’s quite stunning to look back at all of the happenings of the last 6.5 months since the Cavs last played a game of basketball.
Coach – Change from Mike Brown (part 2) to European legend David Blatt (who had a great Q&A with Grantland’s Zach Lowe)
Return – LeBron James announces his return, signing a (very logical) short-term deal as a free agent
Draft – Win lottery, draft Andrew Wiggins and trade (with Anthony Bennett and more picks) for Kevin Love (who is quite good at basketball)
Purge – Other players gone from the massive roster transition: Alonzo Gee, Jarrett Jack, Tyler Zeller, C.J. Miles, Spencer Hawes and Sergey Karasev
Additions – Other veterans added to the fold: Shawn Marion, Mike Miller, Louis Amundson, Brendan Haywood and James Jones
So yeah, a decent amount has happened. The Cavs are in a whole new world. After consecutive seasons of 19, 21, 24 and 33 wins, they’re now suddenly the favorites in the Eastern Conference. It all begins tonight. It’s going to be one hell of a ride.
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Cavs links from around the web:
Cavs: The Blog founder John Krolik returned with a year-by-year look at LeBron’s growth and development. This was a really engaging read. Great to have you back writing, John.
Similarly, RealGM’s Jonathan Tjarks took a look at LeBron at (almost) 30. How much longer will he still be one of the game’s very best players?
Fear The Sword boss David Zavac, a good friend of the site, finished the FTS player previews with his look at some fresh LeBron storylines.
SLAM Magazine’s Brendan Bowers, a former writer of this site, spent some time at the West Side Market with Matthew Dellavedova.
Cleveland Scene’s Vince Grzegorek, a long-time WFNY supporter too, profiled Jack Sanders (aka @WayneEmbrysKids) and his weird passion for the Cavs Zine series.
Washington Post’s Michael Lee had a nifty graphic on how LeBron’s decision impacting summer transactions around the rest of the NBA.
Analytics Game’s Justin Willard predicted the Cavs as the NBA champions. His detailed team preview will be coming shortly.
Sports Illustrated’s NBA preview included four writers predicting the Cavs to lose in the Finals and two writers predicting an Eastern Conference Finals loss.
FiveThirtyEight’s extensive NBA modeling gave the Cavs a 26.1% probability of winning the title, yet only a 56-win outlook. I think that makes logical sense. Anything more than 56 is probably a stretch.
BBall Breakdown’s Coach Nick went through a video update of how LeBron, Kyrie and Love will combine for offense in David Blatt’s system.
Forbes’ Patrick Rishe wrote about the positive externalities that LeBron helped create for Fox Sports Ohio. This is good for all of you media nerds out there.
Northeast Ohio Media Group’s Joe Vardon spoke with Maverick Carter and several LeBron sponsors about his business model as a superstar athlete.
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Top Cavs memes/videos/GIFs/etc from the offseason of yay:
I know I’m missing many, many other quality multimedia entries from the past 6.5 months. So if you have remember something that should also be included, give me a shout on Twitter or in the comments.
July 18: (The First Iteration of) The New Big Three (real source unknown)
— Jacob L. Rosen (@JacobLRosen) July 19, 2014
July 26: “What is Love?”
— realcavsfans.com (@realcavsfans) July 26, 2014
Aug. 5: Kevin Love Actually
I'm glad people like my "Kevin Love Actually" movie poster.
I will put it up again in case you weren't up late.#Cavs pic.twitter.com/82PZ70WFog— BrownsMemes @ BIGPLAY (@BrownsMemes) August 5, 2014
Aug. 5: Love-influenced Cavs logo
https://twitter.com/HoopsBoosh/status/496652403165626368
Sept. 30: “Men lie women lie buckets don’t”
Men lie women lie BUCKETS DNT RT @H2da_IZZOO: @Me_University @dionwaiters3 http://t.co/HPmgsVcK15 #BUCKETS
— Dionwaiters3 (@dionwaiters3) October 1, 2014
Oct. 12: The Cavs offense will be scary good
So…. about this pic.twitter.com/lqwMM5z6Ut
— FearTheSword (@FearTheSword) October 12, 2014
Oct. 14: Blatt to the Future
https://twitter.com/Cavsanada/status/522178496895135744
Oct. 17: Tristan Thompson’s Kiss
Video: Tristan Thompson looks like a 14 yo boy getting his first kiss after interview (h/t @joshvanklomp) http://t.co/ZEIx1Xh2eg
— CJ Fogler AKA Perc70 #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) October 18, 2014
Oct. 21: The Dion SI mug
https://twitter.com/HoopsBoosh/status/524593329787641856
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You forgot something important from your offseason timeline: Retain – Kyrie takes 120 seconds to prove his commitment to Cleveland.
Without that, the rest might not happen.
True that. Also Luol Deng. I knew we’d all forget Deng played for the Cavs once.
U need to photoshop the colors brother but I appreciate the Celtic green!
Wiggins and Bennett not much of a debut last night for Minnesota. Good thing they had Thaddeus Young.
I know it’s all Cavaliers day and rightfully so but this is for the people who love uniforms in football. Texas A&M 1939 throwback gear:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/texas-a-m-unveils-throwback-1939-uniforms-for-saturday-s-game-against-ulm-142038288.html
I wanna see LBJ massacre him!
those are nice
Btw I know downtown is being painted LBJ and everyone knows I’ve never stopped being an LBJ fan which includes defending him but I think people are going overboard. This includes the giant mural being restored on the building. Harv21 would have a strong point on this if he was around. This reflects on us not LBJ. I don’t know. Just thought I’d mention it.
Probably the only “alternates” in college I both like and don’t mind for a game or games.
To date, one of my favorite commercials of all time, and totally relevant given today’s awesomeness: http://youtu.be/Gt1W3jqZvDU
Getting ready for tonight:
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I gots no photochop skeels.