What's your early season opinion on the Cavs?

[Philip Rivers]

Kyrie is certainly going to need to adjust to a different atmosphere playing with LeBron, he's not going to be controlling the ball as much. Kevin Love and Irving have looked great together so far...I love what this team has to offer in the East, between Chicago, Washington and these guys, they're going to be the ones duking it out at the end of the year.

I know a lot of people are saying they're going to need time to mesh before they win a title but remember a Ray Allen, KG, Rondo and PP team won the title in their first assembly together. I believe Love, Irving, LeBron and the supporting cast is great enough to exceed those expectations.

T. Thompson is a work horse, A.V is a big who's capable of eating the glass and making plenty of plays in the paint, and Waiters is a great 6th man of the year possibility. As soon as this team meshes together defensively, they're going to be a pain to stop.

This may as well be the best front court LBJ has ever played with. As far as memory serves me he's never played with another great PF and conventionally good Center. It's going to be a fun year watching this team, especially on the fast break.


Opinions?

@Messiah
@The Legend
@Everlong
@DanielsonTHAGOAT
@Ali
@SKS
@Kyle

[Philip Rivers]

@The Legend

You know you're geeked for the potential ceiling of this squad. You've been an avid LeBron hater, I know eventually you'll have to admit he's the driving force of this squad.

His OT performance the other night against the Bulls squad at home was pretty impressive, great close out!

[xgamr]

they'll be like Big 3 Heat year 1 and start slow then get into gear. but still have Defensive issues. i see them winning next year if they can get another sort of big name based on what happens with new tv deal and salary cap being increased to something

[Kyle]

If they keep attacking the offensive glass like they did last night they will be awfully hard to contend with.

[DanielsonTHAGOAT]

Still a little too early to judge the team but we already see how dangerous they are when it comes to rebounds and getting 100% efficiency from their big men (Love, TT, Andy).

Their depth is a little questionable, their bench struggles to score. Hopefully that's just a rotation issue because I think someone like Mike Miller only played 3 minutes in the first game of the season.

They aren't as bad on defense as people make them out to be but they aren't as good as the Miami Heat championship teams. Makes you appreciate how amazing that championship team was defensively, they were shutdown. I think as the season progresses, we will see Kyrie begin to get better on defense. I think Andy and TT can provide some powerful defense in the paint.

Kevin Love's outlet passes look like a huge problem for other teams. Kevin Love's outlet passes is like Tom Brady throwing TDs to Randy Moss (LeBron). Love's post game seems a little bit iffy (Bosh was very good in the post) and because of that, it's harder to score in the paint for the team. However, Love stretches the floor so well for LeBron and Kyrie.

Rebounding seems to be a huge strength for this team. I think TT got 11 offensive rebounds in the Bulls game and the Bulls as a team only 12 total offensive rebounds. The fact that one player can get as many rebounds as a whole team is scary. Like I said earlier, Cavs are still building chemistry with each other offensively but giving someone like LeBron, Kyrie, or Love to score 2-3 more times is such a great luxury.

Also, Andy has been balling the fuck out. One of the most underrated big men in the NBA today, he has made so many crucial buckets in the past two games. He also was the main scorer when LeBron, Love, and Kyrie get benched.

This team is still working out it's kinks and everything but man they are going to be so scary once they click. Kyrie still has sooo much time to progress as a player.

LeBron of course is LeBron. The Knicks game he struggled but he came back in the Bulls game and just dominated in Overtime. They will definitely make it to the Eastern Conference Finals for sure.

[Everlong]

I think they have a ridiculous amount of potential, but I'd be surprised if they won it all this year. In the East they'll at least get to the conference championship, possibly winning that, but I don't see them having the strength in the bench to win a seven game series against whoever comes out of the west.

That being said, if you're a Cavs fan you've got to be excited about what they're putting together. Of course a big part of that is having LeBron back, but I think the presence of two other stars in LeBron and Love will really do a ton for Kyrie's game as well.

[Str8Shooter]

Just having Lebron alone will catapult them to at least Top 2 in the East.

A lot of people doubt Kevin Love as a guy who put up great numbers on a bad team for years, but I don't buy that. You just don't see guys like him who can space the floor, shoot well, be a great passer for a big man, and rebound the ball like he does. He'll fit in just fine in Cleveland.

Their biggest problem is going to be defending as a team. Lebron is great, but the rest of the roster isn't full of top level defensive players. Kyrie will have to defend the quicker PG's at the point of attack, and Love and Varejao or Thompson are going to have to be able to protect the paint to some level. Against a team like Chicago, with Noah, Gasol, and Gibson they might have matchup problems.

[Philip Rivers]

Their biggest problem is going to be defending as a team. Lebron is great, but the rest of the roster isn't full of top level defensive players. Kyrie will have to defend the quicker PG's at the point of attack, and Love and Varejao or Thompson are going to have to be able to protect the paint to some level. Against a team like Chicago, with Noah, Gasol, and Gibson they might have matchup problems.

Probably the best glass eaters I've seen Bron play with, Thompson has a motor on him, similar to Faried.
Varejao is going to be a very underrated player on that team, he can get boards and make plays in the paint if needed, has a small elbow J.

I like Noah having to guard a stretch player like Love too though, it presents matchup issues to them as well. Bulls/Cavs is very likely. Going to be a fun season to watch, hopefully Rose stays healthy.

It's been a while since we've had Rondo, Rose and Kobe.

[Philip Rivers]

Teheeee

[DanielsonTHAGOAT]

Still a little too early to judge the team but we already see how dangerous they are when it comes to rebounds and getting 100% efficiency from their big men (Love, TT, Andy).

Their depth is a little questionable, their bench struggles to score. Hopefully that's just a rotation issue because I think someone like Mike Miller only played 3 minutes in the first game of the season.

They aren't as bad on defense as people make them out to be but they aren't as good as the Miami Heat championship teams. Makes you appreciate how amazing that championship team was defensively, they were shutdown. I think as the season progresses, we will see Kyrie begin to get better on defense. I think Andy and TT can provide some powerful defense in the paint.

Kevin Love's outlet passes look like a huge problem for other teams. Kevin Love's outlet passes is like Tom Brady throwing TDs to Randy Moss (LeBron). Love's post game seems a little bit iffy (Bosh was very good in the post) and because of that, it's harder to score in the paint for the team. However, Love stretches the floor so well for LeBron and Kyrie.

Rebounding seems to be a huge strength for this team. I think TT got 11 offensive rebounds in the Bulls game and the Bulls as a team only 12 total offensive rebounds. The fact that one player can get as many rebounds as a whole team is scary. Like I said earlier, Cavs are still building chemistry with each other offensively but giving someone like LeBron, Kyrie, or Love to score 2-3 more times is such a great luxury.

Also, Andy has been balling the fuck out. One of the most underrated big men in the NBA today, he has made so many crucial buckets in the past two games. He also was the main scorer when LeBron, Love, and Kyrie get benched.

This team is still working out it's kinks and everything but man they are going to be so scary once they click. Kyrie still has sooo much time to progress as a player.

LeBron of course is LeBron. The Knicks game he struggled but he came back in the Bulls game and just dominated in Overtime. They will definitely make it to the Eastern Conference Finals for sure.

Accurate sports prediction tbh