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What I posted about the KAT trade back in September. Sorry ANT.

Still very early but it sure does look like Minnesota fucked themselves over with the KAT trade. Now below .500, Donte has stunk, Randle is a jag (and if the Wolves make the playoffs, he'll be even worse in those playoffs just as he's always been throughout his career), and KAT is putting up insane numbers with the Knicks.

Succinct breakdown of the contract situation of Ty Jerome, whose contract is up at the end of the year. He keeps playing like this the rest of the year the Cavs may get Hartenstein'd.

Ty Jerome went crazy again.

Not too discouraged - road game, Celtics shoot 54% from 3, no Levert/Okoro/Wade, Garland was awful...and the Celtics won by just 3.

Cavs are nervous and playing tight.

This is crazy.

Not likely. They are saying his status will merely be updated in 8-10 weeks, which means they could decide to shut him down until next Fall depending how he's healing. If Chet is back at all this season, it likely won't be until March or April.

I think Okoro & Wade are the ones most likely to lose minutes when Strus comes back. Jerome is an interesting case; a month ago it would have made some sense to get rid of him as dumping his salary would allow the Cavs to get under the tax. Not too big of a deal this year, but the Cavs are destined for the repeater tax for the foreseeable future (the Mobley extension kicks in next year so starting next year, just Mobley/Garland/Mitchell will be costing $120 million a year). Getting under the cap this year probably saves about $50 million in 2027 or 2028. So there is quite a bit of incentive to get under the tax line (the Cavs are less than $2 million above that tax line right now and Jerome is only earning $2.5 million this year. But he's played so well that I can't imagine getting rid of Jerome is on the table at this point. He's been so effective it's allowed Mitchell and Garland to stay under 30 minutes a game and there is no drop-off when he comes in the game. And I had no idea he was 6'5".

Max Strus hasn't played yet and it'll be interesting to see how Atkinson integrates him into the lineup and whose minutes decrease.

In a losing effort tonight, Brunson, Hart, and Bridges each played over 40 minutes while OG played almost 39. Mind you, it is November 10. Thibs gonna Thibs and WorldWideWob had some thoughts.

Kerr's/Golden State's influence on Kenny Atkinson has been easy to see this season and Steph/Dray had high praise for the Cavs after the game last night. https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/pro/cavs/2024/11/09/cleveland-cavaliers-10-0-start-kenny-atkinson-golden-state-warriors-stephen-curry-draymond-green/76135898007/ CLEVELAND — New Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green used the same three words to describe how Cleveland dominated during a historic first half Friday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. “Drive, kick, swing. That's kind of our motto, and I thought we did a hell of a job in the first half,” Atkinson said. A Warriors assistant coach the past three seasons, Atkinson explained the Cavs emphasized “drive, kick, swing” during shootaround Friday morning. Then they defeated the Warriors 136-117 and improved to 10-0 this season. The NBA's only remaining undefeated team, the Cavs led 83-42 at halftime, tying the regular-season franchise record for most points in a half. The 41-point advantage through two quarters set a club record for largest halftime lead. It's also tied for the eighth-largest halftime lead by any NBA team in the shot clock era (1954-55). “They beat us by [41 points] in a half, and you are as good as your record says you are,” Warriors guard Stephen Curry said. “So they're pretty damn good right now.” The Cavs are the only team in league history to start a season 10-0 and score 110-plus points in every game. The last team to go 10-0 was the 2015-16 Warriors, who established a league record for the best start to a season by going 24-0. The LeBron James-led Cavs rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals to defeat the Warriors for the title the same season. But the Warriors beat the Cavs in the 2015, 2017 and 2018 Finals. Green explained he sees Atkinson's Cavs playing with a style similar to those Warriors teams because of the ball movement and players “flying around” the court. Atkinson helped Golden State claim another championship in 2022, so he knows a winning formula. The Cavs had 22 assists on 28 successful field goals in the first half. “They're so intentional about the extra pass, and that is a staple for us,” Green said. “The drive, kick, swing is what we've preached for years, and they diced us up with it. “I was telling Steph like in the fourth quarter, 'I feel like they just beat us with what we've beat teams with for years.'” Are the Cavs just scorching hot out of the gate or should the rest of the NBA expect them to be really good under Atkinson? “They've been building to this for several years,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “This is not just like all of a sudden the Cavs are good. They've been good. So the continuity matters, and they're obviously off to a great start. Clearly one of the best teams in the league.” The Cavs have virtually the same roster they had last season, when they went 48-34 in the regular season, defeated the Orlando Magic 4-3 in the first round of the playoffs and lost 4-1 to the eventual NBA champion Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals. But the Cavs made a monumental change in the offseason by firing coach J.B. Bickerstaff and replacing him with Atkinson. The organization hoped Atkinson would elevate the offense, and it has been an overwhelming success thus far. They have scored at least 130 points in five games this season, tying a single-season franchise record through merely the first 10 games. The Cavs no longer heavily rely on a pick-and-roll offense, which Green noted and added, “A lot easier to guard last year. A lot tougher to guard this year.” Cleveland leads the league in points per game (124.5 points) and offensive rating (122.7 points per 100 possessions). “Kenny's doing a great job with them, and they're playing at a high level,” Kerr said. “So I don't know [how they compare with Cavs teams of the past]. I'll leave answer up to the analysts. I just know they kicked our ass.”

Boom. Next 5 games for the Cavs: Brooklyn at Chicago at Philly (sans Maxey and Embiid probably) Chicago Charlotte Cavs will likely be 15-0 by Nov 19 when it's a date in Boston.

Anybody who says that the Kamala campaign was flawless is living in a totally different world -

Man, this whole Obamaworld vs Bidenworld vs Kamalaworld vs Clintonworld is something to behold.