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  1. 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.”
  2. 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.
  3. Anybody who says that the Kamala campaign was flawless is living in a totally different world -
  4. Man, this whole Obamaworld vs Bidenworld vs Kamalaworld vs Clintonworld is something to behold.
  5. The country isn't ready for it. Like it or not, men in women's sports is an 80/20 or 70/30 issue (against). The Harris campaign had to moderate on that issue and they never did. Don't forget - as I recall in 2008, Obama was anti gay marriage...because he and his people recognized the country wasn't ready yet. Since the final vote was a landslide, he may have still won if he had come out in favor of gay marriage but the margin would have been a lot slimmer.
  6. Call it mean, call it divisive, call it "transphobic," call it whatever, but the "Kamala is for they/them; Trump is for you" ad was unquestionably the most effective ad in this cycle. Even the Clinton folks said that the Kamala people needed to push back and they wouldn't.
  7. And unfortunately for them, I think the Pelicans own their 2025 pick unprotected.
  8. Kenny Atkinson, with his willingness to use his bench and great rotations so far, has been such a breath of fresh air after years of JBB idiocy. And Jerome has been nails so far now that he is healthy. Imagine that - using the early season to flesh out rotations and not run starters into the ground.
  9. Belt to ass.
  10. Kenny Atkinson ftw. Walked into MSG tonight and beat the Knicks at their own game.
  11. In a way, Piston fans have got to be punching themselves in the face knowing that JBB is their HC. On the other hand, he's the perfect HC if you want to tank.
  12. Randle has reliably been a net negative in the playoffs in his career, is about to turn 30, pretty moody, and shot 31% from 3 last season. KAT certainly has his issues but he is objectively much better than Randle.
  13. If this is a cost-cutting move at a time when the team is clearly ascending, that's a huge red flag that ownership is cheap and won't spend what it takes to build a winner. Ant will start counting down the minutes until 2029 when he can become a FA if he loses faith in ownership.
  14. Agreed. KAT has his issues (mainly that he's soft and has a bloated contract) but that's a really weak return considering he kind of showed out in the playoffs.
  15. Charley Steiner warned us.
  16. Hmmm... 🤔
  17. My goodness this episode and cast are brutal. Why am I watching this?
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