2023-24 Season | Game #18 | Hawks @ Cavs | Nov. 28, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

[2 For The Brew]

No games being pulled, just games added on the dates I said. The schedule was released for every team with 80 games on it. The additional games are dependent on who advances in the in-season tournament.

The opponents for the two extra games will be Eastern Conference teams, likely teams we are only scheduled to play 3 times this season. Likely candidates are Boston, Orlando, or Toronto for the home game, and Miami, Charlotte or the Knicks for the road opponent.

Thanks for clarifying.

 

[Prime 1978]

Since the only ones to benefit from winning the tournament are the players, and they have more than enough money already, who cares?

I am rooting for CPJ to win it. That $500k would like double his salary. Other than that, I agree with you.

 

[JFT]

Looks like the entire team is able to play tonight except Wade and Jerome.

 

[Otsego Mar]

I don't know - maybe it's the long-time die hard in me but just the competitive spirit as a fan, I would like for the Cavs to win it. Just from a Cavs perspective. It's almost reflexive. Of course I want them to win it.

But as a fan of NBA basketball, I don't really think it's significant.

I think it will become somewhat significant when a team wins the in-season tournament and the NBA title and that becomes the new pinnacle for a perfect season. Teams, and their fans, will want to win both of them.

I've heard from people who think the so-called tournament makes them LESS interested in the NBA. Go figure. These big wig leagues injecting politics and new rules and trying to make the game speed up and more exciting will inevitably realize that they are doing the opposite.

 

[foucault87]

Faster game is more points is better product. This is known

 

[DCTribefan]

I've heard from people who think the so-called tournament makes them LESS interested in the NBA. Go figure. These big wig leagues injecting politics and new rules and trying to make the game speed up and more exciting will inevitably realize that they are doing the opposite.

What politics are being injected?

 

[Otsego Mar]

What politics are being injected?

please....another time.

 

[2 For The Brew]

Tournament - meh.

The Summer League Championship run was much better.

 

[Tlyons]

please....another time.

Yes, game thread's are enough as is. No politics, I beg of you.

 

[Kuiper]

https://x.com/cavs/status/1729650168595730711?s=20

 

[Tlyons]

Lets get on the right foot and get a convincing win.

For whatever reason i want to blow the Hawks out more than other teams.

 

[Otsego Mar]

Lets get on the right foot and get a convincing win.

For whatever reason i want to blow the Hawks out more than other teams.

I feel like outside of LeBron playoff run, they've had our number.

 

[Futuredome]

Not politics but marketing gimics. The Cavs don't need it. The week off for all the early season gimps will be good.

 

[CavsKermit]

Here's a tweet from Woj dated June 14, 2021.

Sources: NBA’s Competition Committee met Monday to further explore rules changes to restrict unnatural motions on jump shots players use to draw fouls. NBA wants to limit players - including stars like Trae Young, James Harden - from leaning backwards and sideways to draw fouls.

From basketballnews.com:

The NBA’s officiating account (@NBAOfficial) tweeted that starting in Summer League and continuing into the 2021-22 season, officials would look to eliminate the following situations:

When a shooter leans into or jumps into a defender in an unnatural way.

When an offensive player abruptly veers sideways into a defender, or simply stops in front of him, giving the defender nowhere to go so they run into the shooter.

When a shooter kicks their legs up or sideways in an unnatural way to initiate contact with a defender.

When an offensive player uses his non-shooting arm to hook a defender.

However, in the last three seasons Trae Young's free throw attempts have increased from 7.3 to 8.8 to 9.2 so far this year. That 9.2 figure is the highest since his second season in 2019-20.

I personally don't think the refs are doing enough to limit players like Young who throw themselves sideways to draw contact rather than going straight to the rim. It will be interesting to see how much he gets away with tonight.

The problem is they wait too long to institute the rule changes, clubs pay these guys, then you have angry owners on the phone with Silver, and the rule changes get "relaxed."

 

[2 For The Brew]

What’s the over under on CPJ minutes tonight?