Collin Sexton | The Young Bull

[stowfan]

Sexton’s best game as a Cavalier, and some of the chemistry he’s developing with Love is awesome to see. Sexton finishing the year strong and continuing to improve should make it an interesting 2019 draft with Koby heavily scouting Ja Morant.

I’m a believer in Sexton (I’ll admit some of the insight Ben gave about the initial turmoil with Sexton was discouraging) but I’m also a heavy advocate for drafting BPA as opposed to limiting yourself to positional needs. Sexton can probably be moved but I’m honestly not seeing any value outside top 3 as guys like Reddish, Little and Langford have completely fallen off the rails). I’d rather take my chances on a Morant/Sexton backcourt but I’m also a huge RJ fan so we shall see.

A player like RJ Barrett is almost a custom fit for this team's starting line up.

 

[CavsFanJapan]

Tonight, Collin will be without KLove and on a back-to-back so we will see how much he has progressed. He and Zizic together will be the key observation. Against the Sixers, this could be ugly. However, Sexton has obviously gotten better when many rookies hit a wall and that is very encouraging.

 

[buzzdog]

I actually loved his defense tonight. He repeatedly cut off drives by Leonard and others. Speeding back to defend . That was pretty cool.

Wasn't always up in Lowry's face for those 3s, but he took Lowry out of it. Stayed in front of guys.

Last night the Cavs played surprisingly solid team defense. The Raps burned us in transition in the first half but the Cavs corrected that in the second half. All game long the Cavs half court defense was pretty solid, even pesky, with only a few lapses. Sexton definitely played his part in that effort. I think Sexton is out of Lowry's league in terms of physical ability, spped, quickness, etc., but Lowry still has the obvious edge in experience.

 

[Cavatt]

Last night the Cavs played surprisingly solid team defense. The Raps burned us in transition in the first half but the Cavs corrected that in the second half. All game long the Cavs half court defense was pretty solid, even pesky, with only a few lapses. Sexton definitely played his part in that effort. I think Sexton is out of Lowry's league in terms of physical ability, spped, quickness, etc., but Lowry still has the obvious edge in experience.

I think it was easily his best game defensively. He realized somehow that he can cut off drives even when it isn't his man. He raced back stopped the ball and then ran to Lowry. there will be fast pg's he can't do that with, but it is nice to see him have some team defensive awareness. This is the first game where I thought, "Maybe he can be something defensively". He got a steal with his body position in front of a guy last night. Pretty cool.

Collin saying the game is slowing down for him is really good. He wasn't seeing guys before because the game was too fast. Now he is making the right reads. If he can keep that up, the sky is the limit. Defense and Playmaking/decisionmaking are the things that will determine his ceiling going forward. Big game to show both aspects aren't a lost cause this game by the rook.

 

[Cavsfan1985]

Sexton’s best game as a Cavalier, and some of the chemistry he’s developing with Love is awesome to see. Sexton finishing the year strong and continuing to improve should make it an interesting 2019 draft with Koby heavily scouting Ja Morant.

I’m a believer in Sexton (I’ll admit some of the insight Ben gave about the initial turmoil with Sexton was discouraging) but I’m also a heavy advocate for drafting BPA as opposed to limiting yourself to positional needs. Sexton can probably be moved but I’m honestly not seeing any value outside top 3 as guys like Reddish, Little and Langford have completely fallen off the rails). I’d rather take my chances on a Morant/Sexton backcourt but I’m also a huge RJ fan so we shall see.

To me this is why I have a hard time moving Love this off-season unless you get a haul. If you look at a lot of the teams at the bottom who seem to be there often, it is becuase they never seem to get that player who can make everyone else better on the court. While I get the point it could hurt are draft position and cause us to lose the pick next year, but if having him on the team, allows Sexton, Cedi, and this years 2 1st round picks improve and develop it is a home run. Love is a great locker room guy who still plays at an All Star level, and if healthy is probably one of the top 3 PF in the East.

 

[CavsFanJapan]

To me this is why I have a hard time moving Love this off-season unless you get a haul. If you look at a lot of the teams at the bottom who seem to be there often, it is becuase they never seem to get that player who can make everyone else better on the court. While I get the point it could hurt are draft position and cause us to lose the pick next year, but if having him on the team, allows Sexton, Cedi, and this years 2 1st round picks improve and develop it is a home run. Love is a great locker room guy who still plays at an All Star level, and if healthy is probably one of the top 3 PF in the East.

We have a smarter, more team oriented KLove than Minnesota KLove but I think everyone would agree (even the ones who fully support KLove) is the injury risk. I agree with everything you said, I just hope he stays healthy and that is the biggest question mark with him.

 

[Cavatt]

We have a smarter, more team oriented KLove than Minnesota KLove but I think everyone would agree (even the ones who fully support KLove) is the injury risk. I agree with everything you said, I just hope he stays healthy and that is the biggest question mark with him.

That injury risk is why we won't get anything for him. Could help lottery odds next year too. In the meantime he is cultural piece Kevin Love.

I think we don't make it to the playoffs without Love for the next 4 years.

 

[2 For The Brew]

To me this is why I have a hard time moving Love this off-season unless you get a haul. If you look at a lot of the teams at the bottom who seem to be there often, it is becuase they never seem to get that player who can make everyone else better on the court. While I get the point it could hurt are draft position and cause us to lose the pick next year, but if having him on the team, allows Sexton, Cedi, and this years 2 1st round picks improve and develop it is a home run. Love is a great locker room guy who still plays at an All Star level, and if healthy is probably one of the top 3 PF in the East.

If we trade Kevin Love then I suspect a year later we'll be as pissed off as those still angry that we traded Kyrie.

Our first next year is worth far less than what the Brooklyn pick appeared to be at the time (better odds at the top last year). We all thought Brooklyn would be well below 8th.

We could trade Kevin and end up with the new Fultz.

If we keep Kevin then we should have an improved and entertaining team next year. Dan for one will like that.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

He's playing a hell of a game in Philly tonight....

 

[inliner311]

He's playing a hell of a game in Philly tonight....

Probably would had a chance to win if Drew doesn't go to his normal rotational minutes for Sexton in the 4th quarter.

 

[BiGZD]

Rat tails has looked good on the court lately (his actually looks is fucken stupid as fuck) I'll finally give the small dicked cow some credit.

 

[Bill Walton.]

Needs to develop in other parts of his game. As of now I see nothing more than an average scorer. The guy has a career high of six assists... Kinda concerning. Look, he’s improved a lot, but he’s still behind schedule imo

 

[avs2000]

Needs to develop in other parts of his game. As of now I see nothing more than an average scorer. The guy has a career high of six assists... Kinda concerning. Look, he’s improved a lot, but he’s still behind schedule imo

Yes you would think someone at 19 years old at the 8 pick would be much much further along More smooth polished. Very disappointing

 

[Joe Henderson]

Needs to develop in other parts of his game. As of now I see nothing more than an average scorer. The guy has a career high of six assists... Kinda concerning. Look, he’s improved a lot, but he’s still behind schedule imo

Yeah, since 2010, there have been 15 rookies who had more PPG than him so far this season. At the rate he's going, he'll likely pass a couple of them at least:

Blake Griffin 16.8
Kyrie Irving 18.5
Damian Lillard 19
Michael Carter-Williams 16.7
Andrew Wiggins 16.9
Karl-Anthony Towns 18.3
Jahlil Okafor 17.5
Joel Embiid 20.2
Donovan Mitchell 20.5
Kyle Kuzma 16.1
Ben Simmons 15.8
Luka Doncic 20.9
Trae Young 18.3
Deandre Ayton 16.6

so average.

 

[Cavatt]

Needs to develop in other parts of his game. As of now I see nothing more than an average scorer. The guy has a career high of six assists... Kinda concerning. Look, he’s improved a lot, but he’s still behind schedule imo

7 assists. Keep posting bad takes, it makes Collin stronger