Game Thread | Game #56 | Cavs @ Wizards | Feb. 6, 2023

[jjvors]

Jarrett Allen's interview:

 

[Dr No]

Wade played 26 minutes and didn’t take a shot. Pour quoi? Shoot the rock, my man!

He’s a different kind of cat in the NBA. Never seen a guy who can score seem to care so little for actually doing it. I guess as long as the offense is cooking, it doesn’t matter, but he doesn’t even seem interested in going and getting garbage time buckets.

 

[Comeback kid]

He’s a different kind of cat in the NBA. Never seen a guy who can score seem to care so little for actually doing it. I guess as long as the offense is cooking, it doesn’t matter, but he doesn’t even seem interested in going and getting garbage time buckets.

He could care less who scores as long as the team is going good. He makes everyone around him better. Right now we’re 14-5 if he plays 21 minutes or more.

 

[Dr No]

He could care less who scores as long as the team is going good. He makes everyone around him better. Right now we’re 14-5 if he plays 21 minutes or more.

That’s quite a stat.

 

[Dr. Claw]

a few notes:

Cavs got a break not having to deal with Kuz and Beal atop Kristaps, but they handled business, even without Rubio available.
Mobley and Allen were COOKING. Those two and Okoro were on what I called "Pooper Scooper" duty because they were cleaning up some absolutely POOP possessions.
Darius really continues to shine.
The defense has gotten so much more cohesive as a team since the Love DNP decision.
Not even LeVert could derail the train tonight.

also: Okoro > Avdija.
Great to see this on a B2B.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

Kinda curious how @Sir'Dom Pointer is processing this Okoro/Avidja class of 2020 matchup

But also just kinda miss Sir Dom in the game threads

Okoro is making me really doubt myself recently.

Nevertheless, Avdijas fit on our team would have been phenomenal. But honestly, Avdija always struggles against the Cavs. He has had a really good month and a half.

I expect him to continue to improve and build on his big frame.

Okoro is playing really nicely now though... credit to JBB on this one. But only this.

 

[MirORich]

Okoro is making me really doubt myself recently.

Nevertheless, Avdijas fit on our team would have been phenomenal. But honestly, Avdija always struggles against the Cavs. He has had a really good month and a half.

I expect him to continue to improve and build on his big frame.

Okoro is playing really nicely now though... credit to JBB on this one. But only this.

Yeah I hope it didn’t seem like I was trying to pick on Deni, because I honestly have only watched him play against the Cavs and taken cursory looks at Wizards box scores here and there. Definitely wouldn’t judge him on tonight’s game either as he’s a Swiss Army knife super role player and those guys have more trouble when the stars aren’t playing for them to complement.

Okoro is becoming very tempting to get excited about. I want to temper things because of sample size and what we’ve seen to date, but he’s also just barely turned 22 and wow some of these last 8-10 games have been excellent on both sides of the ball.

It’s also pretty wild that the Cavs may be becoming the kind of stable environment with organizational continuity where over time guys like Okoro can develop. Gives you hope that over time 1-2 of Travers, Diop, Diakite, or maybe even a Sharife Cooper can become legit useful and reliable players.

 

[InBoobieWeTrust]

Watching Okoro lineup and nail that contested three on the corner off of a couple head fakes was the single biggest sign of his growth and burgeoning confidence we’ve seen in a long time. Like YES ISAAC!! Let it FLY!! That was unbelievably exciting to see.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

a few notes:

Cavs got a break not having to deal with Kuz and Beal atop Kristaps, but they handled business, even without Rubio available.
Mobley and Allen were COOKING. Those two and Okoro were on what I called "Pooper Scooper" duty because they were cleaning up some absolutely POOP possessions.
Darius really continues to shine.
The defense has gotten so much more cohesive as a team since the Love DNP decision.
Not even LeVert could derail the train tonight.

also: Okoro > Avdija.
Great to see this on a B2B.

All it took was an All-star snub, for Garland to start playing like an All-star.

 

[avs2000]

Caris getting traded by Thursday watch

I think so as well. They are not going to give a new contract
Okoro play the last month has changed any chance of him being moved.

 

[Los216]

A WINE & GOLD WINNER

 

[letgocavs]

Watching Okoro lineup and nail that contested three on the corner off of a couple head fakes was the single biggest sign of his growth and burgeoning confidence we’ve seen in a long time. Like YES ISAAC!! Let it FLY!! That was unbelievably exciting to see.

That and he drove and went under the hoop and off the glass. The more versatile he is obviously helps.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

That and he drove and went under the hoop and off the glass. The more versatile he is obviously helps.

That was a really impressive shot in that drive. Wasn't much room but he made it anyway.

 

[PIP]

I wanted to punch Windler in the face last night. But then I thought to myself would a RealCavsFan do that ?

Then I think Issac hit a corner 3 and all that rage suddenly went away…

 

[KilgoreTrout]

I wanted to punch Windler in the face last night. But then I thought to myself would a RealCavsFan do that ?

Then I think Issac hit a corner 3 and all that rage suddenly went away…

Every time I see Windler, I think: we could have had Keldon Johnson.