Goodbye Larry Nance Jr.

[The Human Q-Tip]

I'm not mad about the 1st round pick. Would it have produced a player as good as Nance? Maybe, but it'd likely be several years before we'd know, and LeBron doesn't have several years to wait and find out. Nance can make an impact right now.

I really think we're going to look back on that L.A. trade and think it was a steal. Nance Jr. gives us a lot of what we just weren't getting from anyone.

 

[col63onel]

My first memories of watching the Cavs was the 91/92 team that won 57 games, and would've at least made the Finals, if not won them, without Jordan. Daugherty was always my favorite player, and Price was more popular, but Larry Sr. was still extremely popular.

Nance Sr's pet shot was the right baseline 15 footer. When they retired his # at the Q, they gave a small piece of the old Richfield Colluseum hardwood, right at the baseline 15 foot mark.

When Larry Jr hits his first baseline 15 footer, I might tear up a little.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

If he can get consistent on the 8-10 foot shot, that would enable him to not clog the paint the way TT does. But even now, the shooting differences are there.

Over the last three years, TT is shooting about .594%. But his average shot distance is under three feet.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/thomptr01.html

Over that same three year period, Larry Nance Jr. is shooting .547, but his average shot distance has been 7.9 feet. And just to compare apples to apples, for this season, his average shot distance has dropped to 5.8 ft (still twice TT's), but he's shooting it at a .602. clip.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nancela02.html

His advanced stats are better than TT's across the board as well.

This was a really nice pickup for the Cavs.

Not to mention the fact that TT is a poor finisher unless he gets the ball right underneath the basket for an alley-oop.

If Nance gets the ball close to the free throw line in motion, it's over. That's huge because it opens up the game much more, defense collapses because he can't be contained one one one so close to the rim, and it just creates a different dynamic.
I'm really tired watching TT trying to gather and getting blocked everytime he gets the ball down low.

We have to and I mean have to play much more than TT and more importantly play him much more with Lebron, because Lebron is our only legit perimeter creator.

 

[Pierre Pan]

View: https://twitter.com/benaxelrod/status/962073444044062723

 

[MarkyCavs88]

View: https://twitter.com/mcten/status/962101342645948416

 

[Cavatt]

I am excited by Larry Nance Jr, but damn watching some of those side by sides with his dad, I wish we could get his dad in his prime. His frame is just unbelievable. Didn't pay attention to the game much back then.

 

[The Red Viper]

View: https://twitter.com/benaxelrod/status/962073444044062723

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

I am excited by Larry Nance Jr, but damn watching some of those side by sides with his dad, I wish we could get his dad in his prime. His frame is just unbelievable. Didn't pay attention to the game much back then.

Here's a video of Nance highlights against the Bulls in Game 6 of the 1992 ECF. It's fun to watch just for Larry, but shit, just watch the Cavs' ball movement in general. Also gives a sense of what the fans were.like at the old Coliseum.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSdAs6PTUY4&app=desktop

 

[Lee]

Here's a video of Nance highlights against the Bulls in Game 6 of the 1992 ECF. It's fun to watch just for Larry, but shit, just watch the Cavs' ball movement in general. Also gives a sense of what the fans were.like at the old Coliseum.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSdAs6PTUY4&app=desktop

Crazy to see people shoot long 2's, lol.

 

[Taiter]

My first memories of watching the Cavs was the 91/92 team that won 57 games, and would've at least made the Finals, if not won them, without Jordan. Daugherty was always my favorite player, and Price was more popular, but Larry Sr. was still extremely popular.

Nance Sr's pet shot was the right baseline 15 footer. When they retired his # at the Q, they gave a small piece of the old Richfield Colluseum hardwood, right at the baseline 15 foot mark.

When Larry Jr hits his first baseline 15 footer, I might tear up a little.

Old man Nance was an athletic dunker and shot-blocker in Phoenix who really developed a good mid-range jumper in Cleveland.

 

[Taiter]

I don't think James is going to LA, but even if he was this whole story line that the Cavs are selling the rope that'll be used to hang them later is transparently stupid. James: "I'm going to LA." LA, biting nails: "Oh no, we have Nance and Clarkson on the rolls, what shall we do?"

Come on man. It's as if people forgot the Cavs asset fire sale and waste of draft picks (necessitated by bad signings like Jack) when James decided to come back. When people must go, people will go.

 

[Cavatt]

I just kept fantasizing during the game that Nance was running with LeBron and Green with 2 shooters

 

[Taiter]

Here's a video of Nance highlights against the Bulls in Game 6 of the 1992 ECF. It's fun to watch just for Larry, but shit, just watch the Cavs' ball movement in general. Also gives a sense of what the fans were.like at the old Coliseum.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSdAs6PTUY4&app=desktop

As I remember it the Cavs blew a pretty big lead the last 5 minutes of Game 6. Jordan just took over. It was only a matter of time even if the Cavs had squeaked it out, though. By then the Bulls were a dominant team and this was really the acme of those fine Cavs teams. Injuries and eventually age ensured they never got anywhere close to this again.

 

[Coyote850]

Watching that vid of Nance, Price, Ehlo,Hot Rod, Daugherty............ almost made me cry. Seriously. I loved those teams. God damn shame they never won a title.

 

[CTownSportsFan]

Team steal leaders per 36 min.

Nance Jr. 2.3

James 1.5