Wild Cavs Predictions 2022-23

[AustinCarr]

I think the Cavs get on pace for 60 wins, but fall short at the end. 58 or 59 wins. Still good enough for 1 seed

Arguments all year about whether Emoni Bates is ready to play because he has a couple big games. People start debating whether he should have been a lottery pick, but JB won't play him because he makes too many mistakes.

Strus is great and is a good fit, but Niang is just torching teams off the bench. Mobley and Caris are crushing 2nd unit minutes because of it.

Allen starts shooting 3s

Craig Porter makes the 15 man roster after training camp

Okoro shoots 38% from 3 on 2x his current volume.

I like your version of the season. Let's go with that.

 

[Peacedog]

I think the Cavs get on pace for 60 wins, but fall short at the end. 58 or 59 wins. Still good enough for 1 seed

Arguments all year about whether Emoni Bates is ready to play because he has a couple big games. People start debating whether he should have been a lottery pick, but JB won't play him because he makes too many mistakes.

Strus is great and is a good fit, but Niang is just torching teams off the bench. Mobley and Caris are crushing 2nd unit minutes because of it.

Allen starts shooting 3s

Craig Porter makes the 15 man roster after training camp

Okoro shoots 38% from 3 on 2x his current volume.

But what about the post-season?

 

[jjvors]

The first ten games of the season: what's our record?


My prediction is 6-4.

 

[foucault87]

The first ten games of the season: what's our record?


My prediction is 6-4.

11-0

 

[Cavatt]

11-0

Cavs sure seems to start strong. Maybe it's because offenses aren't going yet

 

[Cavatt]

But what about the post-season?

ECF. I really think the offense is going to take a big leap.

 

[Peacedog]

ECF. I really think the offense is going to take a big leap.

That's my goal for this season as well.

 

[CleveRocks]

Okoro and York become lovers and come out of the closet.. both Browns and cavs are eliminated in the second round of the playoffs..

 

[adam81king]

Okoro and York become lovers and come out of the closet.. both Browns and cavs are eliminated in the second round of the playoffs..

...because neither can nail a 3...

 

[AustinCarr]

Darius Garland will lead the league in number of times hit in the face.



In all seriousness, I think the Cavs will have one of their "core 4" miss a significant amount of time to injury (30+ games) but the Cavs will still end the season with a slightly better record than last year (52-30).

I think Strus, partially from fit and partially from opportunity due to the injury, will average right around 15 ppg on more than 3 made threes a game.

 

[GeorgesNiang]

No bias here but Georges will be 3pt shooting champ


Nah but I hope to see 3pt attempts up across the board as a whole. Especially Garland if he can get up to 3+ threes made per game

 

[Futuredome]

1.Mobley becomes a .250 ws/48 player this year, mostly from improvement on offense. A huge leap and rattles the foundation of the NBA.
2.Garland regresses despite seeing a increase in assists
3.Strus makes the all star team
4.Mitchell quietly asks for a Garland trade(which does become easier after this season) quietly
5.Okoro becomes 6th man material.

 

[foucault87]

1.Mobley becomes a .250 ws/48 player this year, mostly from improvement on offense. A huge leap and rattles the foundation of the NBA.
2.Garland regresses despite seeing a increase in assists
3.Strus makes the all star team
4.Mitchell quietly asks for a Garland trade(which does become easier after this season) quietly
5.Okoro becomes 6th man material.

....somehow Strus as an allstar is not the most unbelievable thing here

 

[natedagg]

this is the year we as fans actually feel like we have an offense. The ball moves and we don’t have to have Mitchell try to bail us out all the time. DM has his most efficient season, DG continues to improve, and these guys have much more space to operate.
Somehow the trio of Jerome, LeVert, and Niang find chemistry.
Jerome ends up being much better as backup PG than anyone was ready for. The Cavalanches return.
The defense regresses but the offense is so much better.
If Wade is actually healthy, we end up the 2 seed (Boston). But he isn’t and we really don’t have a big wing with talent.
We start slow but trade for a big wing that can shoot, we end up the 4 seed, win round 1, then barely lose to Boston, close games, 4-2.

 

[CavsKermit]

1.Mobley becomes a .250 ws/48 player this year, mostly from improvement on offense. A huge leap and rattles the foundation of the NBA.
2.Garland regresses despite seeing a increase in assists
3.Strus makes the all star team
4.Mitchell quietly asks for a Garland trade(which does become easier after this season) quietly
5.Okoro becomes 6th man material.

Did Garland sleep with your girlfriend?