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Wild Predictions for 2021-22 Season

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Lebron James is not happy with Westbrick shooting and demands for a trade. Lebron is traded back to Cleveland for his 3rd stint for Kevin Love and filler. Rematch of GSW with Steph Curry choking in game 7 and his mouthpiece falls to the stands. Lebron passes to Sexton for the game winning 3 at the buzzer, Sexton wins finals MVP, and we win our 2nd finals in history. Cleveland fans goes wild but in the offseason most fans still claim Sexton doesn’t deserve the money.
 
Sexton leads us in scoring - 24/4
Garland - 20/8
Okoro - 14/5/5
Mobley - 13/8/2
Allen - 13/11
Rubio has a much larger impact than most were expecting
Windler stays relatively healthy and becomes a 3&D wing off the bench shooting 40% from downtown
Nance does what he does
Stevens & Wade prove to be rotational players
Cedi gets traded at the deadline for a young wing
Love gets bought out

Our core 5 starts getting noticed as the next up and coming team as we fight for a final playoff spot. Look out for 2022/2023 season
 
Dylan Windler plays in 65 games, shooting 38% from deep.

Issac Okoro is traded at the deadline.

Collin Sexton makes the all-star team.
 
Sexland is broken up with Garland being traded because he is more coveted by other teams in the league…
 
rastamon87 said:
Sexland is broken up with Garland being traded because he is more coveted by other teams in the league…
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To me this might even be logical. Garland might be able to get us a young wing in return. Koby probably feel confident in his evaluation of guards so far, which might make him more incline to move off of Garland and find his replace in the draft. For me, Koby drafting another PG probably is the one area where I'd would feel pretty confident he would get it right.
 
inliner311 said:
To me this might even be logical. Garland might be able to get us a young wing in return. Koby probably feel confident in his evaluation of guards so far, which might make him more incline to move off of Garland and find his replace in the draft. For me, Koby drafting another PG probably is the one area where I'd would feel pretty confident he would get it right.
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I haven't looked into next year's crop of PGs, but this year would have been a great year to pull that off. I'm a little surprised we didn't make a play to get back into the late first round this year to do just that. Watching Cooper fall to 48th definitely had me scratching my head and wondering about what could have been.
 
Fish Monger said:
I haven't looked into next year's crop of PGs, but this year would have been a great year to pull that off. I'm a little surprised we didn't make a play to get back into the late first round this year to do just that. Watching Cooper fall to 48th definitely had me scratching my head and wondering about what could have been.
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I think we are at the point of Koby's tenure where his next wrong move could be his last move and get him fired. I think he knows that and is scared to roll the dice. I think the Rubio deal is the safest kind of trade he could make.

I think he might be trying to buy himself some time and is waiting for a deal that he can try to knock it out of the park to get Gilbert to re-up on him. The end result if nothing presents itself by the deadline might be a last ditch desperation move that will be similar to what Chris Grant pulled toward the end of his time with the Cavs.
 
Kouki said:
Windler is the biggest pleasant surprise of the season, averages 12/5/2.5/1/1 on 50/40/85 split.
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I'm down with that, although those splits are too high. My predictions:

Cedi is out of the rotation if Okoro, Nance, and Windler are healthy.

Mobley has a year similar to Okoro last year; low numbers in the first half as the focus is on defense, followed by getting more active on offense in the second half and flashing some big potential late.

Okoro is much more involved in the offense both as an initiator and a finisher at the rim. His 3-point shooting improves modestly.

Sexton's late season improvement in distributing the ball carries over and he averages 25 and 6 per game. Garland follows through on his promise to shoot more 3's and averages 20 and 8. Nance and Love spend a lot of time on the IR.

The second unit, with Rubio running the show, is much improved this season but the Cavs still lose to teams with good 3-point shooting. The Cavs finish at or near the bottom in both 3-point attempts and 3-point percentage again this year, although we could see modest gains if Okoro improves, Garland hunts more 3's, and Nance and Love play more minutes than last year.

If Hartenstein leaves the Cavs will have to figure out how to play 16 minutes a game without a center. If he does leave they'll miss him more than most fans expect.

I'm optimistic: 32-50. Rubio and Mobley will help a lot and we won't miss Delly and Prince (OK, a little). They need a backup 5, though.
 
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