Tyler Zeller: CHOCOLATE SNOW !!!

["Boobie" Gibson]

Prototypical off the bench big. I love him right where he is.

Solid game tonight. Keep it up young fella

[BimboColesHair]

Who cares if he starts or not, if he does our bench bigs to start the 2nd are TT and either Samardo or Jones...yikes. Keep him in the role he is in, Tristan hasn't done anything to warrant him falling out of the starting lineup and Zeller feasts on back up bigs.

[poo199]

I think he's a future all-star. He reminds me of Z with more athleticism.

[Zen]

I think he's a future all-star. He reminds me of Z with more athleticism.

[MGMT]

I think he's a future all-star. He reminds me of Z with more athleticism.

What a load of poo

[SteelSmack]

I think he's a future all-star. He reminds me of Z with more athleticism.

So a shorter, young Z?

With the current crop of "centers" in this league... it could happen. Well, it could have, if they didn't get rid of the center position off the all star ballot.

[BimboColesHair]

I'm still waiting for the Cavs to run a play through him posting up on the low block. All of his touches and points come off pick and rolls, pick and pops, backdoor cuts, and put backs. Lets see if the kid has a back to the basket game, Byron.

[Tecumseh]

Zeller will be in the league for a long time. Not sure about all-star or even starting center. But he might be one of the pieces that will be most important for the Cavs to be a great team. Can never have enough bigs, especially those with as many skills as Zeller.

[Tornicade]

Id like to see zeller get the ball in the post as well but it seems like the only thing he isnt allowed to do when he gets the ball in the high post. When we see Zeller get the green light in those situations and he understand how to do it without slowing down the offense or over dribbling then im sure scott will put him in the starting rotation.

[Tornicade]

Id like to see zeller get the ball in the post as well but it seems like the only thing he isnt allowed to do when he gets the ball in the high post. When we see Zeller get the green light in those situations and he understand how to do it without slowing down the offense or over dribbling then im sure scott will put him in the starting rotation.

meanwhile Thompson is horrible in the post and he gets the green light all day long. which brings me back to my theory that Scott isnt allowing alot of key personell to do what is natural tot heir skill set.

[CleveRocks]

Zeller will be in the league for a long time. Not sure about all-star or even starting center. But he might be one of the pieces that will be most important for the Cavs to be a great team. Can never have enough bigs, especially those with as many skills as Zeller.

I think Zeller's floor is Jeff Foster, who has indeed been a contributor but not a starter in the league for a long time. I think he ceiling is more Brad Miller. I don't think he is ready for the post at this level, because he is not strong enough. You need that upper body to hang with the bigs in the post or you will get busted up. I think Scott does not want to affect his confidence there.

TT, on the other hand, spent the offseason getting bigger, and spent the end of last season at center. He is already athletic enough to defend in the lane, but he needs to practice in game to develop a feel for how to score. You can't teach that in practice. Like Dion, he has not learned how to avoid the NBA class shot blocker, and until he manages that he will struggle. However, I think Scott is doing the right thing to green light him down low, because we are all about learning right now. We are not going to win a lot of games with Sloan Pargo Gibson and Miles as our back court...

[cavsfan1985]

I agree he is a rockie learning the game. I mean the 17th pick in the draft is getting a lot of playing time, a typical 17th pick is on a playoff team, and is in a bench role and sees limited mins. Remember very few center come out of college and dominate in their first few years. I think he has been great if you look in context of what he is.

[EugB23]

I think he could be a borderline All Star if he gains some more upper body strength, needs to hit the weight room hard. He has the frame and athleticism to be a good, maybe great starting center but his outside shot has been disappointing thus far outside of the Portland game....maybe a hybrid of Nick Collison and Brad Miller which would be pretty good...

[Birdy89]

It is time for Tyler to start, with TT coming in for limited minutes as the "energy big" off the bench.

I don't care that TT was a higher draft pick, the team functions better with TZ on the court because they aren't playing 4 on 5 on offense.

His defense is just about a wash with TT (Zeller did a really good job tonight) and his rebounding rate is as well. If he got the minutes TT does, he would get just as many boards.

Having him as a viable offensive option opens up the floor so much because his man can't totally ignore him, which in turn gives Kyrie more room to work.

At some point people need to get over the fact that he was the 17th pick and TT was the 4th, therefore TZ should come off the bench.

Tyler needs to start playing with the starters.

[randymoss1881]

How did he do vs howard in the matchup? Also how was he on offense cause stats dont tell the whole truth