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Browns/Giants game: "It'll be good enough for a first down. Check that, it'll be short by about eight yards." @awfulannouncing

Cooper has a team of goons and whines like he’s coaching choir boys. @CanadiensMTL

@pgh877 I love Mitchell. But he was a bad fit and they forced it before they needed that piece. So getting him put the organization in more of a win now made when they weren’t ready to win now. That led to Garland/Harden. James is another great player, but probably not the right player.

@TXHoopsCoach Better options than 45 don’t just hit the market. It isn’t 2k. No one played well, it’s game 4, series is tied coming back to Cleveland, we can stop this nonsense after game 6

The Isaac Okoro trade killed this franchise: 1. Traded Okoro for Lonzo Ball 2. Didn’t re-sign Ty Jerome because you acquired his replacement 3. Traded Hunter because he became a lemon without Ty 4. Keon/Dennis acquired to try to replicate Okoro/Ty 5. Lost our last 2nd round picks dumping Lonzo 6. Keon is ass, Dennis is ass and signed for $14m next season

@pgh877 @IsaacOkoroFan @cavs They still have Allen and Mobley, while replacing Garland with Harden. And they once again will probably not advance beyond Rd 2. They eventually would have needed something, but it probably wasn’t a ball-dominant guard.

@TXHoopsCoach @IsaacOkoroFan @cavs What a silly reactionary take lmao. What of the 3 man core screamed competitive to you ?

@cameronsettles @pgh877 @IsaacOkoroFan @cavs Trust me, I haven’t forgotten. I think Chicago and Cleveland both failed to realize what just what Markkanen could do. I was thrilled when @cavs got him. He’s not the best at the defensive end, but the rest of his game would be great here.

@pgh877 @TXHoopsCoach @IsaacOkoroFan @cavs You’re forgetting we gave up Markannen in that trade too. Do I think a starting lineup of Garland-Sexton-Markannen-Mobley-Allen would have at least been to the second round by now? Absolutely, and we’d have plenty of runway left.

@MaxMannis Jazz is the guy that comes up hobbling wherever he misses a layup.

YES instantly cutting to Boone got a good laugh out of me

@getnickwright But so many people thought he was the answer for the @cavs when the trade was made. Personally, I think that trade should end Koby Altman’s run with Cleveland.

James Harden has now had back to back playoff games with more turnovers than field goals. That means he now has FORTY FOUR (44!) playoff games with more turnovers than FGs.

@JordanZirm So the author of several playoff duds and a guy that has never gone beyond Rd 2 lost to a lesser team. Does that surprise you?

LeBron James once brought the Cavs back from a 3-1 Finals deficit against a 73-win Golden State Warriors team. Donovan Mitchell and James Harden just lost to a Raptors team that shot 13% from 3

@WorldOfDG With Mitchell still here? Not much different. Matching 45 with any ball dominant PG is going to be tough. @cavs should have moved Don for a stud SF and kept Garland. I think the pieces would mesh better.

@EdGreenberger @ClassicBrowns And don’t let Altman be the one to rebuild it. I thought he was doing a great job all along until he decided to play fantasy basketball. He crushed the development of a team when he acquired Mitchell. Donovan is a GREAT player, but he was the wrong fit at the wrong time.

If the #Cavs lose this series, you have to completely blow it up. Trade Mitchell, Mobley, Allen. Start 100% fresh. There is zero evidence that this team is anything but soft and perennially not ready for prime time.

@RedBlackAttack @TheCavsJack 💯

@TheCavsJack I was on record the last 8-12 months saying they should have been looking at dealing Donovan, not Darius. It was inexplicable to not only refuse to have the big, tough conversation, but to go even deeper all-in on him w/Harden. Koby should lose his job for that.

I am well inclined to believe this is Donovan Mitchell’s last week as a Cav if they lose the series

@WeAreCavsNation At one point I did. I’m really questioning that now. And I’m not sure he can be the #2 either because he needs the ball in his hands too much for that.

Do you think Donovan Mitchell can be the No. 1 option on a championship team?

Pretty excited by the veteran star PG piling up 25 turnovers in four games. Bodes well for this team’s playoff hopes. I honestly don’t know how anyone, Altman and Mitchell included, thought adding Harden was really going to make the @cavs a championship contender.

@SportsBoyTony Atkinson should be booted after they get bounced, whether it’s this round or the next. Same goes for Altman.

I cannot believe with his team completely gassed Kenny didn’t use the use it or lose it timeout before the 3 min mark with ball

@cavs would have been better off dealing Mitchell for a big time SF and keeping Garland. Then Tyson/Merrill start at SG. Harden is a stat stuffer, not a champion. Adding him also created another odd mix and ball-sharing challenge on offense.

@BenAxelrod Because Kenny’s feel for the game isn’t exactly elite.

Cavs were rolling without Mobley. No idea why Atkinson went back to him.

@TalkSoccer Especially when the team is out of challenges after getting its two challenges correct. So it needed to challenge twice to correct garbage officiating, but is out of challenges after correcting officiating mistakes. Makes no sense.

My favorite part of the #NBA.... Team A has "no challenges remaining" on a ridiculously close call in the final seconds... "Sure, we will use replay. But not to make sure questionable calls are correct in the most important moments of the game because you used up your challenges". HAHAHAHAHA. What a joke.

@cavs are run by a GM that wants a fantasy basketball team. They have a coach that seems to get lost with have management. Both need to be fired asap.

Mitchell goes complete brain cramp in late-game situations. @cavs

Are we still going with the “Darius Garland is the problem” approach? @cavs #FireAltman #FireAtkinson