Game 31: Cleveland Cavaliers (17-13) vs. Dallas Mavericks (18-12)

[Nowitzki Way]

I can't tell if you're serious or joking.

I'm serious man. i've been saying it since the off-season. i was not a fan of the off-season moves.

I was all for bringing back Kyrie. i loved the Lively, O-Max moves. And i was actually higher on Holmes than most. Boy was i wrong there. 

But free agency was a S show in my opinion. Seth Curry is redundant with Hardaway / Hardy.  

Grant Williams is an undersized 4, who offers no rebounding or size. Two things we needed.

We brought back Powell and Morris. Two scrubs who should not be on NBA rosters. 

The whole Javale McGee fiasco. 

The two under the radar moves have been the best. Exum and DJJ. 

Our two best players are both ball handling guards who have injury issues. You had to account for Luka and Kyrie missing games. Lots of games.  Having three ball handlers (Doncic, Din, Brunson) got us to the finals.  Why not replicate that somehow. I dont see Exum being an answer there, even with what we know now.

We are lucky, very lucky, that Lively doesnt play like a typical 19 year old big. I'd be scared to see what our record would be without him.  They had no back up plan for non-Lively minutes.  We have no size. No rebounding.  Things just dont fit very well.  And one of our big 3 gets injured, its exposes us in a huge way.