Inside the NBA mock the Cavaliers with the “definition” of the word ‘Quit’
In fairness to the Cavs, they didn’t quit when the Knicks went up 29. Cutting that down by 10 points in 5 minutes isn’t quitting. Knicks are just a better team.
Exactly. Everyone is doing everything but calling it like it is because it’s the Knicks. They’re simply the better team.
Media cycle of clowning the losing team is getting old for me but I guess the negativity gets views and clicks, but seems to undersell how well the Knicks were playing.
This is just a comedy bit by Chuck and the guys. Literally a meme starter and skit. That’s all it is. It’s not the ‘media’, it’s 4 guys on one show paid specifically to act like clowns and get mentions for ESPN.
I actually disagree. Cavs have the deeper roster and more talented starters. That was terrible coaching
Do they now
Outside of Brunson yeah
Lmaooo, okay 👍 keep telling yourself that. 🧹
Knicks won’t win a game against either OKC or SA
cavs couldn’t win a game against the knicks
in what world are mobley / JA better than KAT
Game is played on the court, not on paper. It’s a 5 man team, not 2 or 3, but 5, plus coaching. Cavs should have never gave up
Knicks are better completely
This is the dumbest take I’ve seen here in 5 minutes
Knicks just ain’t as good as that looked
classic no-flair trying to rage bait
That you, Harden?
Dumbass alert
I guess on our absolute best day - maybe?? But certainly not this post-season. Our bench has routinely vanished. We’ve had six players do well and almost none of them at the same time as another lol
The Knicks have just had our number constantly over the last few years when it matters most.
The quit feels more like a reference to how they lost any fight in them after that crushing game one choke
OP’s point is that this is a lazy and false narrative. If they lost any fight in them they would have folded in Game 2, but they were leading through much of the first half and only lost control of the game in the 2nd half when Josh Hart started hitting his 3s. Yes they lost fight towards the end of Game 3, but they played with competitive spirit much of the game despite being down on the scoreboard. It’s not that they just gave up after Game 1, it’s that they just haven’t had any answers for a team on one of the best playoff runs of all time.
Only most of the Cavs have zero heart. Mobley, Harden and Allen are all soft-ass quitters though.
The Cavaliers are the Analytical Conference Champions
They quit in game 3
They quit sometime in game 1 and haven’t really tried since.
Lmao. I love it.
But imagine the tables were turned and the Knicks had been down 3-0.
Would you have liked it if Chuck called “Knicks” the very definition of quitting?
If the Knicks were down 3-0 and down 20 at half in the elimination game, I’d agree with Chuck
It’s like the Knicks decided to collectively quit doing stupid things on the basketball court, so they are quitting in some respect.
Right but you’re a Knicks fan so of course that is what you’d say.
this might be the worst attempt at rhetoric I have ever seen
But excellent hyperbole on your part
Well yeah because I’m critical of the team I’m a fan of. I feel the Knicks should’ve beaten the Pacers last year, so if they performed how the Cavs did in this conference finals, I for sure would call them quitters. I’d expect them to have some kind of fight in order to finally reach the NBA finals after back-to-back conference finals appearances. But, hey, that might be hard for you to understand
Have a good night fam
You too brotha
Mate if the Knicks were getting swept Chuck would be posting memes made by Knicks fans that would be spicier than this aimed at Towns and Bridges and Brown.
I’ve been watching the Knicks for almost 20 years now. For much of that time the Knicks were shit on, hard.
If this was happening to the Knicks it’d be that time of the year to shit all over the Knicks again. Knick fans should be allowed to have this lmao
Knicks subreddit wasn’t exactly a rational happy place after quite a few conference finals games last year.
Most people don’t like it when their team is shit on. Everyone likes it when their team wins. You’re asking a Knick fan to imagine what it’s like for their team to be shit on? Are you for real right now?
Also, flair up.
I don’t think you understand the horrible, terrible things that Knicks fans have said about the Knicks in the last 25 years. Don’t worry, we can take it.
They out there jogging trying to get a sweat in lol
They have one foot in Cancun
*Galveston
They don’t deserve Galveston. We’re sending them to Erie Pennsylvania.
send them to a resort in flint, mi. will put that dirty ass water in galveston to shame
Flint’s water issues and Galveston’s have basically nothing in common, this makes no sense.
thanks dont care
Dirty ass wahter
Last game my wife said “Harden looks like he’s just trying to get his steps in for the day”
He should have been a Quarterback with that build and stepback. He’s never rushed, he always surveys the field and he’s one dimensional anyway.
For real, that effort on defense was like watching a pickup game at 24 Hour Fitness where nobody wants to play D. Straight up vacation mode activated.
I mean it looked like we were then went on a run at the end of the half
Yeah they still have some fight left in them. Shout out to Mitchell for still balling
Yeah, but a mini run after falling down 29 points due to a lack of effort is very much too little too late.
Yeah that run got people hyped but it was too little too late honestly. The body language before that was brutal to watch.
I’m disappointed in the crew. The truth is actually fitting…
Cavalier definition: showing a lack of proper concern, or acting in a dismissive and offhand way toward important or serious matters
It kinda means “quitting”
Goddammit - this should be at the top. Annoyed I didn’t think of it.
Being cavalier is not like quitting though, it’s like being dismissive of danger to be number 1. Bold (with a kinda positive connotation). That type of thing
It’s not a perfect synonym. But if someone were trying 100% and then became cavalier, the perception would be that they had quit.
I get what you’re trying to say but it doesn’t really make sense in context. If the Cavs had been more cavalier in their approach to the Knicks it would’ve been way more entertaining. They sucked and quit it was embarrassing to watch
Okay that Dashboard Confessional song “As Lovers Go” makes much more sense now lol I always thought it was like brave/a fighter but it’s perfect in the context of the song.
I know right? It was sitting right there.
They’re still in this game man
Yeah, okay bud.
Knicks fans know tragedy far too well to speak
I’m still not convinced it’s over and that they might choke the game away.
Not a smile on my face until I see the trophy lol
Edit I’m cheesin
analytically, they are… or at least atkinson would say so
Nah they’re literally just standing around on defense rn, it’s painful to watch
Harden stays ring less YOU LOVE TO SEE IT
I thought Cavs would be a synonym
And they made a win now trade for harden….
START SPREADING THE NEWS
Would it have been better off to not make the ECF for the Cavs at this point?
This would’ve happened to anyone. The East was shut as soon Tatum was held out of game 7 tbh
Stop it man, the Celtics weren’t beating this team in any world
Come on, the ‘26 Celtics don’t have the size to contain a Mitch, OG and KAT frontcourt.
There’s a reason they couldn’t pass Embiid.
We lost to them in ‘25 with a better team, no way we would have beaten them with Queta as the only playable big
Nah- I was thinking how much better it would have been to watch the Celtics get swept in the ECF compared to their most recent exit.
Harden didn’t want to ruin his summer plans with more basketball
At least the hockey game is good
I dont think chuck knows what a verb is
Knicks were down by 22 in game 1. They didn’t give up. Cavs should not just say, yeah, Knicks are up by 26 in Q2. They are just better. We give up. That is so bad. Don’t even show up if that’s your attitude.
Humiliation ritual series
True. Dan Gilbert should clean house.
I thought I’d get the “embarrassed for” feeling at some point in this game but nope, here I am full of schadenfreude, having a great time.
Galveston
u/savevideo
Cavs didn’t quit. They got fired.
I feel like the whole “Let’s make fun of the team that almost made it” thing is getting old. The Knicks were just way better from the 4th Qtr of Game 1 on. The way these narrative games get played, you’d think it’s worse to make the ECF and get swept than to lose in the semis. The Cavs were a better team for 3 quarters out of the 16 that were played. I think part of what happened is that the Detroit series was incredibly draining, and this team looked tired late in games.
Congrats to the Knicks on being on an epic winning streak right now.
I thought we’d finally be done with this bullshit when TNT lost coverage, but we will never escape their hatred for the modern game, modern players, and complete lack of effort.
130-93 in an elimination game. The NBA is just such a bad product
Cavs didn’t quit, just maybe less cohesive or skilled this year as a whole, but they are definitely trying and not being lazy or some shit
26-3 on fast break in a half is quitting.
What would quitting look like to you then?