the important thing is we got a new meme out of this sweep

Analytically FMVP.

I know you’re memeing but let’s be straight here, he definitely wasn’t.

He’s lucky harden was on his team to shield him from the backlash. And ironically with how awful he was in games 3 through 7 against the Raptors, the Cavs get bounced easily if it wasn’t for some solid games from James

Is it better to win morally or analytically?

2-2 eh

right, usually title is despite the loss, dude scored 5 points on ²⁄₁₃ shooting lol

Must suck to have Lames Soften on your team in an elimination game. He’ll always find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

I feel bad for him. I respect teams that go out swinging, even when they know they won’t win the series. Mitchell tried, and that team’s full of weak willed players

Theatrical. Bro booked them vacation tickets after G1.

Yeah that’s the thing with Mitchell, dude wears his heart on his sleeve and sometimes it comes off harsh but you can tell he actually cares. The rest of the squad looked like they already checked out by the fourth quarter.

Literally just came here to say this. Mitchell was playing with real desperation and obviously was electric on offense, but the rest of the team just looked like they had already booked their tickets to Cancun and didn’t want to have to reschedule their trip. That being said, this has always been my critique of Mitchell, he scores 31 pts on 18 FGAs and his team was still trash. His scoring is just really something that happens in isolation, no pun intended, and does not do anything to improve the rest of his teammates save for those rare games when he actually unlocks his playmaking ability. I just think there’s a hard cap on how good a team can be when he’s your best player so long as he’s gonna play this way

He might be able to be the top scorer but not the best player for sure.

It would be interesting to see him on a team like the Pistons or the Nuggets or something. Put him on a team with an elite play maker and just let him ball out and score 30 a night.

His playmaking isnt good enough. Finding a guard who is a good playmaker, shoots 3, and defends well is very rare

I think this is just over thinking it, I think it just boils down to the knicks were the better team, they weren’t relying on a 36 year old to be their 2ne best player.

people just don’t think. they can’t seperete teammates so they say stupid things like this. if brunson was on the cavs you’d be sayin the same thing

I mean people act like it’s so huge indictment that he’s not a true #1 but he’s probably scalable enough to be a great #2. Like a better Jamal Murray. Pair him with a Jokic or Giannis and that’s a real contender. Just not these jokers in Cleveland.

I don’t like this take because every championship team needs to be somewhat stacked and well rounded. Players like PG, Harden, and Mitchell have clear letdowns, but I find it lazy to say they aren’t good enough to win. It’s partyl lucky and partly themselves.

Yep. You can’t have a guard as the leader of your team that gives you this little on defense and playmaking. It’s just too easy to lock down in the playoffs.

Kevin Durant

What a way to be known for your entire career. Gets to the Playoffs every year only to fizzle out, can’t be a #1 and win anything meaningful beyond the second round, barely 6’2, inconsistent. Homie is the definition of mediocre. And still that is too good for Cleveland sports lmao

Rich man’s Jamal Murray

Same things said about Booker too.

He can’t do anything except score. Even Carmelo could rebound.

He’s basically Jamaal Murray.

Detroit could really use him

Perfect fit for the Raps

He’d be perfect for the Raps

IQ + Dick + 19th overall + 2027 1st

If you switched him with Brunson. I think the Knicks likely make the finals

Cleveland is pretty stacked. Jalen Brunson could probably win with those cats.

This is 100% correct to anyone who actually watched this playoffs. I agree with you 100%. Had 5 good games out of 18

Lol yeah the Knicks were up 3-1 by then, that game had all the intensity of a preseason scrimmage. Feels like half his stats this series came when the pressure was already off.

I’ve followed Donovan his whole career and this seemed like the first year where he was acknowledging a teammate (Mobley) had to be better than him in order to win.

That felt like the entire point of the season for Cleveland, honestly, and it didn’t happen. Mobley is a good player, but as we all just saw he can’t be counted on like that right now.

Mobley was the best player for the Cavs all playoffs.

Those two for sure can have a meat off for starting guard

honestly I could see it

you can argue about whether he can lead a team to a championship as their best player, but he’s definitely a max level player

People say this every year about him but then he drops 50 in a game 7 or something. He’s inconsistent but that’s most scoring guards, you still gotta pay the man if you’re Cleveland.

This was a nightmare playoffs in terms of defensive match-ups. Getting Barnes, then Ausar, then OG would neutralize a LOT of really good players. That’s ³⁄₄ of the wings on thus year’s All Defensive team. And yet he still averaged 26/5/3 for the entire postseason.

The bigger issue I saw was teams face-guarding Mitchell and Atkinson being content to just run impotent Harden plays while 45 hung out in the corner. Cleveland rarely made an effort to get Mitchell switched onto match-ups he could exploit.

He looked like the only Cav who wanted to play tonight

Yeah I mean 31 on good efficiency is solid no matter what, but when your team loses by 12 and the other guys don’t show up it kinda just feels like a waste.

Idk why our fans keep parroting this. The FO didn’t figure anything out, there just wasn’t a timeline to rebuild to contention without the certainty of Donovan staying for the long term. If Ainge could guarantee that he’d sign another contract in three years then we obviously wouldn’t have traded him.

What did the jazz figure out? That rudy gobert cant be a 2nd option?

stupid comment

He’s part of the problem.

Would honestly be a great match with Cade

Made it to conference finals + he can’t be a first option winner

maybe he should show up when it matters. people are gonna forget how ghost he went down the stretch in some games