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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Eh, I wouldn't say masterful. Clarkson's contract is bad and on the books for two more seasons after this. Hill is not even close to what he was in his prime, defensively this season he ranks marginally better than Isaiah. Yes we can expect him to up the effort level, but he's a mild upgrade and his shooting stats are skewed by low volume. Hood is decent, but his injury history/soft reputation doesn't bode well for playoff basketball. And if it is Perkins who ends up filling the buyout spot, that's a nothing add. They also have no rim protection, and are set up to get destroyed on the glass. If they draw the Pistons in round one, they could easily lose that series watching Drummond average 10 offensive boards a game (and something stupid like 25 total).
The Cavs are better than they were yesterday, but they've been playing .400 basketball the past two months. It doesn't take much to improve. They're still banking on LeBron going mental and having the greatest postseason ever....and even then, the Celtics and Raptors are much deeper and have actual teams together. Oh and it doesn't change Lue being a terrible coach either. Frankly if they fire him and hire Fizdale, then they're a lot more intriguing than anything these trades did.
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Yeah, past versions of the Cavs have had these lineups that were so difficult to match up with a really took advantage of James' versatility; when they put both Frye and Love on the court, that was such a tough matchup. I can't come up with a lineup for their current roster that's really scary. No combination of Love/Thompson/Nance as their bigs is really tough; maybe they rely more on going small with James as point-PF with Love, and then Hill, plus two of Hood/Korver/Smith? That's got some shooting, but it's still really weak defensively at the wings.