The Block The Shot The Stop

Cleveland Cavs podcast. Hosted by Kevin Lynch and Skylar Wuebker

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All episodes out now, use links in the bio! HUGE thank you to all of our guests for this series who made it so fun. Long live Lebron, Kyrie, and the 2016 NBA Champs Cleveland Cavaliers!

@AcrossCavs @TheTriumphant23 @FeartheFroPod @realcavsfans @Tony_Pesta @egreen4325

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We are celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the 2016 NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers with a 7-part series reliving the Cavs historic comeback over Golden State. All episodes will be available 2/16. #Cavs #Warriors #LebronJames #KyrieIrving #StephCurry

https://t.co/KqXrrazexK

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@WitMiBBall Want to bet that he measured under 6’6 at the NBA Draft Combine?

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Please make sure every NBA team sees this and it creates some trade value.

[NBA @NBA]

Dennis Schröder DELIVERED 😤

His 20 PTS, 9 AST and 2 STL helped Germany secure the win in the 1st round of the 2026 @FIBAWC qualifiers 🇩🇪

(via @FIBAWC)

[kuz @kylekuzma]

After sitting here watching NBA free agency this year and overall NBA movement over the past 2 years somebody has to say it....

The new CBA was sold as parity, but the first and second apron are starting to function like a hard cap on player value, team continuity, and player movement.

Teams are no longer making purely basketball decisions. They’re making fear-based apron decisions. That means good players get squeezed, homegrown cores get broken up, fan-favorite teams lose their identity, and the overall product loses some of the nostalgia and continuity that made people fall in love with the NBA in the first place.

This isn’t about players not understanding business. It’s the opposite. We understand that the NBA is a business. That’s why the @TheNBPA has to operate with elite business acumen, elite negotiating strategy, and real foresight.

The owners and the league walk into these meetings with killers that continue to run circles around us time and time again with elite lawyers, economists, cap experts, media strategists, and long term business operators. Players deserve a PA that is just as sharp, just as prepared, and just as aggressive about protecting our upside.

Too often, it feels like players are informed after the fact instead of being truly educated and empowered before decisions are made. That cannot continue.

The next CBA is a do or die moment for us as players. It's only going to get worse for us. We need transparency, accountability, and a serious re evaluation of who is representing us and how they are representing us.

This is not anti parity. This is pro player, fan, and product. The league is strongest when players are valued properly, great teams can stay together, and the people representing us are operating at the same level as the people sitting across the table.

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@TreBreezyy__ @realcavsfans My opinion was he could have been an elite role player but fancied himself a star so he didn’t want to do the things that make role players great. And he’s not good enough to be a star.

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“I will find a wing player who can shoot, play defense, and is taller than 6’5 for the first time since you left 8 years ago.” - Koby Altman probably

[RealCavsFans.com @realcavsfans]

You're Koby.

What's your roster pitch to LeBron if he commits?

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@realcavsfans If my memory serves Hunter didn’t do a lot of defense or shot making this season. He was ok for the 20 ish games the season before.

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@realcavsfans Oh I have no idea how that trade makes sense for Boston. The Celtics got worse, older, more injury prone, and just as expensive.

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@realcavsfans @DatDamn_DOMO I would have thought the same until what the Celtics actually got from Philly for JB… 2 picks of varying quality and one of the worst contracts in the league.

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This is the best idea I’ve ever heard when it comes to how a soccer match should end.

[Pras @Pras_fpl]

There is a better way.

Play the penalty shootout straight after 90 mins.

The winner of the shootout gets a 0.5 goal lead going into 30 mins of extra time.

Now the team that lost the pens has a chance to win and crucially, no matter score, there is one team that has to go for it at all times, making extra time fun too.

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@OhThatYoCrypto @Tony_Pesta That’s a fair point. I still think the Cavs had plenty of resources over the last 4 years to make a better roster construction around Mitchell and/or Mobley.

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@Tony_Pesta This is so true. You can honestly make the same case around Mitchell. The Knicks are a prime example of how they put the exact type of players around Brunson to allow him and the team to succeed.

[The Block The Shot The Stop @TheBlockTheStop]

Is this good?

[𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧🏎️ @Carter_CLE]

After drafting Meleek Thomas, the Cavs now have 9 rostered players listed at 6’5 or shorter:

Craig Porter Jr - 6’1
Dennis Schröder - 6’1
Donovan Mitchell - 6’2
Meleek Thomas - 6’3
Keon Ellis - 6’4
Sam Merrill - 6’4
Tyrese Proctor - 6’4
James Harden - 6’5
Max Strus - 6’5

[The Block The Shot The Stop @TheBlockTheStop]

Bingo

[RealCavsFans.com @realcavsfans]

@Projectnba1 Asset mismanagement.

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My problem with this:

It was Koby Altmans decisions that left the Cavs with no resources to draft an excellent prospect who’d also be a good roster fit in this loaded draft class.

[Mikey McNuggets @MikeLucasTV]

Koby Altman:

We believe we got a 1st round talent in Meleek and picked up a future R2 pick that we could use in future deals or whatnot. We're thrilled with this outcome. #LetEmKnow

[RealCavsFans.com @realcavsfans]

Drafting Tyrese Proctor.
Moving De'Andre Hunter for Dennis Schroder and Keon Ellis.
Picking up Craig Porter Jr's option
Drafting Meleek Thomas

Make it make sense, Koby.

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@AcrossCavs Laugh @AcrossCavs We are supposed to laugh

[Evan Dammarell @AmNotEvan]

Wow Jordan was eliminated from the World Cup, something LeBron would never let happen

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@AcrossCavs @TheTriumphant23 👋

[RealCavsFans.com @realcavsfans]

This was really fun to take part in. If you want to look back on each game in an depth way, make sure to give this a look.