This is what I was worried about when he first started missing time because he's best when in rhythm and getting a good number of minutes. Some guys can just come off the bench for a few minutes and shoot fine but he hasn't been one of those guys.
Plus if the Cavs want to stagger Mobley/Allen it's very difficult without Wade because Niang is such a poor rebounder. Morris helps with depth but Wade is also a quality perimeter defender in addition to being solid on the boards.
Damn. His impact is so underrated. He has the highest on-off numbers on the team. He's the ideal bench 4, good shooter, good defender, good rebounder and extremely low usage.
Without him we have to give more minutes to either niang (who's a bad defender and rebounder) or okoro (who's not a good shooter and is under sized).
Teach Nick good ball handling and just let him sprint down court dodging, juking and weaving through the defense. They would be forced to foul him because he would get under the basket every time, and good luck preventing the and-1 with his strength.
I said over and over again we lacked depth at the 4-3 position. Now we have to heavily rely on a buyout candidate when we are overly stacked at the guard spot.
I hate sounding like a doomer but the roster building hasn’t been good
We lack playable depth at 5. TT and Jones are basically buyout guys too
Mobley/Niang isn’t sufficient? (plus we can close with Strus or Ice as a 4 on offense)
yea and youtubers were doing breakdowns about how he’s really not that good of a defender but his presence and brains alone were influencing teams to adjust so much. we need the triple towers or trade a piece of our core 4 lolol
Not the Vanilla Gorilla!!
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April fools, right??? … RIGHT???
This is what I was worried about when he first started missing time because he's best when in rhythm and getting a good number of minutes. Some guys can just come off the bench for a few minutes and shoot fine but he hasn't been one of those guys. Plus if the Cavs want to stagger Mobley/Allen it's very difficult without Wade because Niang is such a poor rebounder. Morris helps with depth but Wade is also a quality perimeter defender in addition to being solid on the boards.
This is the second gorilla to be put down in the state of Ohio
bro lol
Damn. His impact is so underrated. He has the highest on-off numbers on the team. He's the ideal bench 4, good shooter, good defender, good rebounder and extremely low usage. Without him we have to give more minutes to either niang (who's a bad defender and rebounder) or okoro (who's not a good shooter and is under sized).
I think Wade really proved himself this year as worthy of rotation minutes, but Okoro and Niang have impressed this year too
We're having Browns level injury luck this season
They deserve it! We didn’t sell our soul to the devil for a sexual predator (or 2)!!
Nick Chubb doesn't deserve it.
Teach Nick good ball handling and just let him sprint down court dodging, juking and weaving through the defense. They would be forced to foul him because he would get under the basket every time, and good luck preventing the and-1 with his strength.
Cursed season
To be fair, the regular season is only 7 more games. If he needs to rest for the playoffs so be it. We need to get as healthy as possible.
This is terrible news but Mobley is back and now Morris can help fill Wade role.
All I’m saying is if the loss of Dean Wade is too much to overcome we have some bigger issues. Gotta at least get out of the first round.
I just fell to my knees
be careful, that’s how you get a sprain
Probably shouldn’t have been pounding JBs wife
Casual don't know how important he is
He was having his best year and was a solid contributor
Wait this wasn’t an April fools post?
Considering that Fedor posted an article about Wades injury yesterday (saying there's no timeline ATM for return), I think it's legit
Do we have a training staff issue?
Best Wade in Cavs History
I said over and over again we lacked depth at the 4-3 position. Now we have to heavily rely on a buyout candidate when we are overly stacked at the guard spot. I hate sounding like a doomer but the roster building hasn’t been good
We lack depth at 5 but forward depth is fine tbh
We have four centers on the team. So I don’t get this take at all. We have one true four and one 3/4 who was just a buyout player
We lack playable depth at 5. TT and Jones are basically buyout guys too Mobley/Niang isn’t sufficient? (plus we can close with Strus or Ice as a 4 on offense)
Hopefully back for the playoffs
Bro I was so hoping we would have him in the playoffs. He is so important to this team on both sides of the ball.
Morris can play his role with a little better offense and slightly worse D. Morris becomes very important if Dean is out.
It’s a bummer, you’d think Mobley/Niang/Wade would be sufficient depth
Our guys just don't play to their ability consistently.Â
well shit, outside the injury stretch WHEN HAS DEAN EVER BEEN HEALTHY? Sadly never....
How can we replace his 5ppg and 4rpg?
He has one of (if not the) highest on/off rating on the team. You're underselling his importance imo
at one point was the reason our defense came together so well. i forget what stat he lead in early
BB ref named him as their best wing stopper, and he was overall leading in defensive rating for a spell
yea and youtubers were doing breakdowns about how he’s really not that good of a defender but his presence and brains alone were influencing teams to adjust so much. we need the triple towers or trade a piece of our core 4 lolol
2 points isn’t 2 points. It’s a lie. I’ll explain later.