Yes. Absolutely yes. The Celtics are beatable, and the Cavs are elite. Even if Boston does beat the Cavs in a series this year, it will be the LAST time before we leave them behind.
They need a backup 5/4 they can rely on. Bobby Portis for 12.5 a year is my favorite target. We will see come the deadline if the Bucks are selling. 50/50 shot their turnaround is real, or just temporary.
Cavs need to play someone else on Porzingis cuz Allen can't handle him Cavs will finish 2nd to the Celtics still we have a good team need to possibly make a trade.
Cavs in a good spot going forward. The clock is ticking on the current version of the Celtics. The new Collective Bargaining Agreement rules and Boston entering the Repeater luxury tax brackets starting next season will bring an abrupt end to this current Celtics dynasty. The Celtics have paid the luxury tax last two seasons and will pay again at the end of this season. Paying the luxury tax 3 straight season will trigger the Repeat offender luxury tax penalty which will be due to be paid at the end of next year the 2025-2026 season. Currently for the 2025-26 season the Celtics have a total committed salary of $225,514,138 for only 11 players. Next year the Celtics will have to fill out the remaining 4 roster spots and be hamstringed in doing so by the fact they are going to be a perpetual Second Apron team going forward. The only moves a second apron team can make to improve their team are the following: they can resign their own free agents; they can sign their own draft picks, and they can sign new players to only the veteran minimum salary. That's it. They can't sign free agents with a Mid-Level exception or Biannual exception. If they make a trade, they can't take back more than 100% salary matching in the trade. They also can't combine multiple outgoing salaries in any trade. In other words, the only trade they can make is where the Celtics are sending out one player and bringing back one or more players where the combined incoming salary is less than the one outgoing players salary. Also, because they are above the first apron they are not allowed to sign a buyout player that was being paid more than the 12.9-million-dollar non-taxpayer mid-level exception this season prior to being bought out. As I said earlier, the Celtics have $225,514,138 committed to 11 players next year. I imagine they will resign Horford (if he doesn't rupture one of his 38-year-old Achilles tendons before then) to another one-year deal. They'll have a late first round pick in 2025 that they will sign, and they will either resign Jaden Springer or let him go and sign someone else to a vet min deal. Their 15th roster spot will probably remain open until Feb or March 2026 when they sign a buyout player. I project that the total cost for their player roster for the 2025-26 season will be approximately $241,000,000 (if they bring back Horford). I did the math on this payroll number using this year's Repeater luxury tax brackets and came up with a tax bill for next season of $263,000,000. Add that tax penalty to their players' salaries and it comes out to $504,000,000 dollars total cost to put their team on the court next year 2025-26. Yes, that was over a half BILLION with a B! Keep in mind that current Celtics majority owner Wyc Grousbeck only has a total net worth of about $400,000,000. Maybe this is why he's looking to sell the team. The Celtics have additional minority owners but in business the majority owner typically pays a majority of the expense. In the present-day NBA, you just can't pay two players on the same team 300-million-dollar contracts like Tatum and Brown are going to be getting. The Celtics will be forced to bust the team up. This is all simple mathematics.
Mr. Krabs: The Cavaliers better beat the Celtics in the playoffs this year to avenge their loss to them from last season, because if the Cavaliers do not win the championship this year, then Reise’s older brother George will be dead meat. I’m not joking this time.
Wait til the Cavs get Wade, Levert, Okoro, and Strus get back.. had literally no one to guard Tatum & Brown. So sick of ppl talking about KP being out, Cavs were much more injury riddled and still only lost by 3 in Boston
@@quinnmiller68 you're on crack if you think any of those players can guard tatum and brown well, boston has size mismatches on the cavs throughout our whole lineup. notice how bad midget garland always plays against them? goodluck having him perform well when it matters. now okoro who is 3-4 inches shorter than tatum is gonna shut him down lmao gtfo
The Cavs aren’t a “championship or bust” team yet. They’re still developing. Within the next year or two is when the window truly opens. A competitive ECF is the next step.
They made need to move garland and extend ty Jerome tho. He is like a Derrick white Jalen Brunson hybrid he can play defense shoot lights out and get in the paint
Yes. Absolutely yes. The Celtics are beatable, and the Cavs are elite.
Even if Boston does beat the Cavs in a series this year, it will be the LAST time before we leave them behind.
😂😂 you wont even get passed a healthy Knicks or Magic, Bucks, 76ers.
@@NiteOwlVibes ill do you a favor. I won't insult your intelligence by assuming you actually believe the stpuid things you say.
He even mentioned 76ers lol😂@@dearmas9068
@@NiteOwlVibesname a price I bet the Cavs make the ECF
@@nickmoorman6359don’t be a coward. Say you’ll win it all
Do you think the Cavs should make any big roster moves this season?
They need a backup 5/4 they can rely on. Bobby Portis for 12.5 a year is my favorite target.
We will see come the deadline if the Bucks are selling. 50/50 shot their turnaround is real, or just temporary.
They need a player that can guard 3/4/5. Idk about big but they need one more player. Idk if Jabari Smith Jr is available but he has that skill.
Cavs need to play someone else on Porzingis cuz Allen can't handle him Cavs will finish 2nd to the Celtics still we have a good team need to possibly make a trade.
@@Hawkeye62 Did you... um... did you forget that Mobley and Dean Wade exist?
The Cavs are 2nd to absolutely no one.
Hell yeah!
Hell yeah and the cavs gonna win it all this year mark my words
If delusion was a person
Losing by 3 on the road is virtually a tie. If you look at the season a whole, this year. The Cavs are better.
Cavs in a good spot going forward. The clock is ticking on the current version of the Celtics. The new Collective Bargaining Agreement rules and Boston entering the Repeater luxury tax brackets starting next season will bring an abrupt end to this current Celtics dynasty. The Celtics have paid the luxury tax last two seasons and will pay again at the end of this season. Paying the luxury tax 3 straight season will trigger the Repeat offender luxury tax penalty which will be due to be paid at the end of next year the 2025-2026 season. Currently for the 2025-26 season the Celtics have a total committed salary of $225,514,138 for only 11 players.
Next year the Celtics will have to fill out the remaining 4 roster spots and be hamstringed in doing so by the fact they are going to be a perpetual Second Apron team going forward. The only moves a second apron team can make to improve their team are the following: they can resign their own free agents; they can sign their own draft picks, and they can sign new players to only the veteran minimum salary. That's it. They can't sign free agents with a Mid-Level exception or Biannual exception. If they make a trade, they can't take back more than 100% salary matching in the trade. They also can't combine multiple outgoing salaries in any trade. In other words, the only trade they can make is where the Celtics are sending out one player and bringing back one or more players where the combined incoming salary is less than the one outgoing players salary. Also, because they are above the first apron they are not allowed to sign a buyout player that was being paid more than the 12.9-million-dollar non-taxpayer mid-level exception this season prior to being bought out.
As I said earlier, the Celtics have $225,514,138 committed to 11 players next year. I imagine they will resign Horford (if he doesn't rupture one of his 38-year-old Achilles tendons before then) to another one-year deal. They'll have a late first round pick in 2025 that they will sign, and they will either resign Jaden Springer or let him go and sign someone else to a vet min deal. Their 15th roster spot will probably remain open until Feb or March 2026 when they sign a buyout player. I project that the total cost for their player roster for the 2025-26 season will be approximately $241,000,000 (if they bring back Horford). I did the math on this payroll number using this year's Repeater luxury tax brackets and came up with a tax bill for next season of $263,000,000. Add that tax penalty to their players' salaries and it comes out to $504,000,000 dollars total cost to put their team on the court next year 2025-26.
Yes, that was over a half BILLION with a B! Keep in mind that current Celtics majority owner Wyc Grousbeck only has a total net worth of about $400,000,000. Maybe this is why he's looking to sell the team. The Celtics have additional minority owners but in business the majority owner typically pays a majority of the expense. In the present-day NBA, you just can't pay two players on the same team 300-million-dollar contracts like Tatum and Brown are going to be getting. The Celtics will be forced to bust the team up. This is all simple mathematics.
Mr. Krabs: The Cavaliers better beat the Celtics in the playoffs this year to avenge their loss to them from last season, because if the Cavaliers do not win the championship this year, then Reise’s older brother George will be dead meat. I’m not joking this time.
Cavs Celtics might be the greatest playoff series ever! Bring Larry Bird outta retirement.😺🏀☘️
Celtics are a proven Championship team and wait till they get Porzingis back they will be even stronger
Wait til the Cavs get Wade, Levert, Okoro, and Strus get back.. had literally no one to guard Tatum & Brown. So sick of ppl talking about KP being out, Cavs were much more injury riddled and still only lost by 3 in Boston
@@quinnmiller68 you're on crack if you think any of those players can guard tatum and brown well, boston has size mismatches on the cavs throughout our whole lineup. notice how bad midget garland always plays against them? goodluck having him perform well when it matters. now okoro who is 3-4 inches shorter than tatum is gonna shut him down lmao gtfo
@@quinnmiller68 you me and the Cavs had no one to get blocked and ripped by DY and Holliday? those scrubs were doing nothing
The only possible reasonable answer to this is maybe. But don't go betting your life savings on it.
Agreed
No because the Celtics will have kristaps porzingis back and who is going to defend against him on cleve cavs
Every pro leagues in other countries have cups and its great. Americans are just late to the party. The nba cup matters and will matter a lot
We just saw them in a playoff series, how did that go? 😂 Cavs pack in 5 🚬
Different coach.
@ it ain’t the coach giving 7 players career high from 3..
The Cavs aren’t a “championship or bust” team yet. They’re still developing. Within the next year or two is when the window truly opens. A competitive ECF is the next step.
They made need to move garland and extend ty Jerome tho. He is like a Derrick white Jalen Brunson hybrid he can play defense shoot lights out and get in the paint
They do not need to move Garland. At the very least not for a while yet.
😂😂😂😂😂 never disrespect derick white by comparing him to ty Jerome
Garland for Jimmy Buckets?
@@caarrll7117hell no. Jimmy is always injured and he's a malcontent and OLD. What's wrong with you