There’s nothing cavalier about these Cavaliers.
But they’re the perfect team for… well… cavalier NBA fans like myself.
These Cavs aren’t just supremely talented.
They’re incredibly fun to watch.
Even if you’re a 90s ball boomer like myself.
I think this should sum it up nicely.
At least it was through November.
I’m assuming it’s still pretty much there now.
The 2024-25 Cavs were the reason I cut it off at 31 instead of, perhaps 30.
They were rank #31.
That includes any mid-2010s Harden Rockets and Splash Brothers years.
How can this be?
But that’s part of the answer right there.
To me the answer is very simple.
They are a true team.
They move the ball and play with chemistry.
And you never know who the next shooter is going to be.
They’ve invested the time and built the chemistry to do this.
This team is not all the sudden great despite being the same team as last year.
They are in partbecausethey’re the same team as last year.
Not just a bunch of mercenaries bouncing from city to city looking for a ring.
Here’s another little stat nugget.
The Cavs rank 28 in average starter minutes played (28.34 minutes).
Only Golden State and Memphis get more minutes from the bench.
They do shoot a lot of threes.
31st all time is pretty indicative of it.
So they must be boring to watch, right?
That’s the general sentiment of NBA haters and, yes, that includes myself.
But this team is different.
They earn their threes in a way other team don’t.
That’s why they have a better efficiency than anyone else.
Pretty much like any Marvel movie.
That’s not the case with these Cavs.
The chemistry of this team is up there with any other team in NBA history.
Thel cherry-pick slip above supports it.
The step-stair graph above proves it.
Just IMAGINE the coverage if this were the Lakers.
One other thing about this team.
All despite an extremely off night from their best player - Donovan Mitchell.
How impressive was this win?
With just nine combined losses for both teams, the next fewest ever was a Heat/Suns game in 2005.
They totaled 13 losses going in to that game.
So we not only have a team that’s amazing, but they’re fun to watch too.
There’s only way to properly describe this.
This is our team fellow cavalier NBA fans!
It’s been hitting us right in the face in the name all along!
