Hardwood Knocks, Episode 418 — 2020-21 NBA Lookaheads: Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs
Dan speaks with Justin Rowan (@cavsanada) from The Chase Down podcast about the direction of the Cleveland Cavaliers (2:18). After that, it’s on to our San Antonio Spurs deep dive with Paul Garcia (@PaulGarciaNBA) from Project Spurs (57:50). Find the full breakdown below:
👉Cleveland Cavaliers Lookahead (2:18)
↪️Isaac Okoro’s fit/rookie-year expectations
↪️Collin Sexton’s next step
↪️The lowdown on Kevin Porter Jr.
↪️Expectations for Darius Garland
↪️Over/under on the number of MVPs Dylan Windler wins
↪️Okoro vs. Sexton vs. KPJ vs. Garland
↪️Cedi Osman’s role
↪️The future of Kevin Love and Andre Drummond
↪️Importance of Larry Nance Jr.
↪️Player most likely to get traded
↪️Can Dante Exum or Damyean Dotson get minutes?
↪️Building their best closing lineup
↪️Lineups we want to see
↪️Win and Eastern Conference standing predictions!
👉San Antonio Spurs Lookahead (57:50)
↪️The team’s attempt to straddle two timelines
↪️Will Devin Vassell get minutes?
↪️Derrick White’s outlook
↪️Lonnie Walker IV’s next step
↪️Keldon Johnson’s outlook
↪️More DeMar DeRozan at the 4 PLZ AND THX U
↪️How the wing rotation shakes out
↪️Dejounte Murray’s offense
↪️The pace of the offseason
↪️Drew Eubanks/Jakob Poeltl
↪️Building their best closing lineup
↪️Lineups we want to see
↪️Who’s more likely to get traded: DeRozan, LaMarcus Aldridge, Rudy Gay or Patty Mills?
↪️Would the Spurs consider tearing it down?
↪️Win and Western Conference standing predictions!
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