“They’re done, they’ve checked out. If they don’t make a big deal on a buyout for Carmelo, or another big deal we don’t know about yet, they have nothing to play for in the regular season.”
With the Eastern Conference as harmless as it’s been in the last decade, and the Celtics still realistically a year away from reaching their prime, JT The Brick thinks the Cavaliers will find every which way to tank next year’s regular season, with no real care in the world whether they finish 8th or 1st.
And why would they? After they massacred the Celtics in Boston during an East Finals that saw the C’s shockingly capture home court advantage, what is there left to play for in Cleveland before the month of May?