Episode 119: “Laxative Endorsement.”

Tom Pestak and Nate Smith tried to shake off the mid-season doldrums and discussed the Warriors’ loss and its significance (or lack thereof). Beyond that we, we examined… *  Tom’s deep dive on Kyrie Irving, analytics, and NBA perception. * Does LeBron Make everyone a roleplayer? * Draymond Green, biggest villain in the NBA? * Cavs Defense: can they go all millennial and be whatever, whenever they want to be, or do they have to conform to some NBA norm? * The impetus for the Cavs trying to trade one of: Love, Irving, Thompson (assuming things don’t work out this year). * The awesomeness of Cleveland and the cities of Ohio.