Cavs The Blog Podcast

David Wood, Tom Pestak, Nate Smith, and EvilGenius talk Cavs, Buckeyes, Kevin Love, the Cavs' record, Hollywood westerns, what it's like to be middle aged, and most of all, sustainability. Is Kevin Love's shooting sustainable? Are LeBron's numbers? Is the Cavs' roster? Is David's unicorn collection?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tom, Nate, and John Krolik, discuss the state of the Cavs, their "big three," the offense, the defense, Domingo Ayalez, Cavs history, and so so much more.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Long time Cavs beat reporter, Bob Finnan joins Nate Smith to discuss his new book, 100 Things Cavaliers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. The book takes us through 100 moments of Cavalier history from the team's inception to it's 2016 championship and aftermath. Bob and I chatted about the Cavs championship, our Indian summer, and the Northeast Ohio renaissance. We also spent a lot of time on his favorite people and moments covering the Cavs over 20 years.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ben Werth and Nate Smith spend a couple minutes gushing over the Tribe, and then play a little game of "Trend or Outlier?" when it comes to the Cavs and this early NBA season. Will LeBron go full on Magic Johnson this year? Are the Bulls for Real? Is Atlanta better? Are the Warriors worse? Will Tristan Thompson score over five points a game? Will Kay Felder play a role? Is Kawhi Leonard the second best player in the NBA? We debate all these questions and more while watching Game 5 of the World Series, and Nate tries not to jinx it.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tom and I hopped in the the podcast booth to discuss all things Cavs. Top on our list was the Cavs effect on their neighbors, the Cleveland Indians. The wine and gold definitely bring an energy to Progressive every postseason game. The team's effect is palpable everywhere they go, but when LeBron and Co. show up on the diamond, the "Cleveland effect" is like nothing we've seen before in sports. Tom and I will admit, there's a little more baseball talk than any other CtB Podcast.Also in our discussion: the J.R. Smith contract, the backup point guard debate, and how do the Cavs match up with the Warriors? We also hit on LeBron's political leanings, locker room talk, Tom's home improvement projects and the Cavs depth in the middle.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nate Smith, Evil Genius, and Tom Pestak talk about Iman Shumpert on and off the court, J.R. Smith, The Cavs' Indian summer, the search for a third point guard, what we're looking forward to this season, and so much more.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nate, EvilGenius, and Tom enjoy the Cavs universe the way it is - not the way it could have been.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What a week! Ben Werth plays us in on this pod with his Jack Black-esque diddy about how he feels about a Cleveland Champship. Tom Pestak, Nate Smith, and Carson Zagger discuss game seven again, the series, LeBron's legacy, Kyrie, Championship Week, and the transcendent moments we all shared over the last eight days.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A raucous pod celebrates the Cavs first championship, and the first Championship in Cleveland in 52 years. Nate Smith, Ben Werth, EvilGenius, Tom Pestak, Elijah Kim, David Wood, and Mallory Factor celebrate. What a win. What a season. What team.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ben Werth, Nate Smith, and Mallory factor exuberantly recap the greatest game in Cleveland Cavaliers history, and now the Cavs are one game away from an NBA Championship. We're so excite! (warning, PG13 for language!)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nate and Tom talk all things Cavs going into game five Monday night.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In part II of our finals podcast, Ben Werth ironically joins us from Germany to talk Finals with Nate, EG, and Tom. Topics: has Kyrie Irving improved since he was a rookie, adjustments the Cavs can make, LeBron's "genius" reputation, silver linings, and more. Do the Cavs retreat and regroup, or is this their D-Day?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the anniversary of D-Day, Nate Smith thanked the heavens that Tom Pestak and his despairing attitude hadn't poisoned the Allied spirit, especially in Britain during the early years of WWII, lest "we'd all be speaking German today." Tom countered that this may be our evacuation of Dunkirk. EvilGenius laughed at us both. With such a dramatic vignette, we humbly offer our "saber-tooth podcast" where we mostly try to answer the question: What, if anything, can the Cavs do about the Warriors? Both in Games 3, and 4, and as LeBron continues his trek along the proverbial Back Nine. Rebuild? Reload? Surrender? Hope Curry retires to play pro golf?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Former CtBer Colin McGowan joins Nate Smith and David Wood as they broadcast during Game 7 of the Western Conference finals, and realize who the Cavs will be facing in the finals. Who terrifies us most? What are we looking forward to? What's the vibe in the region as we anticipate the finals? How do the Cavs match up? We also take a look back at the Raptors series and discuss their future, and take a peak at the crazy contracts we'll see this summer. We give the most love to this crazy likeable Cavs team, Tyronn Lue, the evolution of Saint Weirdo, and the even more amazing evolution of LBJ.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nate Smith, Tom Pestak, and David Wood talk the week in Cavs: the Game 3 Loss, good and bad Kyrie, the Under-respected Raptors, the surprising Thunder, and the Cavalier adjustments. We check in on Tom's many sales adventures, and Nate waxes absurdist on the nature of basketball.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Podcast Episode 102: Dinosaurs vs The Comet and ThunderStruck First! by CavsTheBlogAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the heels of a Cavalier sweep of the Hawks, Nate Smith and Evilgenius discuss the series, the Cavs' epic three point shooting, and the Cavs' minutes distribution. We also take a peak in on the interminable and aesthetically unpleasant Toronto/Miami series. The ball that refuses to go in the basket in the picture seems the be the perfect symbol of the series. In addition, we talk about the news around the NBA, laugh at the the best (and worst) commercials of the playoffs, and look at the summer movie schedule. We've got another week of talking before the winner of the other eastern conference semifinal shows up. If Mianto ever shows up. Basketball hell is a watching Mianto play an endless series of overtimes.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Podcast Episode 100: Round One is in the Books by CavsTheBlogAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

I can't believe this is our 99th podcast! Tom Pestak will follow this one up with our 100th! For this trip to the CtB podcast studios, Ben Werth and I broke down the match-ups in the Cavs/Hakws series, possible minutes adjustments, what we'd like to see from the Cavs, and what we definitely don't want to see. It's much shorter than our usual long in the tooth podcasts, so hopefully you can listen to both pods before Game 1.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tom, Nate, and Eli dig into the Cavs 12th straight playoff victory over the Detroit Pistons, discuss the subculture of Kyrie criticism, and look ahead to the next rounds of the playoffs.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy