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Carter Rodriguez

@Carter_Shade

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Director, Broadcast @esportseng , @ChasedownPod co-host. @WOUB and @ohiou alum. Tweets do not reflect opinion of employer.

Columbus, OH
Joined October 2010
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Carter Rodriguez
3 years
Thrilled to announce that the @ChaseDownPod has joined the official @cavs media family. A dream come true, truly If you've listened for the last 3 years - we can't thank you enough. If you're new - give us a subscription - we think you'll like what you find. Love u @Cavsanada
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Cleveland Cavaliers
3 years
BREAKING: Both @Carter_Shade and @Cavsanada have failed their physicals and we have rescinded our 10 day offers. Instead, we welcome the @ChaseDownPod to the Cavaliers media family.
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7 years
LMAO THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY
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i'm not proud of the time i spent on this but i'm also not sorry for it
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Elrond putting together the Fellowship roster
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7 years
LMAO Kyrie thought they were actually bringing back the PHYSICAL court for the Bucks throwback night
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4 years
Do you understand how special you’ve gotta be for breen to uncork the double BAAAAAANG
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5 years
When you factor in the way he ended his tenure with the Spurs, he’s ruined three franchises what a time to be alive
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8 years
did you just accidentally imply that maybe it's EASIER to be a white person? ...cause it is?
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Clay Travis
8 years
No idea how Colin Kaepernick survived a childhood this rough.
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11 days
Do you think the premise of WHIPLASH is “how to get great at drumming”
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Visakan Veerasamy
12 days
I can’t take Whiplash seriously because the premise is flawed; you don’t get good as a jazz drummer by becoming a human metronome. The whole thing has a cartoon model of musical excellence. Maybe it should’ve been a movie about sports instead
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5 years
I think I am at the Twitter cynicism level where i hate fake jersey burning videos on twitter more than real jersey burning videos
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palmer
5 years
yo Andrew Luck is just going to retire like that? With no warning at age 29, right before the season starts? I hope he sees this video, I speak for EVERY #Colts fan
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5 years
The leaks from the Celtics about Kyrie when he leaves are gonna be LEGENDARY These dudes leaked about ISAIAH THOMAS when THEY traded HIM Knives gonna be OUT
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Carter Rodriguez
6 years
Austin Rivers isn’t well liked by his peers and thinks he’s much better than he is Basically what I’m saying is that he’ll fit in great in Washington
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Carter Rodriguez
4 years
DOLAN: So you’re saying I need to isolate for the next 6 years? And I can’t have my phone? That doesn’t sound right DOCTOR WHO HAS KNICKS SEASON TICKETS: Yeah sorry that’s what the chart says
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Carter Rodriguez
6 years
pretty wild that if Laura Ingraham had her way, LeBron James wouldn't have opened up a WHOLE ASS SCHOOL for kids who need it the most Just shut up and dribble my ass
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Carter Rodriguez
4 years
*30 for 30 trailer music plays* “What if I told you that one choice could cut national interest in the NBA by 65%”
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NBC Sports Bay Area & CA
4 years
What should the Dubs’ documentary be called in 20 years? 🤔
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Carter Rodriguez
5 years
I wouldn’t say I’m relishing that Kyrie and LeBron left for what they thought were greener pastures and it’s going hilariously wrong for two very smug fan bases I am relishing it, I just wouldn’t say it
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5 years
are they going to make a trade or have sex for the first time "Worth the wait" is hilarious phrasing
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The Crossover
5 years
Rumors: The Pelicans have reached out to the Celtics seeking promises on specific packages for Anthony Davis. The Celtics have reportedly made it clear that no one is off limits and that it will be worth the wait
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3 years
Let me reiterate Evan Mobley just put up 26-9-5 on 11-15 shooting while anchoring the defense and playing significant minutes at the top of a 3-2 zone This kid is special special special
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Carter Rodriguez
5 years
the word "almost" is doing a lot of work in this tweet
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Earvin Magic Johnson
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Laker Nation, I’m dreaming about the 4th quarter Lakers team with LeBron, AD, Danny Green, Avery Bradley, and Kyle Kuzma. That’s almost unbeatable!
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“Billy, this is Gimli, son of Gloin. His defect is that he’s pretty racist.”
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Elrond putting together the Fellowship roster
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Carter Rodriguez
3 months
Legit don’t think anybody young started going at MJ until older folks started lying to them about how infallible he was while attacking LBJ at every turn Folks that are fans of LeBron as GOAT tend to acknowledge that there’s a debate Jordan fans will laugh in your face
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bomani
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what makes the bron/jordan discussion so weird, to me, is the crazy vitriol the younger people have those older than them. the disagreement makes sense. it's the level of dismissal that's kinda wild.
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2 years
People really do not understand how good Brian Windhorst is at his job Like he is truly one of the great reporters of this era of basketball
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Carter Rodriguez
4 years
The Cavs are about to hire their sixth coach in seven seasons. In four of those seven seasons, they made the NBA EFFING FINALS That’s dysfunction baked right into the DNA of a franchise, rain or shine
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6 years
Lots of people are angry about this, and for poor people, yeah, it makes sense. With that said: Aren't there studies that show that people's happiness doesn't rise with more money past sustainability and security (like 70K in the midwest)?
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CNBC
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Billionaire Warren Buffett: Doubling your net worth won't make you happier
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6 years
We got a pupper Meet Todd, everybody
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2 years
Cavs award finishes: Evan Mobley (ROTY) - 2nd Kevin Love (6MOY) - 2nd Koby Altman (EOTY) - 2nd J.B. Bickerstaff (COY) - 5th Darius Garland (MIP) - 3rd
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Carter Rodriguez
3 years
Kevin Love has played 2 games Darius Garland has played 6 Collin Sexton has played 9 Isaac Okoro has played 9 The fact that the Cavaliers are .500 despite the second-most games lost to injury in the whole league, with most injuries to primary players, is BANANAS
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Carter Rodriguez
6 years
The Lakers offseason is like if you won the lottery and then spent all the money on commemorative coins
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
A BOLD move to bring Steph and Ayesha to plug their new show in CLEVELAND OHIO
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2 years
How can the Cavs both be having a dream season and the season from hell at the same time
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2 years
I swear my local chipotle is giving me smaller and smaller burritos as a bit to see if I notice
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2 years
It legit was the worst call in NBA history and if the Hornets win as a result I will lose my mind
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7 years
I am absolutely destroyed @Cavsanada
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Carter Rodriguez
5 years
"BRONNY. GET YOUR ASS UP. I DON'T CARE THAT YOU'RE TIRED. WE'RE GONNA LEARN HOW TO CHASE CLOUT TODAY."
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Bleacher Report
5 years
Bronny out at 5am working on his dunk 💪 (via @KingJames )
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2 years
The Cavs have a real shot to win 50 games THIS SEASON.
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Carter Rodriguez
5 years
The Suns have had Devin Booker for 44 games and this year's #1 overall pick playing alongside last year's #4 pick and they still have less wins than the Cavaliers That shit is depressing
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Carter Rodriguez
5 years
God bless draymonds mom
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2 years
The Cavs should be gunning for the 1 Seed. It should be their goal for the regular season. It’s attainable!
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6 years
WHEN YOU SEE CLINT CAPELA AT THE FRONT DOOR ALONE
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Carter Rodriguez
7 years
"Hi, I'm Kelvin Durant, Kevin Durant's father! It's not his fault his left OKC! He was playing with bums!
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Carter Rodriguez
4 years
Too real Onion Too real
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3 years
I have never been more wrong about a player than Collin Sexton The Cavs are betting on the hardest workers in the room and it’s starting to pay off in the shape of high effort and ceilings being hit
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Carter Rodriguez
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guys it is the best piece of sports related video i've ever seen produced and i don't know what's in second place i wish TNT updated it every single year because it's so wonderful
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Carter Rodriguez
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brb gotta go watch nba forever tnt ad again
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5 years
LeBron out here liking Warriors slander like he’s still putting out tombstone cookies
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Carter Rodriguez
4 years
2017 Finals is the greatest collection of talent on the floor at the same time in NBA history won’t be told otherwise
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SLAM Rewind
4 years
This sequence was when I knew this wasn't a regular Christmas game. 😤
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
Mobley was absolutely bananas against Indy. I thought his road to 20 point nights early in his career was going to be a healthy diet of lobs and duckins Not roasting Myles Turner in the post and off the dribble
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Carter Rodriguez
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Cavs are just 1 GB from the best record in the NBA. Hot damn, man.
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5 years
"OH I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT Y'ALL WANTED ME TO PLAY CENTER." john collins rn, probably
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Carter Rodriguez
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Crazy tough stretch upcoming for the fellas. 3-4 would be a win. Over .500 would be amazing.
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
Lamelo really got a negative plus minus on a team over .500 and Silver picked him over JA for All Star MALPRACTICE
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Cavs would 100% be a 50 win team if they had a NORMAL season of injuries
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3 years
Cavs just went on a 3 game road trip to Dallas, Miami and Washington and led by at least 27 points in all three games My word
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3 years
The Cavs are so fuckin back it’s not even funny
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Carter Rodriguez
6 years
I can't even start with how many things are funny about this - Vowed to shut down OFFENSIVE SUPERSTAR RICKY RUBIO - Allowed RICKY RUBIO to go off in the first place - ESPN makes badass highlight package of a defensive performance in a 17-point loss This is amazing
@espn
ESPN
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Russ vowed to shut down Rubio in Game 4. His hustle didn't disappoint.
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
The Cavs have led by at least 30 points in 4 of their last 7 games They’ve led by at least 25 in 5 of their past 7 games
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Carter Rodriguez
7 years
I mean, if you want to pretend the 35-win Cavs adding LeBron and Love is the same thing as a 73-win team adding Kevin Durant, feel free
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
Every single team around the Cavs in the standings lost tonight except for the Cavs This fuckin team is 1.5 games out of FIRST PLACE past the halfway mark of the season This is UNFATHOMABLE
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Carter Rodriguez
3 years
when the cavs acquire your podcast
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Carter Rodriguez
6 years
In his last 7 games, Andrew Wiggins has 57 points on 85 field goal attempts YIKES
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Carter Rodriguez
6 years
Draymond-KD feud is like when your girl gets on you for something small and you way overreact with some shit that's been festering for 2 years "God, the dishes are piling up. I asked you to do them last week." "WELL YOU'RE RUDE TO MY PARENTS SO WHAT'S UP WITH THAT"
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Carter Rodriguez
3 years
The undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers are averaging over 30 assists per game to start the season
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5 years
Unsure if people know how rare it is for an on-air talent to be funny and educational AND concise while doing this kind of work Jalen is such an impressive talent, would love to get to work with him as a producer
@Espngreeny
Mike Greenberg
5 years
This was really well done by @jalenrose on Ja Morant. Insightful and fun. @getupespn
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
Mobley was absolutely insane defensively in this game. LeVert put it to bed. Hot damn man.
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
I gotta say Just feeling SAD about the Cavs season. They were 0.5 games out of the 1 seed like a week before All-Star. Then Darius got hurt. And Caris. And Allen. Now Mobley. Right as every team around therm’s season took off, they’ve collapsed under the weight of it.
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2 years
65 points on 16 made field goals for Harden and Embiid
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4 years
I think it’s very nice to know that NBA Twitter was joined by NBA players in absolutely despising this years clippers squad
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
I’m thrilled the Cavs are finally getting the chance for some well earned rest but what about ME, going through withdrawals 😂
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Carter Rodriguez
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Serena rightly getting her flowers for this badass moment Cavs fans are lucky to have her on the sideline, one of the best in the biz. She really ought to be getting national work sooner rather than later.
@BallySportsCLE
Bally Sports Cleveland
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That's why she's a pro! @SerenaWinters | #LetEmKnow
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Carter Rodriguez
3 years
Grayson Allen got the role player confidence you only get from blueblood college stars THAT dude isn't ever gonna be shook, he was the most hated man in the country for 3 years
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Carter Rodriguez
3 years
there is a cruel irony in one of the Cavs forwards being moved to Portland and it not being Kevin Love
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Carter Rodriguez
5 years
Boy, no better example of: If you think you're a title contender, throw caution to the wind and trade for that super-duperstar. If Kawhi walks this summer, the trade was still worth it. The goal is to win a championship. The Raptors are closer than they've ever been
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
Hey Adam silver don’t you dare make Kevin a liar
@TasMelas
Tas Melas
2 years
"Hey! You're a f****** All-Star. You're a f****** All-Star." —Kevin Love lets Jarrett Allen know.
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Love this picture from @jimmylongojr so much. Cavs storming back, Rubio draws a CLEAR charge and Cedi and Darius basically swarm him to keep him from picking up a tech Ricky is furious while Cedi and Darius are basking in how much fun the run is
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Carter Rodriguez
6 years
Hey guys Pretty boring game Sucks we didn't get to see Marcus Morris in the mid-post
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Carter Rodriguez
2 months
LOOK AT DG WITH A MAN’S SCREEN ON FRANZ
@stevejones20
Steve Jones Jr.
2 months
Magic have Isaac matched up on Allen, Suggs on Garland. No switch on the first screen. Allen with a DHO to Mitchell and Orlando switches. Cavs doing a good job of continuing to work. Garland pins and Strus gets a handoff for 3.
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
12 of the Cavs 17 wins have been by double digits. Only 5 of their 12 losses have been by double digits. A reminder that they have played the hardest schedule in the NBA.
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Carter Rodriguez
5 years
Mark Cuban with the 2019-2020 Dallas Mavericks, if he keeps this up
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Carter Rodriguez
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Cannot help but feel like this kind of stuff is meaningful
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Carter Rodriguez
5 years
Romo is really so good at this that ESPN paid millions of dollars to Jason Witten just because he used to hang out with him
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
Cavs guaranteeing a .500 finish to the season remains insane. Beyond my wildest expectations for the season, and so proud of this team
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Carter Rodriguez
3 years
I wanna see the video of him napping at 11 AM because he ruined his sleep schedule to brag
Iso Joe was up grinding at 3:15 am this morning 🔥💪
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
What a disastrous idea
@WeAreCavsNation
Cavaliers Nation
2 years
Bleacher Report’s trade idea: Who says no?
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2 years
Best win of the season. Signature shit. Love for 6MOY. Let’s GOOOOOOOO
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Carter Rodriguez
1 year
Murray really could’ve hurt Mobley on this play, btw
@JorshP
Josh Poloha
1 year
How is this a shooting foul? J.B. Bickerstaff’s challenge should have been successful, therefore not giving the Hawks three free throws *and* allowing the Cavs to keep their final timeout.
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
Lauri has been great since returning from injury. This is who the Cavs thought they were getting offensively
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2 years
Huge win for the Cavs as they await the cavalry in DG and Rondo
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
I’m not sure I expected the Cavs to be able to win an NBA basketball game while missing: Darius Garland Collin Sexton Ricky Rubio Isaac Okoro Cedi Osman But here we are. Hopefully Garland and Rondo can suit up Tuesday
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
The Cavs do not have a single player averaging 20 PPG. The only other teams that can say that: - Orlando - Houston - San Antonio - New York - Indiana The fact that this team is 11 games over .500 while every other team isn’t even in the play in is ridiculous
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Carter Rodriguez
6 years
The flak Windhorst gets on this website and in real life actively bothers me quite a bit A consummate professional, super nice by all accounts, and people act like he's Chris Sheridan or some other hack. It's annoying as hell.
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Carter Rodriguez
6 years
The Ringer is literally a Celtics blog
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Carter Rodriguez
4 years
No disrespect to Ramona Shelburne’s piece, but I’m sort of done reading stories where NBA players pretend they magically stumbled into decisions together a day before free agency was set to open
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Carter Rodriguez
3 years
Cavs have been favored in 1 game so far this season. They've played 2 games against teams that were not Playoff/Play-In teams. 8 of 14 on the road, with 2 of their 6 home games being on second half of back-to-backs. They're down 3 rotation players (2 starters). They're 9-5.
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Carter Rodriguez
4 years
By the way, LeBron fans should probably wait to bump their chest about the inherent weirdness of Jordan producing his own hero worship documentary Because if LeBron ever does something like this, he's going to be 750% more insufferable in terms of the control he exerts
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Carter Rodriguez
6 years
Was just saying this in a DM - I’ve found myself more and more attracted to the Ringer’s content because in an increasingly bleary world, their motto seems to be: “We like stuff! Let’s talk about that!”
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Carter Rodriguez
6 years
It takes a real POS to be actively disrespectful to somebody and tell them they don't deserve a voice in a cynical attempt to bait them into coming onto your show in a gross way to generate traffic for your stupid television show
@IngrahamAngle
Laura Ingraham
6 years
Hey King, Come play on my Court next week. You’re invited on the show anytime.
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Carter Rodriguez
5 years
every member in the rockets organization is in a never-ending competition to try to look like the biggest loser
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SportsCenter
5 years
James Harden says Giannis had "an unbelievable season," but that the numbers he was putting up were "legendary."
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The NBA community: "Carmelo! You can still be a positive player late in your career if you just accept that you're not a star at this point!" Carmelo:
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Carter Rodriguez
6 years
I would like to reiterate that Kevin Durant ruined what was going to be the greatest rivalry in NBA history and I'm still more sad about that than anything else about the Cavs situation
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Carter Rodriguez
4 years
“The caption was ‘people that annoy you’”
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Carter Rodriguez
7 years
The Cavaliers are now outscoring opponents by 1.1 points per 100 possessions when LeBron sits this year. Last year, the Cavs were outscored by 8.5 points per 100 possessions when LeBron sat.
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Carter Rodriguez
2 years
A fun reminder that this game against the Nets on Tuesday will be only the second nationally televised game for the Cavaliers this season
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