Live Thread: Cavs vs Pacers

Cleveland gets a tough opponent for its home opener. The Pacers are hungry for a win after dropping their opener to the Pistons. Both teams feature starters who just signed big extensions. Cedi Osman Extended for four years and $31 million this morning while Domantas Sabonis, the Pacers starting power forward signed a four year $74.9 million dollar extension. Both deals will probably end up being relative bargains compared to the Jaelyn Brown’s of the world.

The Pacers also added Malcolm Brogdon (4 Yr. $85 mil), Jeremy Lamb (3 Yr $31 Mil.), and the Pacers added TJ Warren in a trade with the Pacers. Four new players join Myles Turner in the starting lineup for Indy tonight as they take on the Cavs’  who’ll be rolling out Cedi, the Sexland Backcourt, Kevin Love, and Tristan Thompson. John Henson is also expected to play for the first time in a Cavs Uni.

Stopping the Pacers bigs, and Malcolm Brogdon will loom large for Cleveland. Brogdon put up 22 and 11 assists in his Indy debut, while Turner and Sabonis combined for 52 and 22 rebounds. Kevin Love needs a big night pulling the Pacers bigs out of the paint, and the Cavs need to shoot a decent percentage and take care of the ball.

Cleveland also gets its regular season debut of the remodeled Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.Let’s hope the Cavs’ new digs inspire some all-for-one play.

Correction: It appears Edmond Sumner will start for an injured Jeremy Lamb.