Winning an NBA championship is like building a modern hotel.
From the street level, what Cleveland Cavaliers built seems impressive.
Donovan has a star charm in Mitchell. A strong front court tandemi at Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley. Darius Garland is a microwave type second scorer. And some good depth.
It was impressive watching the shaping of the building. It even has a permanent name in mind: again by the lake.
In 2022, Garland, as a leading scorer of playoffs, began to kidnap for the first time as an impressive rookie with All-Star and Mobley. Lauri Markkanen and Collin Sexton were also key players in that team, but not because of the reasons you know at that time.
In the NBA Finals, while watching the star -guided fighters and Celtics, Cavaliers did not go anywhere with Garland as a ceiling floor.
Thus, Mitchell was purchased from jazz at the expense of Markkanen, Sexton, and others, and Allen and Mobley focused more on defense and rebounds. A solid foundation was created.
Cavaliers lost in the first round of playoffs in 2023. Unfazed, philosophy has been put forward: If we provide valet parking space, people will start filling our hotel.
It doesn't work that way. Yes, Cavaliers, who basically the same pieces, won a playoff series in 2024, but it was almost never counted. Cavs opposed a Magic team before taking a serious dose of reality in a Shudacking in the East semi-finals.
And that's when Cavaliers noticed: If you want to take people to your hotel these days, you should have a rooftop – a place where people have such a great time, decide to spend the night. Or week.
Thus, Cavaliers built a retracted restaurant Managed by a new chef (Kenny Atkinson) And even a Heliport (De'andre Hunter) and a first -class bartender (Ty Jerome). My god. You can see that the new Ohio State hardware, which is so clear with the wind sweeping views, shines from a distance, a party that started on Halloween did not stop.
But now there is a Mother's Day and there is a 2025 number: How good is our food? After all, this is not a restaurant, a history of brotherhood, and if you're going to pull my mother, you'll need more than the cake by the lake.
And the truth is: Cavalier menu is not yet 5 stars.
Of course, Cleveland may have enough diversity to deal with a second -class Pacers team. But you'll have to defeat Boston to get out of the east, and Cavaliers aren't there… yet.
They need to focus on 2026 and get a clue from Knicks, who is there with Celtics.
You need to beat Boston …
To match Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. As it is currently built, Cavaliers… Al Horford matches Mobley and Kristaps Porzingis in Porzingis. In other words, there is a great dive, but stale chips.
A second scoring option with bright light. As we saw in the finals last year, Celtics can drown the guards with the best. Yes, Mitchell won 35, 35, 31 and 41 points against Boston this season. However, Cleveland's two wins came with Brown or Derrick White, and at other times there was no Jrue Holiday or Porzingis.
Cavaliers's losing games with Mitchell 35 and 31 points is the most disturbing. He blamed Garland, who attracted a total of 76 (33%) in total in a series where Payton Pritchard was on the ground for 116 minutes for 116 minutes.
Jargon in the restaurant: Steak is good; The potatoes are rotten.
You should take advantage of Tatum's defense at the Matador level. In the last year's finals, Dallas had a great job to stand by the great men who challenged aggressively, and probably would get the same homework for the similar talented Allen in this series.
What Cavaliers needs… We dare to say lebron III? Hey promises that he will bring Bronny and agree to draft Bryce next June and he can only match by the lake.
This forced Tatum to protect someone and offer Cleveland a much more reliable second option.
Say it to Maitre D-PEOPLE-MAGNET for your beautiful roof experience. At this point, the building will be completed and will be a nightmare for all the New Englands traveling from the top.
Next season, you will look warmly by the lake. Even in Cleveland.
For now, Cavaliers has only one prayer: Go Knicks.
And even that would probably result in the heart attack of the lake.
