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By Joe Vardon, cleveland.com

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Hey, Dude: You're right, Ante Zizic logged just six minutes against the Blazers Friday despite being the Cavs' only available big man. And, yes, as you may imagine, Cleveland was pounded on the glass 50-34 and allowed 13 offensive rebounds. Coach Tyronn Lue gave a reasonable explanation for this, though. He said he tried Zizic in the first quarter, but the Blazers, namely CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard, exploited him by blowing past him as he tried to blitz on pick and rolls. Lue said, in essence, he chose defense over rebounding. You may counter that allowing 13 offensive rebounds is bad defense. He'd come back with the fact that the Zizic-less lineup he used in the second half cut a 15-point deficit down to three points with less than three minutes left. You'd say, yeah, well, it wouldn't have been 15 points if Zizic was out there getting boards. And he'd say "nuh-uh" and that would be that.

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Hey, Freider: I've been on the Trae Young bandwagon for months, a wagon that's got more room on it now. Young's Oklahoma Sooners lost their first NCAA tournament game and went 2-9 in their last 10 games. Young's 3-point percentage is down to .361. But he's still the NCAA's leading scorer at 27.4 ppg and he had virtually no help on the Sooners. He was a one-man show. The Cavs have been a mess at point guard all season and, if in fact LeBron James is moving on, the idea of fitting a potentially dynamic scorer who also distributes the ball (he averaged 8.8 assists) sounds pretty good to me. What if he's the next Steph Curry? Or close? By the way, he might be a great pick if James decides to stay with the Cavs. Consider what James said about him earlier this season -- "What he's doing right now is very special. He's a very special player. Can add a lot to any team if he decides to come out and come into the draft." I'm high on him. But what's really exciting from a Cavs' perspective is the Brooklyn pick is looking better and better. The last time I wrote about it in this space, the Nets were projected to have the seventh pick. Now, it's fifth. This is a deep draft. I saw a CBS mock draft where the Cavs took 7-footer Mo Bamba out of Texas ahead of Young, Missouri's Michael Porter Jr., and Alabama's Colin Sexton. All of them are exciting. Also, keep an eye on Michigan State's Jaren Jackson. He's a 6-11 power forward, and he went to the same college as Cavs owner Dan Gilbert, who once tried to hire Jackson's coach, Tom Izzo. I'd take any of the players listed above ahead of Jackson, but, the point is it's a deep draft. Also, so we're clear on James, the draft is in June, prior to the start of NBA free agency on July 1.

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Hey, Tom: No it is not fair to say this. Kevin Love will probably be back by then, and Tristan Thompson shouldn't be too far behind. When healthy and in game shape, yes, those two make a huge difference. Especially Love, an All-Star who's been sorely missed these last 20 games. But who knows how long it will take for him to regain his form? Also, Rodney Hood's back clearly isn't right, and Larry Nance Jr.'s hamstring issue could linger. And there's still Cedi Osman's hip. If anything (and this is kind of a stretch), I'd say the blessing in disguise with all these injuries is they prevented the Cavs from finding a rhythm without Love, which would've made for a messy re-integration. Instead, they're already a mess, so getting Love into the flow of the offense and defense should be no trouble at all.

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Hey, Philip: If his seat were so hot, he wouldn't be sitting so much (sorry, couldn't resist). Look, this has been a rough season. So many people are culpable. Lue included. He's obviously been dealing with a personal matter (he's missed games, a shootaround, and a practice with an undisclosed illness). He's also struggled to juggle lineups and multiple players have complained about a lack of in-game adjustments, which he's refuted. There is 0.0 chance he's fired this season, and, so long as he's healthy, I assume he'll coach next year. Lue has "always" been a better coach in the playoffs than the regular season. Let's see how they do this postseason before handing him his pink slip.

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Hey, Nate: In fact, my man Jason Lloyd is in the seat next to me. And we've been on the road so long this trip (I think this is day 10 or 11 but I can't remember) that it almost feels like we've been to Tokyo and back.

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Hey, Trybfan: No chance. And, LeBron would hate the idea. He wants more help, not less.

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Hey, Michael: I think this has become more likely with Rodney Hood's back problem. Lue made it fairly clear he intended to start Hood when healthy, but Hood came up lame in the third quarter Thursday and he may miss some time. Lue also said that, once the Cavs get to the playoffs, the wear and tear on Korver becomes less of an issue because there's more days off between games. However, starting Korver with Kevin Love gives you arguably two defensive liabilities (though a case can be made that Korver is a good team defender). Either way, it's more likely Korver starts come playoff time than it was previously.

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Hey, Josue: Houston, Golden State, Toronto, and I'm still working on that fourth team.

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Hey, Steph: No, Jefferson cannot join the Cavs for the playoffs. He's still on Denver's roster, and to be eligible for the playoffs with another team Jefferson would've had to been released by the Nuggets by March 1.

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