Tom Pestak and Nate Smith tried to shake off the mid-season doldrums and discussed the Warriors’ loss and its significance (or lack thereof). Beyond that we, we examined…

*  Tom’s deep dive on Kyrie Irving, analytics, and NBA perception.

* Does LeBron Make everyone a roleplayer?

* Draymond Green, biggest villain in the NBA?

* Cavs Defense: can they go all millennial and be whatever, whenever they want to be, or do they have to conform to some NBA norm?

* The impetus for the Cavs trying to trade one of: Love, Irving, Thompson (assuming things don’t work out this year).

* The awesomeness of Cleveland and the cities of Ohio.