00:00If I told you at the beginning of the season that the Cavs got to the Eastern Conference Finals
00:04in the NBA, and I told you you don't get to guess the result, but they just get knocked out,
00:09you probably would have said, all right, I'll take it. But I guess the nature of how they got
00:14swept is what's getting people so upset in Cleveland. It had to be a very disappointing
00:17and demoralizing way. And I think that series goes completely differently if they find a way
00:22to win game one. But I think they're looking at the rest of the Eastern Conference and saying,
00:26you know, if we run it back and have some continuity, the grass isn't always greener
00:30when you fire your coach to try to find somebody new. So you can always make a change midseason,
00:35which isn't necessarily the best for chemistry. But if they come out of the gates poorly next year,
00:39then maybe that's the case. But I think they're planning on extending James Harden long term,
00:42and they're planning on basically running things back. And they look at the rest of the Eastern
00:46Conference and think they have another chance to do it. So, you know, if you fire your coach,
00:49you ask the next one, basically it's finals or a bust, as we've seen with the Knicks this year
00:53with Mike Brown. So I guess they're just saying, look, we'd be OK with going to the
00:57Conference Finals again. And maybe they have some things at their sleeves this offseason
00:59as far as it goes with rules outside of the roster.
