Cleveland Cavaliers 2026-27 NBA Season Lookahead

Dan is joined by Justin Rowan (@cavsanada) of The Chase Down Podcast to break down the 2026-27 Cleveland Cavaliers. FOLLOW THE CHASE DOWN POD ON YOUTUBE. TIMESTAMPS⤵️
0:00 - INTRO
1:22 - Lessons learned from last season
4:56 - The Peyton Watson trade and fit
25:07 - Donovan Mitchell’s contract and future
32:13 - James Harden’s fit
37:36 - Evan Mobley’s improvement
42:14 - Jaylen Tyson’s next frontier
44:05 - Importance of Sam Merrill
45:19 - Early impressions of Meleek Thomas
50:24 - The secondary guard rotation
51:45 - Do the Cavs have something in Nae’Qwan Tomlin?
53:04 - Mario Hezonja role
54:38 - Cleveland’s depth
57:35 - What is this team’s identity
59:42 - Biggest needs
1:00:03 - What is this team’s identity?
1:00:36 - Top-10 rotation
1:01:09 - Go-to crunch-time lineup
1:01:38 - Weirdo lineups we want to see
1:02:28 - SHOUT-OUT JARRETT ALLEN
1:03:18 - PREDICTIONS

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