Noted Cleveland Cavaliers fan and NBA prognosticator Mike “The Miz” Mizanin is clearly a big basketball guy. And when the latest big NBA news of the offseason involves his favorite team, it’s inevitable that he gives his take of the deal on Twitter.
Miz tweeted on Tuesday night that he was a big fan of the Kyrie Irving trade. Just hours after the mere rumor of an Irving to Boston deal cropped up and shortly after the deal was actually made official, Miz took to the social media site to call it a win for his hometown Cavaliers.
https://twitter.com/mikethemiz/status/900171362886496257
Miz deemed the trade “awesome,” pointing out with his signature catch phrase that the Cavaliers got rid of a player who clearly didn’t want to play in Cleveland and getting an All-Star in Isaiah Thomas and the unprotected draft pick the Celtics got from the Brooklyn Nets. Miz makes some good points, but the part of his Tweet most fans got stuck on is the “guy to cover Durant” part. That’s definitely not Jae Crowder, so does that unprotected pick somehow guard one of the five best players in the NBA?
If Avery Bradley were still around to get moved to Cleveland, maybe Miz could be totally correct here. But the Cavs will still struggle to guard Durant, and in Irving they just traded someone who is often considered to be the toughest player to guard in the league. So maybe the take isn’t 100 percent correct here.
Miz is invested in the Cavs this offseason for sure. Now that Irving has been traded, he can focus his efforts on convincing LeBron James to stay in Cleveland after this season. He’s already posted about it on Instagram, so don’t expect this to be the last time you hear Miz talk about the Cavaliers online.
