# Cleveland Cavaliers 2026-27 NBA Season Lookahead

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Podcast: [Hardwood Knocks: An NBA Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033)
Published: 2026-09-11T09:01:13+00:00
Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/cleveland-cavaliers-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead--75062766
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## Resource

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 SUPPORT US ON PATREON 🫶 SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HARDWOOD KNOCKS MERCH SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL⬇️ TikTok: @hardwoodknocks Twitter @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Dan's Bluesky: @danfavale Dan's Twitter: @danfavale Dan's IG: @danfavale Grant's Bluesky: @granthughes BUSINESS INQUIRES⬇️ hardwoodknocks@gmail.com

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