Anthony Lima Fires Back at Cavs Critics and "Soft" Labels

0:00Don't trust anybody with your cash covers unless they have sports in their name. We are Sports Radio 92 3-The Fan. What are you going to work a full week with me so I can ask the Diabolical question? You have one? You have a cute upper body to go? No, you had a Diabolical question, I actually want to get into it. But I forgot what it was. I just rode on. I'm a Diabolical question. We can't keep up with them. Lime a Diabolical question. And now I don't remember what it was. It was about the Sean Watson. I know it was about the Sean Watson. Well, we haven't been able to do coming in hot. He does come in hot without me. I'm not going to do coming in hot without him. But do you have not been here on a Friday together in a year? Well, one of those situations was out of our control. And it doesn't stop things. We still do a show. I'm sorry. One day I was just driving around here on County going,

1:01is he over here? Is he over there? Where's he at? Is he in Norwalk? Is he in Milan? Milan? Is he over at the, where could he possibly be? He ain't listening right now. I can say it. That was that Friday. There's a lot going on. We're going to get those damn pies though. I know that. You're going to do that on the air. I'm going to show up with a boatload of pies. I was playing coming in hot with the fine folks at the Hiront Sheriff's Department. That's what I was playing coming in hot with on that Friday. Which, by the way, one was a listener. Wonderful, wonderful people. All right. 216-474-192. I throw out the numbers. If anybody, we're going to take a call right now. I'm sorry. Can I just ask? So I threw it out there. And part of it, I knew I was going to get hammered. I muted it. I go, I'm going to send this right before I lay down and watch the rest of this game in my bed. And I'm going to fall asleep during this game. I guarantee it. I'm going to send this tweet. And I go, you've got to turn your phone off because you're going to get triggered because you know how people are right now about this basketball team. And I said, and I still believe this.

2:03I didn't say it just to kind of go, you guys on the internet. What I pointed out last night, I said the calves have had 30 different linups. The any cutting ham specified yesterday. That was the 30th different lineup that the calves had. It's incredible. Three. Zero. 30. I said the calves have had 30 different linups. I made the biggest trade of the season a month ago. Some can call it an excuse all they want, but saying they should be further along right now just isn't correct. And you know what happened. And I got called the P word. And I got called soft. And I got called all these other words. And I got called that I'm just making excuses for them and I go, what happened? What is it? Is it that I want to know? Was it just they'd lost in the end of last year? Like in the end of ended up in the finals. Yeah. They also beat the next. We can talk about toughness. The next beat the Celtics. When they end up in the finals guys,

3:03they didn't put us in a figure four to get to the finals. They outclassed you. They did it. It was at that loss because, man, anytime I go to say anything even remotely. And I, by the way, I find that it'd be accurate. I don't find that to be an excuse. I asked Darryl about that tomorrow on Friday. Maybe he'll describe me. I think I'm telling the truth right there. And man, I've been called soft. I've been called everywhere in the book. I don't know guys. What? Why do you guys dislike this casting? Well, there's no grace for them. Why do you dislike them? There's no grace, which is so interesting because for years, when we debated LeBron all the time, I was told that it's great just showing up in the finals every year. That's amazing. But tone, so much drama. Every day, LaDrama, all about it. Okay. We have Donna Mitchell now. And that dude is the anti-drama. When is there ever? And even in Utah, that drama was not elongated. That was kind of vague. That was, hey, it's been made clear.

4:03He's moving on. And that was it. I'm not saying that was right either. But all these guys, they don't have to play for one team their whole career. I've got to forgot he wanted a trade by the time. There's been no drama. There's been no drama. We just talked about, even David and Joku asked for a trade at one point. Okay. That doesn't necessarily mean it's drama-filled. But this team hasn't really had that type of drama. And even Darius, out the door, was like, man, I wish you could have worked out. It wasn't even that drama-filled. What makes them so unlikely? So why is it that fans seem to have something against this Cavs team? Like, they've never been. They've never been supposed to win the championship. Like, yeah, you could say Dan Gilbert spent the most money so did the Browns of the last four years. They've spent more money, their owners have spent more money than anybody else in NFL over the last four years. Do you think they should have won the title? Like, that's what I'm curious about. When did it become the birthright of Cavs fans? You made the Diamond Mitchell trade championships. That's not how the, that's not how it works. Donovan's not a top five player in the league.

5:04He won the Olympia last year. The last big move you made, the last move it seemed to be big enough to do was championships were expected with that guy. With LeBron. Yes. I mean, not of one of championships. We'd be hearing about the failures of LeBron every minute of the day for the rest of our lives. And guess what? He won a championship. And people still hate him. But he won a championship. I really want to know. I don't think Darrell's going to disagree with me. If Darrell disagrees with me tomorrow, there's going to be fireworks. I look forward to it. I look forward to the challenge. Are they not like people? No, you don't even, even what I'm asking. I go. Jared Allen. One of the more likable dudes in Cleveland sports in the last 30 years. Seriously. That's what my issue is. Okay. Um, James Harden, who his style of play was detestable for me. Since he's come to Cleveland, that guy has been a pro and has been looking to get guys involved. I think he's, I've said he, I think he should be a little more selfish at times. James Harden. He's been a good guy. Keon Ellis. Good guy. Max Truz fan favorite. Why is this team?

6:05Why are people acting like they're failures already? Like, like Nick called him a failure already yesterday. Where are two days ago? Where did that come from? This team is one of the more likable teams in Cleveland sports that I can remember since we've been on the air. Which I got. Can I say some? And I don't mean to turn this into a show versus show thing all the time. Let me just say it's quick. He said it was funny because he's like, yeah, he's calling me a hater, which is the slippery wizard move of all slippery wizard move when he's been the hater. I got to, I don't think guys, I think we have to have a conversation about this at some point this summer. Lime is no longer a hater. I mean, of Cleveland sports in general. I know there's, there's some, so should our fans watching on the YouTube live who would totally disagree. I, I think he wants what's best for all the teams here now. I think at one point you were, you were a cynical, nasty person about Cleveland sports. I think having a family has changed you. I think older age, wisdom has changed you. I don't think you're a hater anymore. That's certain things. Certain. Well, you want to be right. But I think there was a time you wanted to be right more than you wanted the best for

7:05the teams. I don't believe that. I'm just not going to take for granted. I think you want what, what's best for that? I'm not going to take for granted when the guardians make the playoffs almost every year. And I'm not going to take for granted that the calves have been really good for a long time now. I'm not going to take it for granted because once it's gone, ask the Wizards fans, how it feels every day, ask the pirates fans, how it feels, I'm going to say nice things about the calves and the guardians. Speaking of Wizards, that's the slippery one. He's in date in the next two days. Darryl joins me tomorrow. Thanks, the Quincy Williams. Thanks to Brian Boltinger back tomorrow. Have a wonderful day, my friends. Go calves. They're good folks. Hey. And sounds good. Where's your aunt to rise now? Cool, I got an intellectual. Bye bye.