Are Changes Coming For the Cavaliers? & Early NBA All-Star Picks

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4.2 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Cleveland Cavaliers face mounting pressure after a three-game slide, sparking speculation about possible roster shakeups and Kenny Atkinson’s future as head coach. Can Donovan Mitchell rally the most expensive squad in the NBA, or is a drastic move involving Darius Garland the only path forward? Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore, and Haize dissect the Cavaliers’ dilemma, spotlighting net rating woes and pressing questions about Garland’s impact. Trade talks, coaching controversy, and the Eastern Conference playoff picture keep fans guessing about Cleveland’s next move.

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0:00.0	Good afternoon and welcome to Locked on NBA Daily.
0:02.8	On today's show, the Cavaliers continue to slide,
0:04.9	and a new report suggests changes could be coming.
0:07.7	But is there really any way for the Cavs to save their season?
0:10.3	We'll talk about that.
0:11.0	Plus, make our early All-Star picks coming up on today's Locked-on NBA.
0:20.6	You are Locked-on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:25.3	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:32.2	Welcome back to Lockdown NBA Daily, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network.
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0:37.8	However, you're tuning in on YouTube or on your podcast app.
0:40.1	Thanks so much for making us your first listen every day. Today's episode is brought to you by Fandual. If you want to be right in the middle of the action this season, visit Fandual.com and place your NFL live bets all season long. I'm West Goldberg. Today we're talking about the struggling Cavaliers, our early All-Star selections, and then we're
0:55.3	going to get to some winners and losers from the weekend.
0:57.8	We're doing it with the help of lockdown's local experts. I have two of the best with me, as always, from the Lockdown Nuggets podcast. He's a senior NBA writer for the Action Network. It's Matt Moore, Matt. You should put me on screen. Great idea. Happy holidays to you. If you're joining us at youtube.com you see my
1:14.0	festive hat here I really like deviations of of Santa hats they're absolutely
1:18.0	excellent also Merry Christmas the NBA as ratings are up 89% year over year and I
1:23.9	think it's really important that as much time as we spend talking about what's wrong with the league when the ratings are down. Perhaps we should talk about everything that's right with the league when the ratings are up. From the Lockdown Bulls podcast, he's also a Bears and Bulls creator for Bleacher Report. He also covered a 300 point game last night, which might be one of the reasons why the ratings are up it's Hayes I think I think less Matt
1:44.5	more on screen is actually what the people are asking for us though I mean that's what
1:47.6	you have there if you look at give me give yeah take me off and mute me yeah our
1:52.8	Christmas gift to you is no me um look things are not going great for the cavaliers
1:59.1	right now despite the holiday they They've lost three straight games.
2:01.9	They've dropped to 15 and 14 on the season despite being the most expensive roster in
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