Mile High Expectations

The Chase Down: A Cleveland Cavaliers Pod

Cleveland Cavaliers

Sports, Basketball

4.7 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Justin and Carter react to the Cavs thrilling comeback win over the Denver Nuggets and the first two games of James Harden. They discuss how his basketball IQ has made the transition smoother than expected despite not having a practice, and where we can expect the team to get better as they get familiar with each other. As well as the impact Harden has had on Jarrett Allen, how that'll translate to Evan Mobley, and their thoughts on the other new additions.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Chastown podcast, part of the Cavs Media family.
0:18.0	I'm your host, Justin Rowan.
0:19.1	The Chastown is presented by Fubo, the official streaming partner of the Cavs. Watch over 350 channels of live sports and TV,
0:25.6	including fan dual sports network without cable. There's no cost and no commitment. Try for free at
0:30.2	FubotTV.com slash calves. The James Hardin era is officially here, and it is starting off with
0:36.8	the bang as the Cavs win back-to-back
0:39.3	games against the Sacramento Kings and a thrilling comeback victory over the Denver Nuggets.
0:44.5	Joining me today to discuss it is my co-host Carter Rodriguez. Carter, how you doing, buddy?
0:49.1	My word, that was ridiculous. A really cool game, a really cool win.
0:57.3	I'm really glad we were going through some scheduling conversations, and we weren't able to go live after the debut.
1:07.1	And I honestly said, I'm like, I'm glad we didn't because it was kind of a weird game and then
1:11.9	we got a weirder game but a I would argue a more exciting and maybe more informative game
1:17.3	um that where you know I think we got to see a lot of the theory of the James Harden trade
1:25.3	put into place.
1:32.1	We got to see a really gutty win on the road to close a road trip,
1:34.0	which teams always lose, by the way,
1:38.0	against a title contender,
2:02.0	down a lot of the size that you normally need to play against this particular title contender. And what a fun game. One of the, one of, uh, it was one of the games where that I was having so much fun watching it, uh, even, uh, through some, uh, frustrations with the, uh, I was having so much fun that I legitimately was like, even if we lose this game,
2:09.0	I'm really proud of the guys. And I'm extra proud of them when they win. Yeah. Yeah. It was one of those games that was just so thrilling. Like the compete level was where it needed to be,
2:13.6	right? I don't think anyone had necessarily a flawless game, right? Like Donovan was
2:18.1	terrific in the first half. Sam had his struggles at time. Jalen had struggles at times, but both of
2:24.8	those guys made key plays down the stretch. And obviously, James Hardin was just fantastic, right?
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