Fear the 'Fro: A Cleveland Cavaliers Podcast

Bob Schmidt, of Fox Sports Radio, returns to breakdown the Cavs addition of Denzel Valentine, Kevin Pangos, and Ricky Rubio's recent comments about his trade to Cleveland. Then Bob gets into why any Ben Simmons trade to Cleveland is risky. What are fair expectations we as fans are allowed to have of 200 million dollar players? Should the way Simmons/Klutch are treating Philadelphia scare the Cavs away? Bob discusses the comments by Shaq, Charles Barkley and Brian Windhorst on the Ben Simmons situation.

Show Notes

Bob Schmidt, of Fox Sports Radio, returns to breakdown the Cavs addition of Denzel Valentine, Kevin Pangos, and Ricky Rubio's recent comments about his trade to Cleveland.  Then Bob gets into why any Ben Simmons trade to Cleveland is risky.  What are fair expectations we as fans are allowed to have of 200 million dollar players?  Should the way Simmons/Klutch are treating Philadelphia scare the Cavs away?  Bob discusses the comments by Shaq, Charles Barkley and Brian Windhorst on the Ben Simmons situation.

(1:29) Denzel Valentine joins the Cavs, Dotson departs
(5:48) Isaiah Hartenstein joins the Clippers
(7:12) Kevin Pangos joins the Cavs from the Euroleague
(9:07) Rubio didn't want to be in Cleveland? Will he be traded?
(11:58) Simmons approach to getting out of Philadelphia
(15:04) Does Simmons make Cleveland a playoff team?
(18:02) It's not a straight up Simmons for Sexton proposal
(19:50) Simmons says "It's not my job to fix my trade value"
(23:09) Shaq's comments on the Big Podcast with Shaq and Charles Barkley
(24:35) Barkley jokes about Simmons trade value
(27:34) Simmons contract suggests a holdout per Brian Windhorst

What is Fear the 'Fro: A Cleveland Cavaliers Podcast?

A Cleveland Cavs and NBA-centric basketball podcast from lifelong Cavaliers fan, Bob Schmidt. Reach Bob at bob@fropod.com, or @fearthefropod on Instagram, and X (Twitter).