The Cavaliers received approval from the Ohio Department of Health to increase their crowd capacity for home games at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, writes Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com. As Fedor details, the franchise will now be able to host 1,944 fans per game, which is the equivalent of 10% of the arena’s capacity.
Ohio regulations currently limit attendance at indoor sports arena or entertainment venues to 300 people or 15% of the seating capacity, whichever is less. So an exception is being made for the Cavaliers, who will be able to host nearly 2,000 fans.
However, that amount still falls well short of the team’s initial request. According to Fedor, the plan the Cavs originally submitted to government officials asked for an allowance of 4,596 fans, 23.65% of their arena’s capacity.
Here’s more from around the Central:
- The Pistons, who are off to an 0-4 start this season, are prepared to go through some growing pains as Isaiah Stewart, Saddiq Bey, Killian Hayes, and their other youngsters get acclimated to the NBA. “This year is about getting those guys ready, developing, teaching – and it’s painful,” head coach Dwane Casey said, per Keith Langlois of Pistons.com. “We’re going through it right now and we’ve just got to learn from those situations and we’ve just got to be ready when they throw it up again.”
- As Rod Beard of The Detroit News details, both Hayes and Blake Griffin left the Pistons‘ loss on Tuesday due to injuries — Hayes suffered a right ankle sprain, while Griffin entered the concussion protocol after taking an elbow to the jaw. It’s unclear so far whether Hayes and Griffin are being considered day-to-day or whether they may be ruled out for multiple games.
- Despite being limited to 72 games and making just 29.5% of his three-point attempts in his first two NBA seasons, Chandler Hutchison had his $4MM fourth-year option for 2021/22 picked up by the Bulls. Now healthy, Hutchison is looking to prove he can make an impact off the bench, writes Sam Smith of Bulls.com.
Hutchinson is a career G League player. Haven’t seen him to be a real difference maker. When he’s healthy, he’s a replacement level talent. Can’t shoot the 3, isnt a slasher, isn’t great of a defender. No need to waste $4M on a guy who is at best 10th-11th best on your bench. This tells
me they’re really putting all their trust into Donovan’s player development and analytics.
If this is the year to develop young guys, why did Pistons sign so many veterans and have Grant control the ball circa Westbrook 2017? Sounds like an excuse for a team not knowing what to do.
Promises were made to recruit Jerami… I doubt they can much go back on that. Their three firsts so far have low PERs, but high on/offs, so the future looks okay there… but they don’t have good “older” young players and did not seem to try to get them.
Surprised at unbeaten or almost unbeaten
Magic
Hawks
Cavs
Kings
Nuggets can only beat one team – short handed Rockets
Nuggets swept by Kings
If you are an average team, you don’t have to be swept by Kings
Wiggins is now a physically strongest wing player in the nba ( include speed)
If you want to trade Blake Griffin for Wiggins , the fair trade would be
Pistons attach 2 unprotected future First round picks
Lmao
Wiggins is a future Hall of Shamer