Tristan Thompson threw down a monster alley-oop in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ preseason opener
The new-look Cleveland Cavaliers played together for the first time on Sunday. The Cavaliers took down Tel Aviv Maccabi 107-80.
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Although most of the talk has surrounded the Cleveland Cavaliers’ big three of LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving, the future of big man Tristan Thompson has come into question. The Cavaliers have until October 31 to extend him.
For now, Tristan Thompson is trying not to think about his deal and it didn’t look like he was on Sunday. Tristan Thompson had 14 points (five-of-10 shooting) and 13 rebounds in just 19 minutes. Plus, he threw down a monster alley-oop on a pass from Joe Harris.
Watch the alley-oop below.
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