On today's Locked on Cavs Chris Manning and Evan Dammarell discuss the passing of Joe Tait, the Cavaliers making the playoffs, Kevin Love's role, and Collin Sexton's future with the team. Plus, a live reaction to the Cavs signing Quinn Cook.

Here are the bullet points:

• Joe Tait spent 39 years as the voice for the Cleveland Cavaliers and his calls are iconic like Tom Hamilton with the Indians and Jim Donovan with the Browns. Tait set the standard for what it takes to be a radio play-by-play announcer for the Cavaliers and also had an impact on the television side of things as well.
• The Cleveland Cavaliers have a brutal stretch in March and early April to start their second half of the season. Because of this, the team's goal of making the playoffs feels a lot more unrealistic.
• Kevin Love is expected to return to Cleveland's lineup at some point. When he does, his impact will be immediate as it will allow the Cavaliers to run a more modern offense in terms of three-point shooting.
• Cleveland general manager Koby Altman called this season an evaluation period for the team. The second half of the season will be an evaluation period for Love in particular on whether or not he's tradeable this upcoming offseason.
• Is Collin Sexton worth a maximum contract? If he wasn't playing in Cleveland probably not. But, because of the smaller market, the Cavaliers will have no choice but to pay top dollar for Sexton's services.

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