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New-look Cavaliers provide reason for optimism, but questions remain

Tristan Thompson bounced offstage following a panel discussion about "The Carter Effect" -- the Uninterrupted-produced documentary about how Vince Carter helped instill a love for hoops in Thompson and a whole generation of Canadian basketball players -- and spoke about his love for the moves the Cleveland Cavaliers made to change their season.

"We've got a lot more energy, a lot more youth," Thompson told ESPN over All-Star Weekend at the NeueHouse Hollywood in Los Angeles, where Uninterrupted shares its office space. "So I'm excited to get back to practice and really just mesh with the guys even more.