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The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired coach David Blatt, sources confirmed to ESPN.
The title-hopeful Cavaliers lead the Eastern Conference at 30-11 but were blown out by the defending champion Golden State Warriors earlier this week.
Blatt leaves the Cavaliers, his first NBA coaching job, with a 83-40 record.
Yahoo! Sports first reported Blatt's firing.
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Wow!
There were obviously issues between he and the team, it was apparent during the GSW blowout the other night.
Firing him midseason to let Tyrone Lou run the team will be interesting.
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They want Calipari BAD. Its no secret that is the guy Lebron wants. Personally, id like Mark Jackson
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They want Calipari BAD. Its no secret that is the guy Lebron wants. Personally, id like Mark Jackson
I don't get the Cal fascination,other than he can coach/manage talent and recruit free agents. But he's Lebrons guy so....
Mark Jackson would be a nice hire but I think this team and its personalities would eat him alive.
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how will Calipari defend Curry , and how many Minutes is Calipari going to play in a game ???
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I don't get the Cal fascination,other than he can coach/manage talent and recruit free agents. But he's Lebrons guy so....
Mark Jackson would be a nice hire but I think this team and its personalities would eat him alive.
I dont get the Calipari thing either. He was a BAD coach for MJ but if you have Lebron, it doesnt take much to win
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how will Calipari defend Curry , and how many Minutes is Calipari going to play in a game ???
He will get the same amount of playing time as Blatt did.
I feel for Blatt though because he didn't think he was getting a veteran team, he was hired to coach Kyrie, Wiggins, and Waiters. Lebron never respected Blatt.
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NBA Coaches ::)
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I dont get the Calipari thing either. He was a BAD coach for MJ but if you have Lebron, it doesnt take much to win
See Mike Woodson, lol.
Nails is right though, this Warriors team will not be denied. Curry will have to be injured for Cleveland to have any chance. Its like GSW is playing a completely different game than everyone else. They're a buzz saw, that no one saw coming. I thought they'd take a step back last season, thinking the clippers and thunder would battle it out for the west, and now it looks like those two have had their windows closed.
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my guess on the only exciting playoff series this year , will be between the warriors and spurs , if the spurs find a way to pull it off then Cavs vs Spurs will be exciting , if Warriors win, then its a clear blowout all the way for the Warriors on their back to back championship run
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NBA Coaches ::)
LOL
They only matter when you have a team that has no chemistry. Phil Jackson's Lakers. If your team is coherent you win with Spolestrea.
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http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14627529/david-blatt-fired-cleveland-cavaliers-coach (http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14627529/david-blatt-fired-cleveland-cavaliers-coach)
Yup official
Black players boycotted the white coach
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James always hated him. Didn't take long to get rid of him.
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Mike, this goes back to the complete fucked up nature of Cleveland sports. I know they hired Blatt a month or so before James announced he was going to Cleveland but at that point they could have made a change. When you get James, Irving and Love together, why the fuck would you want a rookie NBA coach? At that point they could have paid Phil $10-12 mill to coach or got another veteran coach. Wasted years by Cleveland.
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Mike, this goes back to the complete fucked up nature of Cleveland sports. I know they hired Blatt a month or so before James announced he was going to Cleveland but at that point they could have made a change. When you get James, Irving and Love together, why the fuck would you want a rookie NBA coach? At that point they could have paid Phil $10-12 mill to coach or got another veteran coach. Wasted years by Cleveland.
Great point, they ended up eating the money anyhow. The rumors were always that LeBron was coming back, why not wait to hire a coach and see what would happen, no one else was hiring Blatt anyhow, his best offer at that point was as to be an assistant coach.
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Tom Thibodeau would be a good hire. Would get the team concept going for them
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Basketball sucks.
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give them a good coach, they win 2 titles. they win 5 titles with an awesome coach.
Thibs would be great for them.
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it's not gonna make a difference anyway.....Cavs are obsolete now.....warriors and spurs will hand them their asses on a paper plate.....the NBA champion will be whoever wins the west.....
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Tom Thibodeau would be a good hire. Would get the team concept going for them
Lebron is not going to listen to any coach. He's shown that throughout his career. All he wants to do is dribble around running down the shot clock. The teams he's played on have never been "smoothly" run.
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Lebron is not going to listen to any coach. He's shown that throughout his career. All he wants to do is dribble around running down the shot clock. The teams he's played on have never been "smoothly" run.
lebron is one of the biggest cry babies and ego maniacs ever to step foot in the nba, cleveland will never win a championship with him there.
this is basically "his" team. they should just name lebron the head coach as well
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should have hired luke walton , he will be replaced as head coach tonight by steve kerr after going 39-4
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You know they likely got Lebrons permission.
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Basketball is a sport for pansies. Everything is a foul. A bunch of primadonnas. Hockey, by far, has the toughest athletes.
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Basketball is a sport for pansies. Everything is a foul. A bunch of primadonnas. Hockey, by far, has the toughest athletes.
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Do you want me to post Kevin Ware pics?
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Do you want me to post Kevin Ware pics?
One tough basketball player still doesn't negate my statement. On average, hockey players play through many more injuries than those pansy basketball players.
Injuries like Ware are not common in basketball. But given the nature of hockey, moderate to severe injuries are a lot more common.
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Cavs don't have the depth required to win or go deep in the playoffs. Don't see a coaching issue here. It goes to show that defense wins games especially in basketball. See - Golden State. Nuff' said!
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One tough basketball player still doesn't negate my statement. On average, hockey players play through many more injuries than those pansy basketball players.
Injuries like Ware are not common in basketball. But given the nature of hockey, moderate to severe injuries are a lot more common.
Good argument, you win this round ;D
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i predict before beginniing of next season ,
lebron will be the head coach of the cavs and also the gm.
they will rename the team "the cleveland lebronners"
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Good argument, you win this round ;D
:D :D
I don't know if you watch hockey, but it happens a lot. Hockey players get stitched up in the locker room, and are back out on the ice. They lose a tooth, and are back on the ice.
How many basketball players do you think would take 10 stitches to the head, and go back out and play? I bet I couldn't count the amount on my hand. Hockey players do it on a regular basis. Again, basketball players are pansies.
13 seconds in. Pulls out 2 teeth, back on next shift. A fucking basketball player would be crying like a baby if they had to pull their own tooth out. :D :D :D
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LeBron will be signing with Golden State next year for much less money to secure more rings.
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i predict before beginniing of next season ,
lebron will be the head coach of the cavs and also the gm.
they will rename the team "the cleveland lebronners"
He already is all of those things. They really might as well change the team name. He'll be the owner before too long.
I'm finding it quite hilarious that his fans are getting some of their own medicine. Steph Curry fans already have him better than Lebron and leapfrogging up the ladder of all time greats.
Lol. What goes around comes around phaggots.
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He already is all of those things. They really might as well change the team name. He'll be the owner before too long.
I'm finding it quite hilarious that his fans are getting some of their own medicine. Steph Curry fans already have him better than Lebron and leapfrogging up the ladder of all time greats.
Lol. What goes around comes around phaggots.
ha ha great post pray 4 war
lebron is the biggest crybaby prima donna ive ever seen, my bro who used to be a huge nba fan quit watching the nba because of him.
i bet he never wins another ring again.
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I hope the Spurs or the WArriors Crack that ass real proper.
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I hope the Spurs or the WArriors Crack that ass real proper.
me 2
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Basketball is a sport for pansies. Everything is a foul. A bunch of primadonnas. Hockey, by far, has the toughest athletes.
This ^^
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I hope the Spurs or the WArriors Crack that ass real proper.
It's already done as far as I'm concerned. A foregone conclusion.
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I hope the Spurs or the WArriors Crack that ass real proper.
SPurs and Warriors already embarrassed the Cavs this year. Probably why Blatt was fired. Even Lebron's two titles have big question marks. Mavs getting some bad calls in a game that would have won the series and the Spurs getting screwed over to let the Heat win game 6 and make it to Game 7.
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Mike, this goes back to the complete fucked up nature of Cleveland sports. I know they hired Blatt a month or so before James announced he was going to Cleveland but at that point they could have made a change. When you get James, Irving and Love together, why the fuck would you want a rookie NBA coach? At that point they could have paid Phil $10-12 mill to coach or got another veteran coach. Wasted years by Cleveland.
Completely dysfunctional franchise. Will always be as long as Dan Gilbert owns it
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Just another move by crybaby Lebron.....his short term contract and power in this league has given him tremendous leverage over Dan Gilbert and the cavaliers franchise, which are now puppets to their puppet master Lebron.
Blatt took them to the finals and won two games without Kevin love and Kyrie being injured during the series. Would love for the Warriors or Spurs to dominate Lebron in the finals and then see who Lebron tries to scapegoat next.
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Blatt took them to the finals and won two games without Kevin love and Kyrie being injured during the series. Would love for the Warriors or Spurs to dominate Lebron in the finals and then see who Lebron tries to scapegoat next.
True that. I don't think popovich coaching CLE in the finals last year does any better. It was tired LeBron + scrubs.
New Coach Lue immediately called out Lebron, Love and Irving for coming out early and being out of shape lol. He gives no fcks. he made his NBA money, he can be straight with them. Blatt would never call out lebron when watching film. ESPN says he was kinda scared to admit any of lebron's flaws, even when it was lebron being lazy on defense... blatt would never agree with it or admit it.
Lue gives no fccks. He called lebron out of shape, after a loss tonight.
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It should come as no surprise that Lue and Lebron are good friends and have been for a quite a while.
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It should also come as no surprise that Blatt is white and Lue is black.
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It should also come as no surprise that Blatt is white and Lue is black.
Lebron hates all white people except Delavadova and Mike Miller.
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when blatt was a rookie coach, after win #1, the team mobbed him celebrating. He screamed at them "i'm won 1000 games, i'm not a rookie you treat like this" and went into his office all mad.
the CLE guys want a buddy, not an authritarian figure. BBall ain't about coaching all that much anyway... in 7 games, a schmoe like the kid in miami 'outcoached' the great popovich? nope. It helps in close individual games, but long run, it's the talent, length and defense of the ten players on the court.
CLE sucks because kevin love is a massive defensive liability. teams feast on him.
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when blatt was a rookie coach, after win #1, the team mobbed him celebrating. He screamed at them "i'm won 1000 games, i'm not a rookie you treat like this" and went into his office all mad.
the CLE guys want a buddy, not an authritarian figure. BBall ain't about coaching all that much anyway... in 7 games, a schmoe like the kid in miami 'outcoached' the great popovich? nope. It helps in close individual games, but long run, it's the talent, length and defense of the ten players on the court.
CLE sucks because kevin love is a massive defensive liability. teams feast on him.
Took 2 years for Lebron to buy in to Spoelstra and let him actually coach him.
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when blatt was a rookie coach, after win #1, the team mobbed him celebrating. He screamed at them "i'm won 1000 games, i'm not a rookie you treat like this" and went into his office all mad.
the CLE guys want a buddy, not an authritarian figure. BBall ain't about coaching all that much anyway... in 7 games, a schmoe like the kid in miami 'outcoached' the great popovich? nope. It helps in close individual games, but long run, it's the talent, length and defense of the ten players on the court.
CLE sucks because kevin love is a massive defensive liability. teams feast on him.
Blame the other white guy. lol. Anyway if it's Love's fault then that's still actually Lebron's fault because he's that one that insisted they trade the #1 draft pick Wiggins and get Love.
Actually, Cleveland does not suck. They were in the finals last year even though half their team was injured. They are in first place again this year and are a prohibitive favorite to go to the Finals again. Unfortunately for them two West teams are playing out of their mind great basketball and Cleveland isn't likely to beat either of them. Not sure how Blatt had anything to do with that. Tyronn Lue is Lebron's homeboy, he may turn out to be great but the dude has never been a head coach at any level. Not sure how adding Lue solves Cleveland's Steph Curry problem.
I have never seen such a laundry list of excuses like I see with Lebron. He makes excuses and thus his fans are forced to make excuses. Maybe it's because he (and they) prematurely named him the greatest player of all time and now have to explain why things aren't working out like they expected. It's a results oriented world we live in, excuses can take a walk.
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Took 2 years for Lebron to buy in to Spoelstra and let him actually coach him.
i thought they were on a similar path here. Heat went to the Final year 1, lost. Cavs went (badly hurt) and did better against one of the all time great teams, the hot Warriors.
This year, they're cruising to the finals on the same path. if top 3 are healthy and warriors are a little dinged up, cavs can win it. ballebadova will undercut curry every chance he gets. any knee injury, however minor and curry is neutralized to a spot up shooter. Cavs can win the title this year.
IMHO, it's just a case of cavs figuring they're in the finals no matter what, so Lue will do. Although I'd love to see them move Love for someone lanky and defensive that can shift to center so lebron can dominate as a power forward.
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i thought they were on a similar path here. Heat went to the Final year 1, lost. Cavs went (badly hurt) and did better against one of the all time great teams, the hot Warriors.
This year, they're cruising to the finals on the same path. if top 3 are healthy and warriors are a little dinged up, cavs can win it. ballebadova will undercut curry every chance he gets. any knee injury, however minor and curry is neutralized to a spot up shooter. Cavs can win the title this year.
IMHO, it's just a case of cavs figuring they're in the finals no matter what, so Lue will do. Although I'd love to see them move Love for someone lanky and defensive that can shift to center so lebron can dominate as a power forward.
Wiggins would have been ideal for this...
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As much as i love wiggins, he is very timid. He is only 20 (i think) hopefully he becomes more assertive and aggressive.
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As much as i love wiggins, he is very timid. He is only 20 (i think) hopefully he becomes more assertive and aggressive.
Obviously he was traded because he was going to take some time to develop, but in his letter LeBron seemed to know that winning a title in Cleveland would take some time. I think Wiggins would have fallen into place and would have developed like a young Tracey Magrady, an athletic defensive minded wing, while Bron and Kyrie lead. Love has been a STAR and is a personality, it was written that when the team was gathered together to be told about Blatt's dismissal they thought it was going to be to find out Love was traded.
Doesn't matter one way or another, maybe Wiggins wouldn't have worked, maybe this team wins a title, I'm a nobody fan. That said for every good move they've made Cleveland makes one equally as bad.
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Obviously he was traded because he was going to take some time to develop, but in his letter LeBron seemed to know that winning a title in Cleveland would take some time. I think Wiggins would have fallen into place and would have developed like a young Tracey Magrady, an athletic defensive minded wing, while Bron and Kyrie lead. Love has been a STAR and is a personality, it was written that when the team was gathered together to be told about Blatt's dismissal they thought it was going to be to find out Love was traded.
Doesn't matter one way or another, maybe Wiggins wouldn't have worked, maybe this team wins a title, I'm a nobody fan. That said for every good move they've made Cleveland makes one equally as bad.
i cannot stand lebron and his ways. I hope they do make it to the finals and get blasted off the court. Kyrie will not play a full season.
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i cannot stand lebron and his ways. I hope they do make it to the finals and get blasted off the court. Kyrie will not play a full season.
Yeah but in his defense the STAR players have always called the shots, LeBron just seems to be the most influential. Dont blame him blame the league.
His time as a power broker is running short, hes trying to make the most of what's left.
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Yeah but in his defense the STAR players have always called the shots, LeBron just seems to be the most influential. Dont blame him blame the league.
His time as a power broker is running short, hes trying to make the most of what's left.
I would get it if it was Thibedou or Popovich but not fucken Tyronne Lue. good assistants do not make good head coaches.
same goes for Brian Shaw.
Great Managers/Supervisors do not make great CEO's. Good luck to the Cavs, I have a feeling they will trading someone at all star break.
Not sure if Kevin Love the fucking oaf is movable with his overrated high paid ass.
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I would get it if it was Thibedou or Popovich but not fucken Tyronne Lue. good assistants do not make good head coaches.
same goes for Brian Shaw.
Great Managers/Supervisors do not make great CEO's. Good luck to the Cavs, I have a feeling they will trading someone at all star break.
Not sure if Kevin Love the fucking oaf is movable with his overrated high paid ass.
I just don't understand why he got a new contract to be a head coach, he already was locked under contract and one of the high paid assistants in the league.
This is what I meant when I said every "good" move is countered by a "bad" one.
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I just don't understand why he got a new contract to be a head coach, he already was locked under contract and one of the high paid assistants in the league.
This is what I meant when I said every "good" move is countered by a "bad" one.
Lue was the highest paid assistant in the league. A bunch of teams tried to sign him away so the cavs threw money to keep him. They must see something in him as a coach. Lebron also bitched a few times about wanting Lue. As much as Lebrun is an ass apparently him being on the cavs makes them worth 1/2 billion dollars more.
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Lue was the highest paid assistant in the league. A bunch of teams tried to sign him away so the cavs threw money to keep him. They must see something in him as a coach. Lebron also bitched a few times about wanting Lue. As much as Lebrun is an ass apparently him being on the cavs makes them worth 1/2 billion dollars more.
That's not 100% true. They weren't trying to keep him. Lue was actually on Doc Rivers staff in LA. Cleveland didn't want to hire Lue as the head coach so they hired him as the associate head coach and paid him a ton of money. They signed him before hiring Blatt as a way to help lure Lebron to come back. The whole thing was very weird.
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That's not 100% true. They weren't trying to keep him. Lue was actually on Doc Rivers staff in LA. Cleveland didn't want to hire Lue as the head coach so they hired him as the associate head coach and paid him a ton of money. They signed him before hiring Blatt as a way to help lure Lebron to come back. The whole thing was very weird.
Wasn't it down to Lue and Blatt, and they picked Blatt to develop the young players? I know that assistants aren't usually hired by the team without the head coach's approval though.
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Wasn't it down to Lue and Blatt, and they picked Blatt to develop the young players? I know that assistants aren't usually hired by the team without the head coach's approval though.
Pretty much. I've never heard of a team hiring an associate head coach before hiring the head coach. I can't name a team that even has an associate head coach.
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Pretty much. I've never heard of a team hiring an associate head coach before hiring the head coach. I can't name a team that even has an associate head coach.
Lol, great point. Imagine if Luke Walton went on this run 2 years ago.
Poor Cavs, they're like the dude who's got a hot girlfriend but can't ignore all the other chick's that give him attention...... it never ends well.
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They say Lou and lebron are great friends. Yeah that makes a great recipe for success.
Terrible choice. Blatt was pathetic himself.
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The fake Hebrews in Israel are upset that Bron got Blatt fired.
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The fake Hebrews in Israel are upset that Bron got Blatt fired.
They have enough problems i think.
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Blatt had a philosophy that basketball is about matchups and not superstars. He would bench his superstar for a game if it meant a bench player was a better match up. he tried that early last season limiting numbers based on the matchup and the NBA egos had a fit. If he could, he'd probably leave Love on the bench for the whole game against the Warriors but then the owner would have a fit that he paid $100+ million for a role player. Pop gets away with it in San Antonio because the players bought into the system. I believe this season and most of last, no player has been on the court for more than 30 minutes. Then you have James who's on the court for almost all 48 minutes. Even in Warrior's games when the bench was rolling, Curry and Thompson were happy to sit on the bench where James was forcing himself into the game and fucks up any momentum the team had. God forbid the Cavs win a game without James being the team leader in points
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Wiggins would have been ideal for this...
Agree. Love is a defensive liability.
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Agree. Love is a defensive liability.
Love got his guaranteed 100 million. People forgot he fucked up his shoulder last season and was playing well before. Who knows if he's even 100%. Luckily for him he could be cut tomorrow and will still make $100 million guaranteed.
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Blatt had a philosophy that basketball is about matchups and not superstars. He would bench his superstar for a game if it meant a bench player was a better match up. he tried that early last season limiting numbers based on the matchup and the NBA egos had a fit. If he could, he'd probably leave Love on the bench for the whole game against the Warriors but then the owner would have a fit that he paid $100+ million for a role player. Pop gets away with it in San Antonio because the players bought into the system. I believe this season and most of last, no player has been on the court for more than 30 minutes. Then you have James who's on the court for almost all 48 minutes. Even in Warrior's games when the bench was rolling, Curry and Thompson were happy to sit on the bench where James was forcing himself into the game and fucks up any momentum the team had. God forbid the Cavs win a game without James being the team leader in points
Blatt is correct. Smart basketball is about matchups. You gotta have superstar talent too but if you don't play smart then you are fucked. Too many players just try to pound that square peg in a round hole. Forcing the action instead of reading the defense and moving the ball. This is why OKC never won a ring. Talented but dumb. Lebron won a couple of cheap rings in Miami so now he thinks he's Einstein on the court.....he's fooling himself.
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Love got his guaranteed 100 million. People forgot he fucked up his shoulder last season and was playing well before. Who knows if he's even 100%. Luckily for him he could be cut tomorrow and will still make $100 million guaranteed.
Lebron cannot/will not play with a skilled "big man" if it means differing to him once in awhile. Turned Bosh and Love into shells of themselves. Totally underutilized/terribly used.
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Lebron cannot/will not play with a skilled "big man" if it means differing to him once in awhile. Turned Bosh and Love into shells of themselves. Totally underutilized/terribly used.
Man, I think with Lebron you gotta have a defensive center with some length that does expect a lot of shots, then you surround them with 3 point shooters to spread the floor. Championship.
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the warriors stuck a 30 inch dildo up the spurs asses last night and if anyone does not see who's dominating the NBA this year and who's gonna be a back to back champion than you're a fucking moron....who's LBJ again?
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Agree. Love is a defensive liability.
As Clevelanders, we have no time to wait for Wiggins to realize his potential. Yes, Love sucks on defense, but he can shoot. And we need shooters! I still like our chances in a 7 game series vs Golden State or SA.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Israelis have apparently gone bonkers over the Cavaliers' firing of David Blatt, to the point of comparing LeBron James to a terrorist organization while blaming him for running Blatt out of town.
According to a report of Jerusalem by Agence France-Presse, Israeli sports journalist Sharon Davidovitch said "LeBron James is now the most hated person in Israel.
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2016/01/israelis_going_too_far_in_back.html
im suprise nobody has accused lebron of denying the holocaust yet
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Cavs trying to take Brad Stevens away from the Celtics? Pushes team basketball and will give Lebron the perfect amount of nut hugging he so desperately needs on a day to day basis...
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Israelis have apparently gone bonkers over the Cavaliers' firing of David Blatt, to the point of comparing LeBron James to a terrorist organization while blaming him for running Blatt out of town.
According to a report of Jerusalem by Agence France-Presse, Israeli sports journalist Sharon Davidovitch said "LeBron James is now the most hated person in Israel.
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2016/01/israelis_going_too_far_in_back.html
im suprise nobody has accused lebron of denying the holocaust yet
First he's the most hated man in Cleveland, then he's the most hated man in Miami, now he's the most hated man in Israel.
Lebron just out there making friends everywhere.
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First he's the most hated man in Cleveland, then he's the most hated man in Miami, now he's the most hated man in Israel.
Lebron just out there making friends everywhere.
I heard the Mossad are waiting for Lebron at his house in Akron.