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At least he gets along with the players, though. That's important. They got a buddy to console them when they lose, whereas Blatt wasn't a good consoler.
That didn't take long. Sometimes teams can rally around a new coach and get an emotional win. At home, with their new preferred coach, and Bulls win handily. Not promising for playoff implications.
At least he gets along with the players, though. That's important. They got a buddy to console them when they lose, whereas Blatt wasn't a good consoler.
Im sure Jordan was concerned being consoled after loses
modern NBA
True. And they'll have another loss on the 30th,so he'll get a chance to console again real soon.
Rick Carlisle embarassed for the NBA...
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14...-rick-carlisle
I know this comment will get off topic with this being a Blatt thread...
but honestly I kind of am wishing some east team makes a trade to really make a run at the Finals this season.
This trade season has been very underwhelming.
Don't know about trades, but Toronto and Chicago just might have enough to bump off the Cavs. The Cavs would be heavily favored, but Toronto is coming on strong and the Bulls match up fairly well with them.
Bulls look like they can sweep the Cavs as constructed, sans trade. Might not make the trade scenarios any more exciting for you, but sure makes the East more entertaining to follow, in general.
NBA to Cavs: Would you like an unchallenged trip to the finals this year?
Cavs: no thanks...we're good <spins wheel of chaos> <lands on fire coach hire assistant with no head coaching experience while leading the East midseason> Yes! Score! NBA= ed!
So for those who saw the game tonight, how many post ups did Lue create for Kevin Love?
Quite a few actually. And he was the only Cav who shot 50%. He seemed sort of useful tbh.
Love's defense was still a joke though.
Of course by Stephen A Smith, and if Lou is fired, it will be because of racism. Imagine if Blatt was black.
Lue was already co-coach, according to virtually every report we've heard since Blatt was hired, tbh..Blatt wasn't running his own system in Cleveland, and he had no authority over anybody, he was a figurehead..this firing doesn't change anything from a basketball perspective..
Lebron runs his own team, it has always been the case, excluding his Miami years..his basketball IQ/ego hurts him in the same way it hurts Peyton Manning, they have the same style, mentally, in regards to controlling everything..
Bulls attacked him on D every time he was on the court. 1 on 1 and pick n rolls.
I dunno, maybe they'll straight that ship later on but Lue looked too comfortable and complacent in the post game presser. Other than call some post plays for Love he did a terrible job with the lineups. Per NBA.com/stats, Cavs' most efficient line-up is with KLove at the 4 and TThompson playing center. Tonight Lue played that combo 2 minutes PLUS James Jones played more minutes than TT.
The fans seem ok with the situation and new coaching selection process...
"When the final horn sounded, the Cavs were booed by their own fans, not the sound Cleveland's front-office was hoping to hear."
In his postgame I read (since I didn't see it) that Lue feels the Cavs are out of shape and need to get in better shape to play at the pace he wants. I guess playing LeBron 40 minutes will do that...
Seems to me Cavs have an iden y crisis.
I think he's on the right track. A few suicides and some time on the elliptical should right this ship.
I am thinking, that has to be a Lebron request bc he lacks space to drive the lane.
Lebron is going to sink himself.
Yep. And midseason seems like the time to do this.
Are we bad people? Having this much fun at their expense? If I were German, I would coin a term for doing so.Yep. And midseason seems like the time to do this.
Are we bad people? Having this much fun at their expense? If I were German, I would coin a term for doing so.
Bad? No. Hating on the enemy is part of the fun of sports. It's all harmless.
Tyron Lue !!!
ing y as that guy hope the cavs don't make the finals
For lack of a better term, it really does seem like Lue is black-coaching it, meaning that he's going to yell about effort and motivate guys over actually adding any new sets or skills. That can actually work for a team with Cleveland's talent. And it's obviously what Lebron wants, as he apparently tried to get Mark Jackson hired. But it's not a long-term fix, and I don't know if Cleveland could out-talent the top Western teams anyway.
Yes, Lue is basically a poor man's version of Mark Jackson. I agree with you though. He will share stories about his days with the big three in L.A. and the big three in Boston but he still isn't as hands on as a coach in terms of implementing new sets or explaining defensive schemes to the team. It is too bad someone like Patrick Ewing couldn't get a head coaching job yet everyone wants a former point guard as a coach nowadays because of their "court vision."
Lue wants them to play like a lesser version of the Warriors which is funny because they don't have the personnel to do that.
Seriously a complete nonfactor. Look at the short list of greatest coaches of all time.
Red
Phil
Riley
Pop
They were either role players, or never played in the league at all.
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