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theSTEREO, I LOVE the Griffin Force! picture! Cracks me up everytime I see it. Flames on one side (Grant, Bynum and Brown) and colorful future on the otherside. Did you create this?

I did, thanks.
 
This is the Blatt thread.

If you want to debate what it may mean to be a fan of a team or a player, start a new thread somewhere else. I don't think there's one set of credentials that qualifies someone to join RCF. But I know this is not the place for the debate.

Also, for new posters, just because you see an opportunity within a single post to go off on a huge tangent or LeBronathon, it doesn't mean you to have to make that choice.
 
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Blatt's offense in the summer league game tonight was crisp(although the players couldn't execute very well but hey it's summer league.) I can't even fathom the plays this man will be able to draw up this year.. I just hope we can get some better big men. :chuckles:
 
Already gave you some rep on this post and all were interesting tidbits but this stuck out to me. Sounds really interesting.

If you saw the Philly game, you could see the zone. Problem in Summer League that the zone is too inviting for just taking a mildly contested 3, so it never developed to man2man, but in 'real' games you'll see it happen.
 
First thank you for the info I enjoyed reading that. To point #8 here, one criticism you hear sometimes of nba coaches is they juggle their lineup too much and it leads to guys off the bench both not knowing their roles and leads to rhythm issues. Did you see any of these issues based on his strategy?

Actually that was my personal biggest problem with Blatt over the years. Rhythm. But it is kind of a vague concept, and a bit overrated, even by me. Think of it this way - if a guy just made say 3 shots and he's 'hot', you want him to continue, but you also want to 'preserve' this feeling he's got. So keeping him in can sometimes 'ruin it'. But if you take him out, he gets to rest a bit, still in a good mood, and when he comes back he has maybe a better chance to 'catch fire' again. I've learned to trust David on this, though 'hot streaks' in the NBA may prove to be longer compared to Europe as the players are better, so he may have to adjust to that.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>&quot;We played hard &amp; we played to win.&quot; Undefeated Coach Blatt checks in following a convincing <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CavsSummer?src=hash">#CavsSummer</a> win. [WATCH] <a href="http://t.co/63xQ30n3gH">http://t.co/63xQ30n3gH</a></p>&mdash; Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) <a href="https://twitter.com/cavs/statuses/489071939622010880">July 15, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Its pretty clear he is a good coach. Im really looking forward to how creative and effective he can be especially with a stacked roster. Great times ahead!

On a side note, I find it amazing that Blatt brought so many fans over even to RCF. He has his own bandwagon (in a good sense!). Give me another coach who has that.

Welcome to all of you Israeli fans and Im really impressed with how dedicated and great fans you are!
 
With all due respect to the Charge, I kind of like the idea of stashing our rookies and prospects in the Euroleague, perhaps even in Maccabi if they're interested in building a relationship like that.

There are too many conflicting interests in the D-League. Individual players are trying hard to stuff the stat sheet in hopes of getting a chance in the NBA. Teams are sometimes used as guinea pigs to test bizarre offensive and defensive schemes. Rotations change every day as guys get sent down to the D-League and called up to the NBA, and entire rosters are completely reshuffled every offseason. As a result, there's no steady fan base and no one's too concerned about building chemistry or winning games.

Contrast that with the Euroleague, where the one and only goal is to win games. It's a higher level of competition, and young guys have to earn minutes instead of being gifted them. They can focus on playing winning basketball instead of being pressured into proving themselves worthy of an NBA contract every night. They have a whole season or more of continuity to develop a relationship with teammates, coaches, and fans. This process seems like a more promising method to develop high-quality roleplayers, and it also seems like a better way to test a player's NBA potential by seeing first hand how they can help a team win games. And of course, as an added perk, the players make more money than they would in the D-League, and we hopefully help our Euroleague partner as well by shuttling young talent in their direction.
 
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I think this is a pretty good idea, which as you mentioned can be beneficial for both sides - the Euros get an NBA caliber player for a year and then the NBA team gets in return a player who got seasoned in different culture and in a real professional and want to win system and scenario.
The only issue is that Euroleague teams, just like NBA teams want to have continuity, a core roster that is there for more than a year. But on the other hand, this doesn't always happen in reality, because in Maccabi for example, because of the great scouting department, basically what you suggested happens - pretty unknown with mediocre success players come and they become succesful and then get picked by NBA teams, like Perkins and Pargo, or getting picked by the Euroleague deep pockets teams, such teams from Spain, Russia or Turkey, and after only a year or two.
So maybe it is possible…

With all due respect to the Charge, I kind of like the idea of stashing our rookies and prospects in the Euroleague, perhaps even in Maccabi if they're interested in building a relationship like that.

There are too many conflicting interests in the D-League. Individual players are trying hard to stuff the stat sheet in hopes of getting a chance in the NBA. Teams are sometimes used as guinea pigs to test bizarre offensive and defensive schemes. Rotations change every day as guys get sent down to the D-League and called up to the NBA, and entire rosters are completely reshuffled every offseason. As a result, there's no steady fan base and no one's too concerned about building chemistry or winning games.

Contrast that with the Euroleague, where the one and only goal is to win games. It's a higher level of competition, and young guys have to earn minutes instead of being gifted them. They can focus on playing winning basketball instead of being pressured into proving themselves worthy of an NBA contract every night. They have a whole season or more of continuity to develop a relationship with teammates, coaches, and fans. This process seems like a more promising method to develop high-quality roleplayers, and it also seems like a better way to test a player's NBA potential by seeing first hand how they can help a team win games. And of course, as an added perk, the players make more money than they would in the D-League, and we hopefully help our Euroleague partner as well by shuttling young talent in their direction.
 
Its pretty clear he is a good coach. Im really looking forward to how creative and effective he can be especially with a stacked roster. Great times ahead!

On a side note, I find it amazing that Blatt brought so many fans over even to RCF. He has his own bandwagon (in a good sense!). Give me another coach who has that.

Welcome to all of you Israeli fans and Im really impressed with how dedicated and great fans you are!

Thanks first of all. Looking forward to a wonderful season.

One interesting fact about the Euroleague is that, kinda like college basketball, it's a coach's league. Not many players make more money than the coaches, the good ones, at least. It drives the coaching level up even with the less talented players. It also makes the players more receptive to coaching. Couple that with no such thing as 'guaranteed contracts', or 'trades', and you get players to buy in or get out. No primadonnas.
It also may explain why coaches can have fans...

I've been wondering for a while now what 'Euro' coaching could do with NBA level talent, and I think San Antonio gave a pretty good example.

It will take some time, but I really get the feeling that we're on the verge of something great.
 
To me Blatt looks like the guy that played Delahunt in The Departed


As far as coaching goes, I think he is talented & smart enough to push this roster beyond its capabilities. See the Spurs, on paper they have a few great players & solid role players. Theyre nothing that will blow your skirt up in July. However when the season comes, Pop will have them in a fluid system that operates like a well oiled machine. Taking their strengths and maximizing them, while covering weaknesses. Blatt will do that here, and our team's final outcome will be much greater than our regular season record.
 
Thanks first of all. Looking forward to a wonderful season.

One interesting fact about the Euroleague is that, kinda like college basketball, it's a coach's league. Not many players make more money than the coaches, the good ones, at least. It drives the coaching level up even with the less talented players. It also makes the players more receptive to coaching. Couple that with no such thing as 'guaranteed contracts', or 'trades', and you get players to buy in or get out. No primadonnas.
It also may explain why coaches can have fans...

I've been wondering for a while now what 'Euro' coaching could do with NBA level talent, and I think San Antonio gave a pretty good example.

It will take some time, but I really get the feeling that we're on the verge of something great.



That is such a great point. Nobody is bigger than Pop in SA he is their true leader. Nobody disrespects him or is being a primadonna. Unfortunately in the NBA its soooo common, being a primadonna is also sometimes associated with being confident and true to yourself - being the alpha dog which many teenagers need to acquire their work ethic and reach the league. What im trying to say is that no matter who you are or what you say, each player is a me first in the NBA with very few exceptions.

That is not the case with SA but Pop has even managed to control the ultimate "me first" player in Stephen Jackson. That makes me think if it is not dependent as much on the player but instead the coach. Blatt by all accounts seems to be a great builder of the right culture and if he can create this atmosphere here, we are looking at something that goes beyond LeBron and Kyrie and can ultimately change the Cavs for a long time and even perhaps the league (with all credit going to Pop as the first big staple of selflessness and family culture).
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>“<a href="https://twitter.com/cavsdan">@cavsdan</a>: Coach Blatt in action here in Las Vegas” let's try again. Here's the picture <a href="http://t.co/UjFSGWGksb">pic.twitter.com/UjFSGWGksb</a></p>&mdash; Dan Gilbert (@cavsdan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cavsdan/statuses/487755400951775233">July 12, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Lookin good!

(sidenote: those Cleveland basketball shirts are legit.)
 
A tangent, I guess, but somehow not surprising.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Spurs have hired European legend Ettore Messina as an assistant coach, team says.</p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/statuses/489157022836080640">July 15, 2014</a></blockquote>
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