Round 1 Game 6 | Cavs @ Pacers | April 27, 2018 | 8:00 EST

[Rich]

Lol

That’s like saying would I rather have jr Smith or harden.

The worst comparison in the history of comparisons.

 

[KilgoreTrout]

Last one to the rant thread is a rotten egg!

 

[flop]

the way Lebron plays Sunday will tell us everything we need to know about his off season plans.

 

[Tornicade]

Did you not watch the game with Thompson: he's useless at this point in his career. He doesn't have the speed to contest the 3 point lin

Ive watched Pacers shoot a barrage of threes for the entire game not just when Tristan was I there.

I also saw Thompson immediately contribute and I Saw Lue fail to make a defensive adjustment when the pacer counters the trap oladipo strategy,

What I am seeing is a bunch of soft play and inexperience.

I would much rather lose a series with Tristan Thompson starting than lose a series with him playing less than 15 minutes when he appears to be perfectly healthy.

I also didn't notice the three pointers stopping when Nance came in.

 

[Otsego Mar]

Wow Cedi looks like he should be seeing minutes.

 

[Mavaliersfan]

If LeBron is backing Lue, nothing a rookie GM like Koby could do. He had to get Lebron's graces to trade Wade iirc.

True, Bron's politics are somewhat to blame too. I won't ignore that fact at all. And you can't criticize his play in games 2-6. But game one's passiveness is coming back to bite him in the ass. I hope he comes out and sets the tone early Sunday.

 

[Jontibs]

Amazing that Lue has lasted this long. The long standing defensive issues, the lack of team cohesion, the bizarre rotations, the inability to build anything not involving Lebron.

Hasn't even been that much of a debating point among the media talking heads, no building of pressure on him, just a relaxed acceptance of his mediocrity.

 

[tocov]

Anybody who doesn't see this is a coaching problem is blind.
There is a reason role players come to Cleveland and become completely ineffectual, then leave and go back to being solid. Because role players are affected most by coaching.

Lue does everything he can to ruin any momentum we get and let opponent players get in rhythm easily with easy baskets and momentum dunks.

There was zero development the entire season in our system. We are playing the same shitty defense and no plan offense as we were before the trades. The only time the team looked good the entire season is when the new guys came and the coaching staff didn't get their hands on them yet for the first couple of games.

Lue should have been fired together with all the guys we shipped out at the deadline.

 

[LeBronistheKing2311]

Cedi looking like a playoff contributer. Don't think he would play scared like everyone else not named LeBron.

 

[Tlyons]

Thank God we have homecourt...

 

[Mavaliersfan]

Part of me wonders...if we should have just stuck with the original roster (outside of IT)

Get rid of him...for whatever....but keep Wade, Rose and Crowder.

No two of those three guys weren't great. However, at least all three are tough guys. Watching Hood, Clarkson and more mins for Jeff Green..ugh

I've been having those same thoughts. Really don't think Nance was worth our 1st and Frye's expiring either.

 

[Norm]

Ty Lue needs to go. Any coach that had his teams back should have been ejected from the 1st game in regards to how this series is being officiated.

Spare me with the fouls have been evened out somewhat. When one team is allowed to maul people in the post and use moving screens early, or the blatant holds? They know what they can get away with later on. Meanwhile, we have to deal with our players getting thrown around with no calls, ticky tack fouls.

Yeah, I know the players should step up and realize this is the playoffs. I don't think they feel they have the coaches backing them up.

 

[Benedict_Boozer]

I just don’t think you can judge any of these new guys with how terrible Lue is coaching the team. These guys came to the squad better coached than they are now and it is showing. The longer Lue has them the worse they look. Literallly every player on the team looks horrible and exactly the same as the last crew we shipped out.

 

[bboy]

Toronto licking their chops hoping for the Cavs

 

[Gus Zing]

I've been having those same thoughts. Really don't think Nance was worth our 1st and Frye's expiring either.

That's the thing about Frye. He may be unplayable against GS, but he's gold in the playoffs before then.