cavsfanclanman
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Do you think Byron already lost the team? I mean, are the players buying what he's selling? Doesn't really look like it.
So how long does Byron Scott continue to get a free pass???? Something tells me Mike Brown would have this exact team at or above .500 right now.
Teams that would get contracted before the Cavaliers would:
Toronto
Milwaukee
Detroit
Minnesota
Memphis
There's probably a handful more as well.
The Cavaliers aren't going to be contracted.
I doubt that. You can't coach quit.
I'll have to go back and look, but it is very surprising to me that Byron believes this team has the most talent of the teams he has taken over....
Too many people - from fans to media to players to coaches to owners - thought that this team was just full of "winners" and guys who "were used to winning" and that fact alone would put this team in the Playoffs.
Uhhh....it doesn't work like that.
This roster is loaded with role players. Guys who looked pretty decent playing with a 2-time MVP...but without him look terrible.
My worry is Dan Gilbert is going to use the Trade Exception and add an overpaid semi-star to this roster of role players and lock this team into Mediocrityville for a decade.
I'll have to go back and look, but it is very surprising to me that Byron believes this team has the most talent of the teams he has taken over....
Minnesota - trying to follow the same path OKC did
Memphis - trying to follow the same path OKC did
So we avoid contraction by just having good timing at being the worst team in the league with what is likely to be record plunging season ticket sales if things don't improve.
It's not perfect, but I've yet to find a better stat to get a rough idea where players rank. PER does reasonably well except under-represents defense, thus a player like Andy would be a bit higher than PER would put him.