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Oops. Why no games at all today?
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Cunningham has the ability to be a really solid defender who forces turnovers if he actually takes the time to learn to play it. He just needs to work on footwork, keeping his hands up, and the way he balances himself on the court.
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I take being passionate over "I was actually in chill mode tonight" all day everyday.
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I mean, with the lineups Blatt is pulling out of his ass, this makes complete sense. Not only does he take out LeBron, he also takes out Love and we're often stuck with Cunningham, JR, RJ, JJ and TT or AV. So many abbreviate players, haha. Either way, the point is LeBron is usually out there with the best possible team while when he's off the floor Blatt often has the 3rd string (when healthy) team out there.
I mean, think about it. We're down three starters and probably the second guy off our bench in Delly. Third depending on where Blatt sees him in our rotation. At this point we need at least one of LeBron or Love out on the floor at all times. But in the future we have Mo, Delly, JR, RJ, Tristan and Andy coming off the bench. Which I personally think could be the best bench in the NBA. And more than likely the best starting 5 as well. I really can't wait until this team is healthy.
Ah. We don't even have this holiday here in Brazil.
Lebron in general is a pretty shitty leader imo. He's more talk than action when it comes to that, as referenced by the fact he constantly calls himself a leader. If you have to call yourself one you probably aren't too good of one.
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settle down quit throwing out facts to people
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LBJ and a bunch of Titos right now
mix in some Love
Just noticed, but after tonight Lebron is going to crack the top 5-6 in the league in MPG at 36.5.
That is way too much. He is going to be 31 next month, and even being short handed they have to get that down to like 32-33.
Over the course of an 82 game season the 4 minute spread between 32 and 36 is 328 minutes, or the equivalent of playing an extra 6.8 games.
Every minute he averages over 32 is an extra 1.7 games over the course of a season if he played every game.
Given Windy's report about him being paranoid about the Warriors and it fueling his early season urgency it is not hard to see the by product as ever increasing minutes.
I don't know how to get them down because he won't go for it, but his minutes need to start trending in the opposite direction.
That is way too much. He is going to be 31 next month, and even being short handed they have to get that down to like 32-33.
Over the course of an 82 game season the 4 minute spread between 32 and 36 is 328 minutes, or the equivalent of playing an extra 6.8 games.
Every minute he averages over 32 is an extra 1.7 games over the course of a season if he played every game.
Given Windy's report about him being paranoid about the Warriors and it fueling his early season urgency it is not hard to see the by product as ever increasing minutes.
I don't know how to get them down because he won't go for it, but his minutes need to start trending in the opposite direction.
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That cupcake Kyrie needs to get his ass on the floor already.
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It's a tough spot with the minutes situation. The only way it can go down is by playing everyone else more, and Sideshow Bob has shown us how bad the team is with LeBron off the floor. I think Blatt would have to go away from having LeBron/Love off the floor at the same time. That's where we start losing leads. We need Kyrie and Shump really badly right now. I'm confident that once Kyrie comes back, we can play LeBron for 30 mpg
We have to get his minutes down. The truth is that if the rest of this team can't play at least even with the typical NBA competition *without Lebron on the floor* then we are not going to win a championship anyway. So Blatt should be challenging the team to hold leads while Lebron sits, and setting a pretty strict 35 MPG ceiling for LBJ (with lower minutes when we are far ahead).
Every year San Antonio is among the leaders in regular season wins while trying to hold everyone on the team to a 30 MPG ceiling. (This year Kawhi Leonard is at 34.7 minutes because he is just that important to them; everyone else is about 30 MPG or below). They challenge their reserves to play right and we need to do that too.
Every year San Antonio is among the leaders in regular season wins while trying to hold everyone on the team to a 30 MPG ceiling. (This year Kawhi Leonard is at 34.7 minutes because he is just that important to them; everyone else is about 30 MPG or below). They challenge their reserves to play right and we need to do that too.
Actually his plus/minus is not so extreme. The reason it looks so high is that Blatt is playing Lebron with other starters, specifically Kevin Love, and putting out horrible bench lineups when Lebron is off court. Real adjusted plus-minus, which adjusts for the other players on the court with Lebron, doesn't look so extreme or really even all that great for him this year. Lebron's RAPM is 6.43 this year, 4th in the league. Last year it was 8.78 (2nd in the league) and the year before with Miami it was 9.08 (first in the league). So with proper adjustment Lebron's plus-minus is actually kind of low for him.
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As expected was excellent when we needed him to be. And it was so fucking weird to see him get some calls in his favour. 
Then again, he does get away with some balant fouls in the defensive end every now and then but he gets totally butchered down in offensive end. So, it doesn't compensate that. My only complain is, he should have tried to involve Kev a bit more in the offense. Otherwise great game by him.
Then again, he does get away with some balant fouls in the defensive end every now and then but he gets totally butchered down in offensive end. So, it doesn't compensate that. My only complain is, he should have tried to involve Kev a bit more in the offense. Otherwise great game by him.