Cavs (absent) Defense (Lloyd/ABJ)

[Giambiwannabe7]

I honestly, for the life of me, cannot fathom the idea of these guys sitting in a room watching film of this crap and letting it continue. Like another poster said, KI has got to be embarassed. His effort is abysmal half the time. There's got to be some pride.

 

[The Process God]

http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/video/practice-coach-121116

In this interview after today's practice, Scott said that Kyrie breaking his hand really set him back from working on his defense this summer and how there's not a ton of time to work on your weaknesses during the season.

 

[Giambiwannabe7]

http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/video/practice-coach-121116

In this interview after today's practice, Scott said that Kyrie breaking his hand really set him back from working on his defense this summer and how there's not a ton of time to work on your weaknesses during the season.

Wow. I'm kind of surprised to hear this. Sounds like bullshit to me. I've never broken my hand, but one would think that wouldn't stop him from working on his D.

Maybe someone who has broken there hand before could educate me on why he can't work on D.

 

[The Process God]

Wow. I'm kind of surprised to hear this. Sounds like bullshit to me. I've never broken my hand, but one would think that wouldn't stop him from working on his D.

Maybe someone who has broken there hand before could educate me on why he can't work on D.

Coach Scott is the one that said it. Not Kyrie. Remember that, and we all know how Scott is not one to make excuses for his players. But I'm guessing it's because you can't be in a full-contact practice with a broken hand. Kyrie couldn't afford to injure his hand further by participating in full-contact defense and possibly falling over and landing on his hand again or something of the like.

In an interview after the practice on 11/15, Kyrie spoke on his own defensive efforts, saying that he knows that he needs to work on it more and that he needs to get in better shape still.

 

[Wine and Gold]

That play has to embarrass a good player man. Like seriously he just gave up. Like personally if I saw this play at a team meeting or something I'd be embarrassed

He should be embarrassed... on far too many occasions he takes a nap on the defensive side of the court, even though he's already being deferred to the weaker links of the opposing backcourt ...often times Waiters takes the tougher assignment, a raw rookie seeing the NBA for the first time through. It's time for pride to kick in, and display it on the defensive end if he truly wants to be the undisputed team leader. If so, he has to show up on both sides of the court.

 

[Wine and Gold]

http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/video/practice-coach-121116

In this interview after today's practice, Scott said that Kyrie breaking his hand really set him back from working on his defense this summer and how there's not a ton of time to work on your weaknesses during the season.

Well, breaking your hand shouldn't be holding him back from showing baseline effort on the defensive end. What I see that is glaring isn't technique or understanding, as much as just not exhibiting effort and hustle. Scott isn't the type head coach to shy away from telling a player what he nees to hear in order to improve ... But, he most likely doesn't want to use the media as a vehicle to show up a player, which is wise.

 

[jim jim]

I have an idea, Mr. Potato Head is available, why not bring him back as an assistant. His offensive principles suck as we all know, but he may be able to help the defensive issues. Just sayin....

 

[RikSmits]

Scott isn't the type head coach to shy away from telling a player what he nees to hear in order to improve ... But, he most likely doesn't want to use the media as a vehicle to show up a player, which is wise.

Actually, I think Scott does not shy away from using the media to show up players.
Maybe I am oversensitive to this things, but I get the feeling that Kyrie gets a free pass here, or in any event gets held to a different standard than other players. I understand that star players get a different treatment to some extent, and it is a slippery slope which has me worried.
Having said that, I don't know what's happening behind the scenes, but from what I have seen there are few signs of any accountability for Kyrie on his defensive play.

 

[Tornicade]

Actually, I think Scott does not shy away from using the media to show up players.
Maybe I am oversensitive to this things, but I get the feeling that Kyrie gets a free pass here, or in any event gets held to a different standard than other players. I understand that star players get a different treatment to some extent, and it is a slippery slope which has me worried.
Having said that, I don't know what's happening behind the scenes, but from what I have seen there are few signs of any accountability for Kyrie on his defensive play.

Scott essentially calle dout Irving when he listed AV , GEE and gibson as the only guys making any effort on the defensive side imo

 

[RikSmits]

Scott essentially calle dout Irving when he listed AV , GEE and gibson as the only guys making any effort on the defensive side imo

No, he called out everybody except AV, Gee and Gibson. That's a significant difference from calling out Kyrie specifically.
I'd be happy if he'd once yank him from the lineup and gives him an earful after a blown deffensive assignment or two.

 

[Mdog1]

No, he called out everybody except AV, Gee and Gibson. That's a significant difference from calling out Kyrie specifically.
I'd be happy if he'd once yank him from the lineup and gives him an earful after a blown deffensive assignment or two.

Yeah sure if you want Scott to take out our best player every minute then that's a good idea :chuckles:

 

[RikSmits]

Yeah sure if you want Scott to take out our best player every minute then that's a good idea :chuckles:

That's why I wrote "once".