David Blatt is a former NBA coach

[godfather]

In fairness to Delly, he is shooting 39% from 3. That's not been his issue.

Delly, only, takes a shot if he's WIDE, WIDE open.

Half the time, he decides to pass the ball. This guy is not a threat, at all, offensively. Even Delly himself is fully aware of the fact he stinks.

I think field goal percentage can be so misleading. This guy is not a good 3 point shooter. He's very conscious of his shot selection though. He's like the anti-Dion Waiters, that's for sure.

But just because he's shooting a high three point percentage, doesn't mean he's a serious threat. He's just always wide open, with no one near him, when he does decide to take the shot.

Like I said, Delly himself is fully aware that he's not that good of a shooter/scorer, and is only willing to take a shot if he's 150% open.

 

[BelieveIt]

Dude, he's taken just 8 shots from there

Where do you get 8 from? He's taken 64 so far this year and made 25.

 

[godfather]

Where do you get 8 from? He's taken 64 so far this year and made 25.

Edited it my bad, I was looking at the wrong numbers. I was a little surprised, so double checked and fixed it. I am under the weather, so blah.

 

[Rich]

LeBron James is about to KO Blatt in this alleged struggle for power. That was an atrocious job in the 4th quarter.

 

[gourimoko]

Our defense has been awful. And why are Irving and Smith taking 44 shots combined while Love gets 11 over a whole game and almost none in several 4th quarters so far?

I didn't expect us to win against GSW; but the game was within reach.

Blatt's not showing anything worthy of all the praise being heaped on him by folks.

 

[gourimoko]

LeBron James is about to KO Blatt in this alleged struggle for power. That was an atrocious job in the 4th quarter.

I couldn't agree more.

This guy has really got to go if this keeps up....

And even though folks seem to hate Marc Jackson; everything he said tonight was right. We have no defensive philosophy, we're not defending the PnR at all; we don't defend the 3-pt line (against GSW of all teams)... And we have no semblance of an offense -- just a gang of isolation.

We trade Andrew Wiggins to watch Kevin Love get no shots? Pass the ball to fucking Kevin Love!!! AND NOT ON THE FUCKING 3PT LINE!

I am rapidly losing my patience with this guy.

 

[Pioneer10]

WTF: is there no play for the Cavs where Kevin Love is not in the corner praying someone passes him the ball? Christ Blatt is making me miss Mike Brown's offense.

This dribble hand off stuff at the 3 point line with the occasional reversal to other side doesn't seem to really phase NBA defenses.

 

[Notorious]

I was Blatt's biggest fan before we signed him. If he doesn't get it together by the ASB he needs to go. This teams looks the same as last years team. That shouldn't be the case at all.

None of Blatt's magic is showing. I thought he'd be a master at the rotations.

 

[nikolajz1]

We shouldnt take into account that we've already fired 2 coaches in the last 2 years when making the decision about Blatt. If we hadn't done that there's no doubt he'd be on the verge of getting fired.

 

[shoes22]

The David Blatt that used to wisecrack at post-game press conferences is long gone. I also noticed he stopped doing those postgame locker room speeches.

 

[Birdy89]

Let George Karl have this roster and this team would look a million times better prepared and play harder every night.

Blatt might be successful somewhere else, but he doesn't have the gravitas or experience with these players needed for a total win now situation.

 

[Los216]

We shouldnt take into account that we've already fired 2 coaches in the last 2 years when making the decision about Blatt. If we hadn't done that there's no doubt he'd be on the verge of getting fired.

Byron Scott should have been fired earlier. Mike Brown should have never been re-hired. Blatt is on the hot seat and rightfully so.

 

[gourimoko]

It's obvious LeBron James wants Jackson...

I say if things don't turn before the break; let's stop pissing in the wind and just make the switch.

That'd be as good a time as any to switch coaches midseason. And it isn't like we're running any plays, sets, or defensive system that could be disrupted.

 

[redscoon]

Blatt is quickly losing his cockiness and attitude in the post games. Getting pretty obvious that he is starting to feel the pressure.

Kills me to see less talented teams playing great basketball under good leadership and guys like Kidd and Kerr having immediate success. Meanwhile, we are once again trying to talk each other into believing that it is impossible to win without your best player and that it takes months to learn a different system.

Certainly, it couldn't be that we blew yet another coaching hire.

 

[Birdy89]

Certainly, it couldn't be that we blew yet another coaching hire.

He isn't a bad coach, just not the right coach for a big time win now situation where you don't have a 2-3 year window to ease your way into it.