Or, the Cavs realize this is not 1975 anymore and not base an offense around antiquated positions and roles?
Point guard is the most overrated position in sports. Smart teams such as the Spurs, Mavericks, and to a lesser extent Heat figured out that teams need to diversify risk and not rely on a 6' guard to create offense, because what happens when you see the Tony Allens of the world in the playoffs? Instead, the team as a whole creates open looks through movement, passing and unselfish play. That's not to say that a PG could not do well in such a system, just that good PG play is an effect of the system and not the cause. See Curry, Teague and Lowry this year.
I would much rather have a player such as Irving in a movement offense than a player like Rubio or Kidd in a traditional PG-centric offense. Irving is such an offensive threat that the defense must always dedicate resources to guarding him. Now when the ball moves around effectively and someone gets an open look because the defense had to lean toward Irving, he doesn't get the assist and isn't considered a "playmaker." But the open shot wouldn't have happened if not for Irving, and to that I say, what's the difference?
I believe Blatt was brought in to implement such an offense, with Kyrie playing the Tony Parker role. They are obviously not running it because of injury/trades/player buy-in and Kyrie is all of a sudden being asked to improvise an entire offense to predictably disastrous results. He is not free from criticism and has room for improvement, such as keeping his head up when dribbling and opting for kickouts over pullups. But I believe his value to this team will again show when Lebron is back. Not because Lebron is some kind of savior, but because we will hopefully be running some semblance of Blatt's offense which will let Kyrie play the role he prepared for all year. The last few pages of this thread are going to look awfully foolish.
