Wow. I am very disappointed. This squad even sans LBJ has studs out there and yet they continue to show little to no heart or hustle and have been outplayed more often than not. I am sorry, LBJ coming back isn't going to completely fix this. This is internally brewing and someone needs to stop being politically correct to the media and say it like it truly is. Until the players, themselves, feel embarrassed, this type of "effort" will continue.
I am just amazed at how this squad has yet to find any sort of similance on either the offensive or defensive side of things. Injuries, trades and whatever are all excuses and despite all of those you should still compete and I don't even see that most of the time. I thought that Warriors game was a step in the right direction, they at least competed. Tonight's "game" was a joke and until someone brings up the elephant in the room, its going to continue to happen.
This has got to be mental, I think they are making those injuries, trades, etc the excuses to not compete and expect things to be fine and dandy at full strength. It's not how this works, I am, by no means, proclaiming this season a waste, they can still turn it around and I expect something. But by their track record this season, I can't count on that.
WTF? It has to be something. Has the coach lost them or better yet, ever reached them?
Plenty of time in the East and I am not hitting the panic button yet but at least compete, show some dignity.