Cayman13
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I don't give a shit as long as he can bring us a chip.
Don't blame you.
I don't give a shit as long as he can bring us a chip.
Don't blame you.
The sample size of the Cavs being better or worse with Lebron on the floor is too small to say whether they are better or not with him on the floor.
The sample size remains small in light of him "stealing minutes."
When Lebron is playing in "chill mode" evidence suggests they play better with him off the floor.
It seems like some people are in denial about this.
Never mind, btw, that half of the players wouldn't even be here were it not for James in the first place.
How about "lebron and everbodys elses system" instead of "lebrons system".I should have rephrased, from Love and Irving to "Everybody but LeBron's system."
It actually would if you add wiggins and Bennett for entertainment value.I really do hate having LBJ on the team. I wish we could watch Kyrie and Dion make another strong run at 35 wins again. That would be more fun!
Holy shit, I forgot about the Hotwad. Hah.Look, LeBron once said great things about Sasha Pavlovic, and petitioned the team to keep Jawad Williams.
He's got no eye for talent, and is not cut out for coaching. He just needs to stop.
I need Blatt to tell him to sit down and stfu just once. ONCE. He needs to yell at LeBron and put him in his place. Hell, send him to locker room and suspend him for conduct detrimental to the team. Give Blatt the power he deserves as coach.
Despite LeBron not giving maximum effort, the majority of the evidence suggests exactly the opposite of what you wished it did. LeBron playing half-speed makes the team better than LeBron not playing at all.
How about "lebron and everbodys elses system" instead of "lebrons system".
Honestly, what the hell are you trying to say?
Look, LeBron once said great things about Sasha Pavlovic, and petitioned the team to keep Jawad Williams.
He's got no eye for talent, and is not cut out for coaching. He just needs to stop.
I need Blatt to tell him to sit down and stfu just once. ONCE. He needs to yell at LeBron and put him in his place. Hell, send him to locker room and suspend him for conduct detrimental to the team. Give Blatt the power he deserves as coach.
Stats like +/- develop over time. The sample sizes using stats like +/- are often too small to look at because true +/- develops over time. Lots of factors affect +/-. Lebron unbelievably playing so many minutes may make it so we can never reliably compare the +/- with him on vs off the floor. Any time the second unit starts to roll he immediately checks himself back into the game. Examples of times he's done this recently are in the ATL loss, vs the Hornets, vs the Pelicans, and vs the Heat. So what we are left to analyze is tape of how the team is playing in the limited instances he happens to be off the floor for more than 3 minutes at a time.
The defense sucks in large part because lately Lebron leaks out early part the time, fails to come back part of the time, or straight up gives up his man part of the time. All it takes is one guy to blow a rotation to ruin the stand. His play from earlier in the season may be buoying his stats, but right now he ain't trying. If the other guys on the floor know Lebron isn't trying on defense or knows he's going to give up his man, what confidence do they have in the defense? If they see Lebron at the other end of the floor dogging it back knowing his guy is uncovered, is that an incentive to play hard? Could this be what Kevin Love keeps referring to when he's talking about trust being the core of what's wrong with the defense?
With regards to the players Lebron brought, I'd much rather see Wiggins, Bennett, Karasev, Zeller, Sims, Dion, Kyrie, Tristan grow together and give a sh*t and play together as a cohesive unit under Blatt than the current BS we are seeing. That team would probably be 18-11 too. It might even better than that. Kyrie's PER would definitely be higher than it is right now. Other guys' values would rise as well. Very often a team playing together is better than the sum of it's parts.
Lebron pulled the same coach BS when he went down to Miami. It went nowhere cuz the coach had mgmt support. Kevin Love will put it together. The Cavs running consistent plays or moving the ball more would benefit him. It would benefit the whole team. At this point it's up to Lebron to make it happen.
I don't understand the point of this. You can post anecdotal data all you want, but all one has to do is look at the differential with LBJ on the floor vs. him off. The team is better with him on the court.
With regards to the players Lebron brought, I'd much rather see Wiggins, Bennett, Karasev, Zeller, Sims, Dion, Kyrie, Tristan grow together and give a sh*t and play together as a cohesive unit under Blatt than the current BS we are seeing. That team would probably be 18-11 too. It might even better than that. Kyrie's PER would definitely be higher than it is right now. Other guys' values would rise as well. Very often a team playing together is better than the sum of it's parts.