Not panicking at all to be honest, but not being from the area perhaps let me to stay a little less emotional i guess.
The ugliness we see these 2 games do happen in the nba, they happen to teams that aren't in-sync, and without clear directions on what to do on offense or defense. Even Lebron looks real bad some times with his poor decisions, but that's not new.
Every problem the teams showcased so far is not anything we haven't seen in the Mike Brown era. Players looking disinterested, and look almost as if they don't know how to play the game in the most simple and instinctive way. Now I am not blaming everything on MB, but his "slow and long adjustment" period just about everytime the cavs add any player display the same traits on the team. It also happens everytime when he tries to coach offense, the team's defense will regress at the same time, as the players feels very unrewarding on the offensive end. History repeats itself, nothing new, just that this time is a perfect storm of sorts with 3 big pieces added, loss of West + kuester.
The teams, no matter who's on it, look the same, just as ugly, just as without a purpose on offense, as lackluster on defense. But if history tells you anything, they will eventually become better, that's for sure, that's what happen every single time. But just like every time, with more addition, it took loooonger for Mike Brown to figure out a clear direction. So, most probably, this will take quite a long time, and homecourt is very likely to be not with the Cavs in the East this year. And honestly, with the competition in the East, without homecourt, I don't think Mike Brown has the in-game offensive brains to win on the road against a hostile environments, when the opponents defense take up a notch on their homefloor. Then, next season, the team will be back to thriving for homecourt. So on and repeat.
At the end of the day. This roster is not perfect by any means, but there are obvious things to do with it and not do with it, which makes it frustrating for the fans. One of the reasons why it always take MB so long, is that he never just go with what's already obvious, without spending valuable game time to experiment with alternatives which often are bad ones. He spends time to re-invent the wheel. When you tell him the Sun rises from the East, he will first use 3 days to face south, west and north to try catch the dawn before he goes to east. Thus, the Snow+Newble, Ben+Andy, Shaq+Z, the all-bench sub. That's just the way he works.
Now, that's ineffective and inefficient, but often times, when you finally find the way that works, you have little doubts on what the alternatives will do, as you have tried them all. That's why Mike Brown is somewhat successful at the end.
The remaining question is always with this "slow" experimental style and his obvious lack of "offense", especially in game, would that be enough to win a 'ship...ESPECIALLY considering the current competition in the NBA. I honestly can not say the odds are that great.
If anyone of you know how the game "GO" plays and the match structure, Mike Brown would make a great "GO" master honestly. I am just not so sure being a nba "championship headcoach" is within his style's capability.
