The Hawks of both old and new cannot stop the talents of LeBron Raymone James.
Don't kid yourselves, LeBron is motivated by weird shit.
Bron is going to start taking pride in this Cavaliers team if/when this defensive trend continues to be for real.
If this fire is lit, and Kevin gets this rest; and we can use the last stretch of our season to get his ass properly incorporated; we're going to be a scary team and NOBODY is going to want to play us now that we have our reinforcements and chemistry brewing.
We could be in the midst of a genuine culture shift fellas, getting Dion out of the locker room and bringing in a brawler like Mozgov has truly shifted the entire attitude of the team. Not saying it's all on Dion, but his excommunication marks a shift in this basketball team.
This is all about timing. The Hawks are bound to cool off, and if
the Cavaliers can keep up this defense, Bron will bust his ass for this team.
The Hawks are the hot topic, but Bron will not forget; that the Hawks have never defeated him, and if this Cavs team gets Bron's full effort, and if this Cavs defensive thing is truly for real......
We have the best timing and talent to come out of the East.
The only thing that could fuck us up would be a matchup problem.
Washington's bigs, and Wall/Beal/Pierce torching us collectively could be formidable, but they lack bench depth. Plus Ray Allen is bound to hit a few 3's off the bench and swing a game, if not a series with his timely baskets.
But then again, if Kyrie's defense really is for real; maybe Wall won't kill us, and Beal could be checked by Shump; Bron kills Pierce, and hopefully Love can draw their bigs away so Kyrie and Bron have a perpetual lane to the basket against one defender, if they collapse, one pass and dude has an open rhythm 3.
Playoff Kyrie is going to be a fucking crazy thing to witness. God I remember Bron's first playoff series, to see the guy playing with that kind of youth, and elevated energy in that atmosphere he made some supernatural fucking plays. Kyrie's FIBA MVP game and the recent double nickel performance should clue you in to what uncle Drew is going to produce postseason.
We thought Boobie hitting 5 timely triples was incredible, so incredible that Daniel hung around and collected checks for 7 years. Now we have JR, who is EXTREMELY capable of replicating a performance like that. Add in Kyrie's shot making ability..... Ray Allen's history of hitting clutch shots.
Plus you have to think Love is ravenous to play in meaningful games, he's been waiting for 6 fucking years! to taste meaningful postseason play.
Nobody in their right mind should want to face this Cavaliers team if this ship is picking up steam, like it seems.