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Larry Drew - Cavaliers Acting Head Coach

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That's not what I was saying. What I was saying is that most you prospects don't develop, regardless of the coach, and that few coaches get a big role in deciding who the team signs.

There's lots of stuff wrong right now. People can hate on the teams play calling all they want. Much of it is deserved. There's no genius coaching going on right now and average or even good coaching talent isn't going to overcome the weak talent. As Sam Ritigliano says , "the jockey doesn't carry the horse across the finish line". Just to translate in case that's not clear, when a team is losing, it is usually because the players just are not that good. I think that's a fair assessment right now.

Another cute saying is "The cream rises to the top". That is to say, if the young prospects on the team were good, the team would do better when they are on the floor. Consider when Delly joined the team in 2013, he had great plus/minus on a weak team. Why? Delly is/was a good player and he climbed to the top of the garbage pile pretty quickly. He might be a role player, but he was a good player. Just that simple.

Sexton & Osman look like boat anchors right now. These guys have been losing games at a fantastic pace of the last two months. It's probably time to start reevaluating their ceiling.
I myself wonder what folks expect him to run. This team is a bunch of spare parts, limited players and no shooting. To me it seems like he rewards hustle and if I was in his shoes, with this roster, that might be the best bet. I think having zero shooters really limits what they can do. I don't think he's wonderful and I don't think he should be a solution past this year but comparing him to Roll Out The Ball Byron- who actually had some young talent to work with- is harsh. I see a roster of misfits and a coach who didn't have a training camp to build what he wanted to do. I'm just not gonna bust an interim guys balls over this.
 
Did some digging...

Regarding shot types, the Cavs:

take the 4th fewest 3s per game in the league.
make the fewest 3s per game in the league.
3 point shooting percentage is 14th in the league

70%(!) of their shots are 2 point shots. That is 4th highest in the NBA.
29.9% of thier shots are 3 point shots. Obviously, that is the 4th lowest in the NBA.

Despite this crazy ratio, the Cavs are attempting only 21 free throws per game. That ranks them 25th in the league.

It's not like this team is built on size and inside play. Cedi freaking Osman starts at the 4 often. This is 100% a schematic issue, and in today's NBA, this type of gameplan is enough to warrant a coach being fired.
 
Did some digging...

Regarding shot types, the Cavs:

take the 4th fewest 3s per game in the league.
make the fewest 3s per game in the league.
3 point shooting percentage is 14th in the league

70%(!) of their shots are 2 point shots. That is 4th highest in the NBA.
29.9% of thier shots are 3 point shots. Obviously, that is the 4th lowest in the NBA.

Despite this crazy ratio, the Cavs are attempting only 21 free throws per game. That ranks them 25th in the league.

It's not like this team is built on size and inside play. Cedi freaking Osman starts at the 4 often. This is 100% a schematic issue, and in today's NBA, this type of gameplan is enough to warrant a coach being fired.

Injuries has made the coaching staff safe I think. Just a built in excuse.

14th in 3pt% means they really actually need to just take more 3's I think. If they were last in % maybe taking so few threes would make sense...
 
Did some digging...

Regarding shot types, the Cavs:

take the 4th fewest 3s per game in the league.
make the fewest 3s per game in the league.
3 point shooting percentage is 14th in the league

70%(!) of their shots are 2 point shots. That is 4th highest in the NBA.
29.9% of thier shots are 3 point shots. Obviously, that is the 4th lowest in the NBA.

Despite this crazy ratio, the Cavs are attempting only 21 free throws per game. That ranks them 25th in the league.

It's not like this team is built on size and inside play. Cedi freaking Osman starts at the 4 often. This is 100% a schematic issue, and in today's NBA, this type of gameplan is enough to warrant a coach being fired.
It is just dumb Can’t believe FO isn’t telling him to lay off the most mid range
 
Injuries has made the coaching staff safe I think. Just a built in excuse.

14th in 3pt% means they really actually need to just take more 3's I think. If they were last in % maybe taking so few threes would make sense...

That's exactly what I'm saying. The team is clearly scheming around long 2's (evidenced by the piss poor free throw rate), and it's not because they lack quality shooters (and this is with Love out).
 
That's exactly what I'm saying. The team is clearly scheming around long 2's (evidenced by the piss poor free throw rate), and it's not because they lack quality shooters (and this is with Love out).

Yeah ball movement and drive and kick kinda sucks too. Sexton is about the only one successfully kicking to the corner. The corner 3 is way underutilized on this team.

Burks is our maybe our best 3 pt shooter and it's nuts. Rodney probably could have played himself into a nice 3 contract if he could catch and shoot, but apparently he can't take a wide open 3 without dribbling 10 times.

Clarkson is so hot and cold and doesn't get enough catch and shoot opportunities.

It's a mess. People bag on Collin for not taking enough 3s, but he is more comfortable with catch and shoot, and doesnt get a lot of opportunities there. I'm not surprised that he isn't shooting a ton off the dribble, the coaches have prob told him not to
 
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Honestly, I'd rather have Samuel L Jackson pretending to be Coach Carter over Larry Drew at this point.

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https://theathletic.com/783850/2019...ch-begins-and-likely-wont-include-larry-drew/

The Cavaliers’ search for a coach next season is underway, and Larry Drew is not believed to be a serious candidate.

[...]“I don’t know if I ever want to be a head coach again after this year,” Drew told The Athletic.

Meanwhile, the Cavs’ front office, led by general manager Koby Altman, would likely target a first-time NBA head coach with experience developing players and/or coaching in the G League [...] there are no fewer than six candidates who fit the above criteria with ties to Altman and the Cavs’ organization.

They are: current Nuggets assistant Jordi Fernandez, 36, who was the head coach for the Cavs’ G League affiliate in Canton from 2014-16; Magic assistant Steve Hetzel, 38, who coached the Charge from 2013-14; Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin, 44, who interviewed to be the Cavs’ head coach when they hired David Blatt in 2014; Hawks assistant Chris Jent, 49, a former player development coach in Cleveland; Mavericks assistant Jamahl Mosley, 40, who was a Cavs assistant from 2010-14; and Jazz assistant Alex Jensen, 42, who coached Canton from 2011-13.​
 
https://theathletic.com/783850/2019...ch-begins-and-likely-wont-include-larry-drew/

The Cavaliers’ search for a coach next season is underway, and Larry Drew is not believed to be a serious candidate.

[...]“I don’t know if I ever want to be a head coach again after this year,” Drew told The Athletic.

Meanwhile, the Cavs’ front office, led by general manager Koby Altman, would likely target a first-time NBA head coach with experience developing players and/or coaching in the G League [...] there are no fewer than six candidates who fit the above criteria with ties to Altman and the Cavs’ organization.

They are: current Nuggets assistant Jordi Fernandez, 36, who was the head coach for the Cavs’ G League affiliate in Canton from 2014-16; Magic assistant Steve Hetzel, 38, who coached the Charge from 2013-14; Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin, 44, who interviewed to be the Cavs’ head coach when they hired David Blatt in 2014; Hawks assistant Chris Jent, 49, a former player development coach in Cleveland; Mavericks assistant Jamahl Mosley, 40, who was a Cavs assistant from 2010-14; and Jazz assistant Alex Jensen, 42, who coached Canton from 2011-13.​
Imagine we’d look outside our own org chart as well...

Any faves from above list from those who know something about them?

Any other candidates we “should be” considering?

Just seeking info; I admit being naive on this subject.
 
https://theathletic.com/783850/2019...ch-begins-and-likely-wont-include-larry-drew/

The Cavaliers’ search for a coach next season is underway, and Larry Drew is not believed to be a serious candidate.

[...]“I don’t know if I ever want to be a head coach again after this year,” Drew told The Athletic.

Meanwhile, the Cavs’ front office, led by general manager Koby Altman, would likely target a first-time NBA head coach with experience developing players and/or coaching in the G League [...] there are no fewer than six candidates who fit the above criteria with ties to Altman and the Cavs’ organization.

They are: current Nuggets assistant Jordi Fernandez, 36, who was the head coach for the Cavs’ G League affiliate in Canton from 2014-16; Magic assistant Steve Hetzel, 38, who coached the Charge from 2013-14; Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin, 44, who interviewed to be the Cavs’ head coach when they hired David Blatt in 2014; Hawks assistant Chris Jent, 49, a former player development coach in Cleveland; Mavericks assistant Jamahl Mosley, 40, who was a Cavs assistant from 2010-14; and Jazz assistant Alex Jensen, 42, who coached Canton from 2011-13.​
Heard he's available

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...Cavs_2014.jpg/230px-David_Blatt_Cavs_2014.jpg
 
[...]“I don’t know if I ever want to be a head coach again after this year,” Drew told The Athletic

Geez why don't you do us a favor and step down now,,,let that white dude that looks like Eric Trump coach the team.
 

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