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One of the main things left I'd like to see Lue do is focus on getting this team to play better when Lebron is on the bench. This has nothing to do with last night, as obviously that game meant nothing. This team just still struggles mightily with Lebron on the bench, I saw Price post in one of the threads that in the finals we were -25.9 with Lebron on the bench. That shit could lose a series. Part of it is Lebron is just a very impactful player, but we also just look very disjointed as a unit without him.
I think the way you go about fixing this is by playing Kyrie and Love together as much as possible during the regular season. These are two bad motherfuckers, but they really don't mesh well without Lebron on the court. Right now our rotation is to typically bring Kyrie and Bron ~3 min mark 1st qtr and then let Love run by himself, bring Bron back to start the 2nd, Kyrie at ~9 min and Love at 6 min. Then we usually sit Lebron for 3 mins after Love comes back. Instead, we should make sure that whenever Lebron is off the floor, Kyrie and Love are on it. We all know that Lebron with pretty much any 4 players will be fine, so having him for ~6 mins by himself each half is a non-issue, as we saw in the playoffs. Lue could either bring him out at the 6 min mark and bring him back to start the 2nd, or if that's a bit too early for Bron's tastes he could keep his minutes the same. Either way, Lue would have to match Kyrie's minutes with Loves. Apart from this, continuing to rest Lebron on some back to backs should help as well. IMO Kyrie and Love gaining synergy without Lebron is the key to playing better with him on the bench.
I think the way you go about fixing this is by playing Kyrie and Love together as much as possible during the regular season. These are two bad motherfuckers, but they really don't mesh well without Lebron on the court. Right now our rotation is to typically bring Kyrie and Bron ~3 min mark 1st qtr and then let Love run by himself, bring Bron back to start the 2nd, Kyrie at ~9 min and Love at 6 min. Then we usually sit Lebron for 3 mins after Love comes back. Instead, we should make sure that whenever Lebron is off the floor, Kyrie and Love are on it. We all know that Lebron with pretty much any 4 players will be fine, so having him for ~6 mins by himself each half is a non-issue, as we saw in the playoffs. Lue could either bring him out at the 6 min mark and bring him back to start the 2nd, or if that's a bit too early for Bron's tastes he could keep his minutes the same. Either way, Lue would have to match Kyrie's minutes with Loves. Apart from this, continuing to rest Lebron on some back to backs should help as well. IMO Kyrie and Love gaining synergy without Lebron is the key to playing better with him on the bench.