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BR1986FB

Ironman92;1777480 wrote:I think LeBron 27/9/6, Kyrie 23, Love 17/10

Then: Smith 8, TT 8, Delly 6, Mozgov 6, Shump 5....then have Mo, RJ or JJ chip in a bucket....102 would do it

The thing about their starters vs bench is that it's not balanced enough, imo. What I mean is that the starters are more offense centric while the bench is more defensive minded. I'd like to see them swap JR & Shump in their roles so the bench had some instant offense and the starters had a defensive minded player. I think that guy off the bench was supposed to be Mo but he hasn't been able to stay healthy.

sleeper

BR1986FB;1777441 wrote:And THIS is the only way they are going to win a championship.

Besides the fact GS is one of the top 3 teams in the league and are tough to beat, the difference between Monday's embarrassment and Brooklyn/LA? Ball movement.

When this team moves the ball, they win. And that's mostly going to be on Lebron and Kyrie (to some extent). When the going gets tough, LBJ is going to have to mind f#ck himself to stay out of iso mode and try to carry the team on his back.

Granted, it's also on the supporting cast to hit their shots but to beat a team like GS or SA, they are going to have to move the ball.

I heard some stat (not sure of the specific number) but the "sweet spot" for the Cavs in assists (I believe) is 22. If they get 22 assists, they win.

You will never get Lebron out of the iso mode especially as the game gets later or closer. That is what he does and frankly that's what he does best. Part of the reason you see iso mode so much is that's how Lebron creates for his team. He spreads the defense and drives the lane forcing another player to commit to him which leaves another player wide open for the 3.

The reason you think it sucks is that A) the players aren't hitting shots and B) Lebron is starting to lose the his overwhelming advantage at 1v1. We saw this last year in the Finals when they were able to use AI to guard Lebron and he was able to even out the matchup(also the players weren't hitting shots). Ideally this year, if we go iso, we should have Love and Irving out there and they can hit shots.

Ironman92

BR1986FB;1777487 wrote:The thing about their starters vs bench is that it's not balanced enough, imo. What I mean is that the starters are more offense centric while the bench is more defensive minded. I'd like to see them swap JR & Shump in their roles so the bench had some instant offense and the starters had a defensive minded player. I think that guy off the bench was supposed to be Mo but he hasn't been able to stay healthy.

I don't disagree with that.

BR1986FB

sleeper;1777496 wrote:You will never get Lebron out of the iso mode especially as the game gets later or closer. That is what he does and frankly that's what he does best. Part of the reason you see iso mode so much is that's how Lebron creates for his team. He spreads the defense and drives the lane forcing another player to commit to him which leaves another player wide open for the 3.

Well then they won't win a championship. They will be playing into exactly what GS & SA want.

sleeper

BR1986FB;1777502 wrote:Well then they won't win a championship. They will be playing into exactly what GS & SA want.

Yeah tell that to the Miami team years ago.

like_that

BR1986FB;1777502 wrote:Well then they won't win a championship. They will be playing into exactly what GS & SA want.

Well if the players hit their wide open shots (as sleeper was saying), they most definitely will be able to win a title.

sleeper

like_that;1777509 wrote:Well if the players hit their wide open shots (as sleeper was saying), they most definitely will be able to win a title.

This is the key. When you are down both Love and Irving, two of you better shooters and two players who can use the space created by Lebron iso effectively, its tough, if not impossible to stop.

In fact, if the players hit their shots, the finals might be such a blow out sweep that GSW will probably end up handing over last year's trophy as well and Cleveland will become back to back champions.

BR1986FB

sleeper;1777512 wrote:This is the key. When you are down both Love and Irving, two of you better shooters and two players who can use the space created by Lebron iso effectively, its tough, if not impossible to stop.

In fact, if the players hit their shots, the finals might be such a blow out sweep that GSW will probably end up handing over last year's trophy as well and Cleveland will become back to back champions.

Apparently you missed the part where I said "trying to carry the team on his back." If this happens, and he's strictly in iso mode chucking up shots, no chance.

like_that

LOL Cleveland media...

http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/01/trade_lebron_if_only_it_were_p.html#incart_2box_opinion

Automatik

Holy shit. How does something like that even get published?

BR1986FB

like_that;1777531 wrote:LOL Cleveland media...

http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/01/trade_lebron_if_only_it_were_p.html#incart_2box_opinion

Phew, now I don't feel so bad about thinking about trading Joe Thomas.....dumbass

On a side note, they had the Mozgov winter hat giveaway last night. Did anyone hear the radio commercials for this? Truly epic. One of the best radio spots I've ever heard.

Heretic

Automatik;1777532 wrote:Holy shit. How does something like that even get published?

When you just have to have that contrarian asshole voice. Seems most cities have at least one going around. When the team they're talking about sucks, they're about a voice of the fan, in essence. When the team in question is doing really good, they come off as a complete fucking moron with no clue about anything other than being controversial to get hits.

superman

like_that;1777531 wrote:LOL Cleveland media...

http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/01/trade_lebron_if_only_it_were_p.html#incart_2box_opinion

Cocaine is a helluva drug.

like_that

Uhhh, why the fuck did we fire Blatt?

Lovejoy1984