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My breh, whether I like him or not is irrelevant though, when the Lakers had Nash/Howard I criticized Kobe for doing exactly what LeBron is doing right now, and at least Kobe still followed his coaches gameplan.

This isn't about liking someone or disliking them, LeBron right now is not following his coaches system, he has reduced Kevin Love into a spot up shooter and their offense is basically now just spread & PnR. Love is ass on defense, but we know he can score when given the ball, but he's not getting the ball in his spots (elbow or in the post). I mean how many times can people turn a blind eye to this, LeBron has shown in the past he can turn offensively talented PF's into straight garbage with his incessant need to run iso-ball + spread which turns them into jumpshooters.


Case in point, last year 80% of Bosh's offense was assisted, this year without LeBron only 59% of his offense is assisted and he's still efficient. Last year, 66% of Love's offense was assisted, this year that number has of course jumped to 77%, are we going to pretend that Love & Bosh are straight bums offensively without LeBron? If he ran his coaches system, they'd be better but he refuses and that somehow is not on him. His assists numbers dipped when they were running Blatts system, and we can't have that, even though they had a top 4 offense at the time.

I'm not out dere on da court nor am I in da locker room. I can only sit on da sidelines n wish for da best for mah dawg. If dere are issues n flaws in whateva system he's playin in, or not playin I hope it can get resolved or come to a happy/productive medium so he can continue being "Kang James".

As a fan dats all I can really do lol..:yeshrug:
 

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My breh, whether I like him or not is irrelevant though, when the Lakers had Nash/Howard I criticized Kobe for doing exactly what LeBron is doing right now, and at least Kobe still followed his coaches gameplan.

This isn't about liking someone or disliking them, LeBron right now is not following his coaches system, he has reduced Kevin Love into a spot up shooter and their offense is basically now just spread & PnR. Love is ass on defense, but we know he can score when given the ball, but he's not getting the ball in his spots (elbow or in the post). I mean how many times can people turn a blind eye to this, LeBron has shown in the past he can turn offensively talented PF's into straight garbage with his incessant need to run iso-ball + spread which turns them into jumpshooters.


Case in point, last year 80% of Bosh's offense was assisted, this year without LeBron only 59% of his offense is assisted and he's still efficient. Last year, 66% of Love's offense was assisted, this year that number has of course jumped to 77%, are we going to pretend that Love & Bosh are straight bums offensively without LeBron? If he ran his coaches system, they'd be better but he refuses and that somehow is not on him. His assists numbers dipped when they were running Blatts system, and we can't have that, even though they had a top 4 offense at the time.


Malta, what was your assessment of the Cavs offense the 9 games LeBron sat out?
 

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Malta, what was your assessment of the Cavs offense the 9 games LeBron sat out?


They weren't running Blatt's offense then and haven't been doing it since early in the season.






That is what Blatt's offense looks like, it's closer to what the Spurs and Hawks do than the garbage you see the Cavs doing.
 

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I think its just what we need. Another heartless half breed that dribbles to nowhere and can't hit an open J. Watch out Warriors, we here :mjcry:

Nate will be a better back up pg than Farmar that's if the clippers sign him.Doc is a terrible gm he drafts terrible and the clippers need picks right now and have none.That's what's happens when you're short sighted
 

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They weren't running Blatt's offense then and haven't been doing it since early in the season.






That is what Blatt's offense looks like, it's closer to what the Spurs and Hawks do than the garbage you see the Cavs doing.



Gotcha....yeah I agree it does look like what the Spurs have been doing and now what the Hawks are doing this season....

Sidebar...do you think that the other players are NOT or were NOT running the offense because LeBron does not run it...I guess it makes no sense to me that they were not running it when he was out when that seemed like the perfect time for Blatt to make his imprint on the team and get back to running his offense...
 

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Gotcha....yeah I agree it does look like what the Spurs have been doing and now what the Hawks are doing this season....

Sidebar...do you think that the other players are NOT or were NOT running the offense because LeBron does not run it...I guess it makes no sense to me that they were not running it when he was out when that seemed like the perfect time for Blatt to make his imprint on the team and get back to running his offense...

Very good observation n point. I'm curious now too. :ehh:

*edit* And I'm guessing hea, but@Malta would say is dat dat kinda offense would be more effective when Bron is apart of it as to it just being da team minus Bron's talents? Am I in da right ballpark?:leostare:
 

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Gotcha....yeah I agree it does look like what the Spurs have been doing and now what the Hawks are doing this season....

Sidebar...do you think that the other players are NOT or were NOT running the offense because LeBron does not run it...I guess it makes no sense to me that they were not running it when he was out when that seemed like the perfect time for Blatt to make his imprint on the team and get back to running his offense...


They don't run it because LeBron doesn't run it -
“James acknowledged recently that he did not formally request permission to assume the bulk of the Cavs’ playmaking duties, which triggered Cleveland’s eight-game winning streak earlier this month.

“No, I can do it on my own,” James said of his role change. “I’m passed those days where I have to ask.”

It would have been a good time, but being on the road and trading for Smith, Shumpert and Mozgov compounded the problem.


Very good observation n point. I'm curious now too. :ehh:

*edit* And I'm guessing hea, but@Malta would say is dat dat kinda offense would be more effective when Bron is apart of it as to it just being da team minus Bron's talents? Am I in da right ballpark?:leostare:

The offense could work with LeBron, his assists numbers would take a big hit though and that I think is part of the problem.


Sidenote @The Taxman @pete clemenza, your boy Doc couldn't help himself and signed another washed vet, Dahntay Jones.
 

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They don't run it because LeBron doesn't run it -


It would have been a good time, but being on the road and trading for Smith, Shumpert and Mozgov compounded the problem.




The offense could work with LeBron, his assists numbers would take a big hit though and that I think is part of the problem.


Sidenote @The Taxman @pete clemenza, your boy Doc couldn't help himself and signed another washed vet, Dahntay Jones.
Lowkey, Ballmer bout to destroy what we built. His history @ Microsoft is repeating itself. DOc the GM= Zune and the xbox one combined
 

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The offense could work with LeBron, his assists numbers would take a big hit though and that I think is part of the problem.

You think Bron is worried about his numbers? Blatt is just the wrong coach for this team, he needed a young team with no expectations. Bron has been to the Finals 5 times playing his way, needed a strong personality with a proven track record in the league to get him to change up now.
 

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How does that even make any sense? They're by FAR the best team in the league, only an injury to a key member would take them out of the running.

While they've played well without Bogut hard to see them getting out the west if he gets hurt again and he's basically day-to-day for his career.
 
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