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Why are you people so stupid? Even if he was an average man on man and post defender(which he's not), him being inept guarding the pick n roll would still make him a subpar defender. How can you be a "lost cause" defending the most popular offensive play/set in the NBA and not be a subpar defender. Dude is a straight liability for the cavs defending the pick n roll.
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Why are you people so stupid? Even if he was an average man on man and post defender(which he's not), him being inept guarding the pick n roll would still make him a subpar defender. How can you be a "lost cause" defending the most popular offensive play/set in the NBA and not be a subpar defender. Dude is a straight liability for the cavs defending the pick n roll.

I do sincerely hope that you're not a full grown adult. You have a difficult time expressing your opinion without having to lean on name calling.

I feel like I'm having a conversation with a child.

There are many different ways you can defend the pick and roll. What troubles/troubled Kevin the most was Blatt's reliance on switching (which in theory was applied because Kyrie consistently struggles to fight through screens and stay in front of his man).

Most bigs are lost causes when they are switched on to quick PGs.

A head coach's job is to maximize the strengths and hide the flaws.

If you actually look at the on/off data for line-ups Love is in every single one of the Cavs best defensive line ups. They rank in the top 10 in both efficiency and overall rating. The Cavs get 79% of all available defensive rebounds when he's on the floor.
 

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I do sincerely hope that you're not a full grown adult. You have a difficult time expressing your opinion without having to lean on name calling.

I feel like I'm having a conversation with a child.
Save the feminine shyt for somebody else fakkit.

There are many different ways you can defend the pick and roll. What troubles/troubled Kevin the most was Blatt's reliance on switching (which in theory was applied because Kyrie consistently struggles to fight through screens and stay in front of his man).

Most bigs are lost causes when they are switched on to quick PGs.

A head coach's job is to maximize the strengths and hide the flaws.

If you actually look at the on/off data for line-ups Love is in every single one of the Cavs best defensive line ups. They rank in the top 10 in both efficiency and overall rating. The Cavs get 79% of all available defensive rebounds when he's on the floor.
So basically you're another one of these "People have it all wrong about Love being a poor defensive player" clowns huh? What were the excuses in Minnesota where he was widely known as a poor defensive player there too? If this was all about Blatt like you and the clown who posted that random tweet suggest, then why have the Cavs been worse defensively under Lue than Blatt? In the the 6 games since Lue has taken over the Cavs are giving up more points at a more efficient clip. Love's individual defensive rating is also like 7 points higher during that 6 game stretch under Lue than it is for the entire season.

fukk the stats tho, anybody who has seen Love play can see that he's a subpar defensive player and has been for his entire career.
 

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I respect KAT's game but when Duncan retires I think he's gonna take his title of most boring star in the league. :russell:
 

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the the 6 games since Lue has taken over the Cavs are giving up more points at a more efficient clip. Love's individual defensive rating is also like 7 points higher during that 6 game stretch under Lue than it is for the entire season.

fukk the stats tho, anybody who has seen Love play can see that he's a subpar defensive player and has been for his entire career.

You're really asking about team defensive slippage in a 5 game sample when the team has changed offensive philosophies that emphasizes fast breaks and increased running?

You're dumber than I thought.

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You're really asking about team defensive slippage in a 5 game sample when the team has changed offensive philosophies that emphasizes fast breaks and increased running?

You're dumber than I thought.

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The poster that I was exchanging with tried to use the 6 games under Lue to support his idiotic "Love is actually a solid defender" position. He used this tweet specifically

That's what the post that you initially quoted was talking about. The next time you hop your little fakkit ass in someone else's conversation at least take the time to understand the context of it. Dummy.
 

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The poster that I was exchanging with tried to use the 6 games under Lue to support his idiotic "Love is actually a solid defender" position. He used this tweet specifically

That's what the post that you initially quoted was talking about. The next time you hop your little fakkit ass in someone else's conversation at least take the time to understand the context of it. Dummy.


What @Gil Scott-Heroin was referring to was that Love/James level of effort varies depending on mood/external motivations and factors.

He's saying Love is trying harder now that Blatt is gone.....on both ends.

And Love has been an average to slightly above average overall defender since January of last year. The data supports it...it's not an opinion.
 

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The words speak for themselves, save your fakkit ass spin. You talk about data when you're cosigning a guy saying that Love is playing better defense under Lue than he was under Blatt when the data says the exact opposite. You're another shyt poster.

If you go back and actually read my first post you won't find anything about me saying that he's playing better defense now than 6 games ago.

Blatt and Lue BOTH left him out to dry with the switching PNR coverage system while Blatt was the head coach.

He's been an average overall defender for some time now. That was my disagreement with what you wrote.
 
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