GustavBahler wrote:

crzymdups wrote:I said he might be in danger a few weeks back and someone said no way, no chance.

But this isn't surprising. Their scheme wastes Kevin Love and doesn't take advantage of Kyrie's pressence enough.

Also, I watched some of the LAC/CLE game last night and Blatt kept looking to Tyronne Lue and asking him what to do, which I thought was strange.

I bet they name Lue head coach, at least for the rest of the year.

Bet you are right about Lue. From afar it looks like Lue has been bailing Blatt out since he became coach. Impressive credentials coming in, looked like a bad combination of having a contender thrust upon him instead of the rebuilding job Blatt thought he would be working on, and a lack of experience. Seemed out of his element from the start.

If I remember correctly, I think James had issues with Spolestra at first, but in that situation the coach was backed by Riley's rings and Wade, another superstar, who had already taken Miami to a title.

James want Love...the Cavs make the trade.

James wants the Cavs to overpay blue collar guys like Thompson and Shump with limited, but important, skills who don't get into Lebron's way on offense...the Cavs sign them.

James is tired, and wants to take himself out...he does it without permission.

Shumpert probably hurts himself doing some show-off stuff before the season and is out for the first part of the season...must be Blatt's fault.

Irving unable to start for most of the season...Mosgov not the same player since his operation- got to find someone to blame this stuff on.

Blatt was going to be hired by Kerr in GS as his offensive guru, I think, but James and the Cavs seem unable to run a sophisticated offense, and frequently revert to 1/1 ball.

Look at the Knicks and how it should be done. Got to give Phil, Fish, and Anthony credit for not putting the team through the same stuff the Cavs are going through.

crzymdups wrote:there's no chance this is true.

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https://twitter.com/WindhorstESPN/status/690641896650113024

About as much of a chance that James was involved in getting Blatt fired as there is that a river can catch fire...

Oh geez...forgot:

WaltLongmire wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

crzymdups wrote:I said he might be in danger a few weeks back and someone said no way, no chance.

But this isn't surprising. Their scheme wastes Kevin Love and doesn't take advantage of Kyrie's pressence enough.

Also, I watched some of the LAC/CLE game last night and Blatt kept looking to Tyronne Lue and asking him what to do, which I thought was strange.

I bet they name Lue head coach, at least for the rest of the year.

Bet you are right about Lue. From afar it looks like Lue has been bailing Blatt out since he became coach. Impressive credentials coming in, looked like a bad combination of having a contender thrust upon him instead of the rebuilding job Blatt thought he would be working on, and a lack of experience. Seemed out of his element from the start.

Blatt was an experienced coach overseas, but never had to deal with someone like James. My gut feeling is that Lebron, from the start, was unwilling to play the kind of offense Blatt wanted to install...and there was no way Blatt was going to win that battle.

If I remember correctly, I think James had issues with Spolestra at first, but in that situation the coach was backed by Riley's rings and Wade, another superstar, who had already taken Miami to a title.

James want Love...the Cavs make the trade.

James wants the Cavs to overpay blue collar guys like Thompson and Shump with limited, but important, skills who don't get into Lebron's way on offense...the Cavs sign them.

James is tired, and wants to take himself out...he does it without permission.

Shumpert probably hurts himself doing some show-off stuff before the season and is out for the first part of the season...must be Blatt's fault.

Irving unable to start for most of the season...Mosgov not the same player since his operation- got to find someone to blame this stuff on.

Blatt was going to be hired by Kerr in GS as his offensive guru, I think, but James and the Cavs seem unable to run a sophisticated offense, and frequently revert to 1/1 ball.

Look at the Knicks and how it should be done. Got to give Phil, Fish, and Anthony credit for not putting the team through the same stuff the Cavs are going through.

Just heard that Blatt was .500 vs teams with .600 or better record this year. I have no doubt that LeBron was a handful, thats why I mentioned Blatt having a contender thrust upon him.

If Blatt had the time to learn the NBA game while the team was rebuilding, I believe over time he would have been successful. Blatt admitted that he was getting used to the length of the NBA game, had problem with rotations because of it. On a rebuilding team its not a big deal, on a contender, it is.

martin wrote:http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--cavaliers-fire-coach-david-blatt-210152429.html

The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired coach David Blatt, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

Ty Lue, Blatt's top assistant, has agreed to a multiyear deal to become the team's new head coach, sources told Yahoo.

Blatt's dismissal comes one season after he helped guide the Cavs to the 2015 NBA Finals in his first year as an NBA coach. Cleveland leads the Eastern Conference with a 30-11 record and has won 11 of its past 13 games. The two losses came against the San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors, who beat the Cavs by 34 points on Monday.

LOL LeBron didn't like him

Exactly

He was "dead man walking" the minute he was hired. The CAVS needed a strong veteran NBA coach that would be able to demand his players respect.
Hopefully T.Lue would be able to manage these egos.

Knicks1969 wrote:That is The LeBron effect:::))))) And you all still want to hang on to an unproven Fisher????? Lmfao

Your hate for Fisher is exhausting but it's funny how you find a way to hate on him in every thread even when the thread isn't about him.

knicks1248 wrote:SMH..Only in the NBA..Where the players and agents run things

Another virtue of Triangle Culture: you don't get nonsense like this that makes everyone's life miserable.

I couldn't follow any non-Triangle team. Never have . . . never will. It's too chaotic and brutal and painful.

"In Phil We Trust".

whatever.

it'd be great if the knicks continue to gel to the point where they could end up facing the cavs in the first round.

CrushAlot wrote:

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I love how Lebron tries to distance himself from all these types of decisions. He had no idea Blatt was gonna get fired for his friend! No idea Wiggins was gonna get traded for Love! No idea at all! He just reports to work and scores buckets.