Are the Cavs playing LeBron ball or coach Blatt finally has the pieces he needed?

[k0kakw0rld]

Cavs fans, just curious :confusedshrug:

They are currently on a 4 win streak.
Reason?

[SugarHill]

this isn't even their first 4 game win streak

[SamuraiSWISH]

LeBron looks explosive, rejuvinates physically and motivated again. JR Smith is a way better fit offensively than Waiters. He can dribble, but he's a quick trigger pull guy on spot up jumpers. With LeBron and Kyrie penetrating, he's perfect. Doesn't over dribble like Dion. But against second units he can do whatever he wants.

[Kvnzhangyay]

LeBron looks explosive, rejuvinates physically and motivated again. JR Smith is a way better fit offensively than Waiters. He can dribble, but he's a quick trigger pull guy on spot up jumpers. With LeBron and Kyrie penetrating, he's perfect. Doesn't over dribble like Dion. But against second units he can do whatever he wants.

This. It's more about the new defensive intensity and David Blatt learning how to best utilize Lebron and all the other pieces imo

[gigantes]

what about their new center?

is he making a difference?

[TheMarkMadsen]

the team is stacked they weren't going to just be bad forever

[qrich]

the team is stacked they weren't going to just be bad forever

Precedent shows stacked teams doesn't equate to a guarantee of being good at any point in the season.

[TheMarkMadsen]

Precedent shows stacked teams doesn't equate to a guarantee of being good at any point in the season.

are you counting teams like the 2013 lakers who had guys like Nash and Gasol miss a combined 60+ games?

[supernova5912]

are you counting teams like the 2013 lakers who had guys like Nash and Gasol miss a combined 60+ games?

This, not to mention Nash, Kobe, The Panda Friend, Gasol, and Howard started together a total of 7 games.

[RedBlackAttack]

They've been moving the ball extremely well. Draw your own conclusions.

They still go to iso plays occasionally, but every team in the league does that when the first couple options breakdown. That includes the Spurs, who -- when all else fails -- will clear out for Duncan in the post or allow Parker to create.

It just so happens that the Cavs have two of the best isolation players in the league, so that helps. Every time you see an iso shouldn't be looked at as a failure. They're a necessity at times.

But in general the ball has been jumping recently.

[DukeDelonte13]

what about their new center?

is he making a difference?


night and day. They are a totally different team with Timo out there. It took 2 games for him to get acclimated but once he got comfortable this team definitely took a big leap forward. They are much harder to guard and much harder to score on. It's amazing what he's brought to the team and the majority of it does not show up in the box score.

[J Shuttlesworth]

what about their new center?

is he making a difference?
HUGE difference. Night and day

but it's a whole collective defensive energy that's getting them these wins. Everyone is hustling more and they're getting more fast break opportunities as a result.

LBJ is setting up JR Smith and Mozgov with a ton of good looks.

[christian1923]

Maybe it's the sceduale..

[J Shuttlesworth]

Maybe it's the sceduale..
They just blew out the bulls a couple games ago

[jbryan1984]

Its been great. It was a confidence thing. Andy going down hurt because he is such a high energy player. Then after that, LeBron, Love, Miller, Marion, Kyrie all go down for two games or more each. The weight really feel on the other guys. Now we make these big deals that got rid of Waiters, who just did not fit in with this team at all. JR Smith has been amazing. I have never seen him play this well. Not during either sixth man of the year award, not ever. Shump was a perfect 3/3 tonight, 8 points. Mozgov has been explosive, LeBron clearly making him better. Kyrie has really stepped up his assist and defensive game. Love is good. Tristan. Everyone is just clicking.

[juju151111]

They have a rim protector in Moz. They have 6 man of the year Smith back and a great player in Oman shumpert. This team is stacked even more. People underrated Iman/Smith because they were on horrible team. The thing is some players don't play up to their standards on horrible ass teams. Iman was balling at the beginning of the season and then cooled off.

[triangleoffense]

They've been moving the ball extremely well. Draw your own conclusions.

They still go to iso plays occasionally, but every team in the league does that when the first couple options breakdown. That includes the Spurs, who -- when all else fails -- will clear out for Duncan in the post or allow Parker to create.

It just so happens that the Cavs have two of the best isolation players in the league, so that helps. Everything you see an iso shouldn't be looked at as a failure. They're a necessity at times.

But in general the ball has been jumping recently.
This, which is why the Cavs will really blossom in the playoffs in my opinion and which is also why Lebron can straight up carry a team during the postseason where you have way more offensive breakdowns than in the regular season since defensive intensity picks up so much.

[edrick]

The Cavs were two pieces away from being legit contenders in the East, so good move by the GM to make that happen. Waiters is nice, but the Cavs had players to fill in his scoring quite easily. I wasn't even expecting Moz to be able to contribute much offensively, but he's been doing well on that end also.