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We didn't lose the finals due to lack of chemistry.
We lost because we had two starters out. The fact that we even pulled 2 games out of their asses says a lot about this squad.
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I was speaking of this year's Finals, Swish. Read it again. Hell, if you don't like to read, just look at the last sentence. That should help w/which year I am talking about.
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This year. Got it.
This year is a lack of effort.
Have you watched any of the recent games? Love has monster first quarter games.... Then disappears the rest of the game.
Kyrie is...ugh. So yea I agree with you. But man... IMO, that ain't lebrons fault.
Lebron stopped crying to the refs and gets back on defense. Did you watch last nights game?
Twice, Kyrie cried to the refs while we STILL had the ball in live play. We scored basically playing 4 vs 5.
Our chemistry problems is a direct reflection of Kyrie. I think everyone has bought in except him
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I kept dozing off last night. I did see the one play where Kyrie thought he got fouled, walked back, and Teague drove it the length of the floor for an easy layup. I hate crap like that.
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Lebron last 11 games:
28.4 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 8.5 APG , 65 FG%, 53.8 3PT%, 72.4 TS%, +15.7 Net rating.
In his last 48 games, he's shooting close to 55% from the field. Lebron while following the Cavs on Twitter: 24.8 ppg 51% FG 29% 3-Pt 7.3 Rebounds After unfollowing the Cavs on Twitter: 27.8 ppg 60% FG 48% 3-Pt 8.2 Rebounds 
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I kept dozing off last night. I did see the one play where Kyrie thought he got fouled, walked back, and Teague drove it the length of the floor for an easy layup. I hate crap like that. the more i watch kyrie the more i think he's the biggest hole on the team..opposing PG's just destroy him, and he still is careless with the ball and takes bad shots. What makes it worse you have games like last night where he's on, so you live with it...but i think you need to move kyrie in the offseason. I'll take a big two and a solid bench
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Lebron has been an absolute monster every since he did that. He's finally put his head down, stopped complaining, gone to work, and put up big numbers.
Kyrie is a whole different kind of monster lately ...
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the more i watch kyrie the more i think he's the biggest hole on the team..opposing PG's just destroy him, and he still is careless with the ball and takes bad shots. What makes it worse you have games like last night where he's on, so you live with it...but i think you need to move kyrie in the offseason. I'll take a big two and a solid bench Not sure what kind of trade value Kyrie has now. He's sort of been exposed as a one-trick pony, who can't play defense and is very injury prone. No way would the Clips give up Chris Paul for Kyrie. Not sure what else we might get for him at this rate.
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Kyrie is a liability out there. Weak sister that teams run at and will do it more. He seems to pout on defense and doesn't move his feet. LBJ carries them, especially him, out there IMO. Seems that he refuses to play defense and ends up chasing folks who blow by him often, and they often finish.
Go Cavs!
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None of that matters because he's a jerk. It is possible to think he is a very good player and still think he is a jerk. I cheer for him because he plays for my team and is the most important player on my team, but I still think he is a douchenozzle
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On a side note ... how badly have our players regressed this season? Outside of Love and JR, most guys have taken some huge steps backwards. Kyrie couldn't guard a folding chair at this rate, his 3-point shot is a lot worse, and he can't dribble his way out of trouble as he did in the past. Shump isn't the shutdown defender he was last year and when the ball touches his hands on offense, you wait for the worst. Moz has fallen off a cliff. Even Delly seems to have lost a bit of his defensive edge and Lebron isn't quite as spry as he used to be. Love has only "improved" because he couldn't figure out his niche last year. JR seems to be the only one who's actually improved from last year's team.
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On a side note ... how badly have our players regressed this season? Outside of Love and JR, most guys have taken some huge steps backwards. Kyrie couldn't guard a folding chair at this rate, his 3-point shot is a lot worse, and he can't dribble his way out of trouble as he did in the past. Shump isn't the shutdown defender he was last year and when the ball touches his hands on offense, you wait for the worst. Moz has fallen off a cliff. Even Delly seems to have lost a bit of his defensive edge and Lebron isn't quite as spry as he used to be. Love has only "improved" because he couldn't figure out his niche last year. JR seems to be the only one who's actually improved from last year's team. personal relationships aside, Blatt knew basketball better than Lue ever will. Lue isn't ready to lead a team that has championship aspirations and I think barring winning it all, he won't be here next year. It's well documented Lebron and Co settled with Lue as a compromise, but make no mistake, you will see a coach represented by Klutch here next year
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So is the whole reason Blatt was fired merely due to his representation? And how is a coach that is represented by the 'approved' agency going to miraculously change things?
And assuming we pull a championship out of the ether with Lue here how do they get rid of him?
Why can't things in Cleveland just be normal when going well?
WE DON'T NEED A QB BEFORE WE GET A LINE THAT CAN PROTECT HIM
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Why can't things in Cleveland just be normal when going well? Because God hates Cleveland.. The last time he stopped paying attention for a few minutes, but then Mo Williams drained a half court buzzer beater in Game 1 of the ECF and his "Clevelands Happy" alarm went off..
Am I the only one that pronounces hyperbole "Hyper-bowl" instead of "hy-per-bo-le"?
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Why can't things in Cleveland just be normal when going well? Because God hates Cleveland.. The last time he stopped paying attention for a few minutes, but then Mo Williams drained a half court buzzer beater in Game 1 of the ECF and his "Clevelands Happy" alarm went off.. 
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As far as seasons for our good teams (which lately have been few and far between), this has been the longest year ever.
I get that this group has their issues, as well as being held to the standard of a team on the verge of 73-9, but the freakout level over a team that basically went wire to wire as the 1 seed in an improved east still baffles me.
Thank god it's over. This team is ready to go. The obstacles in front of them have nothing to do with the season, it's going to be about guys raising their level of play, and hopefully the defense showing up.
Lebron is playing like a damn maniac though.
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Some people spent so much time looking at faults and negatives, they missed a lot of great, world class winning basketball this year. It's nice to see that in Cleveland.
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It sucks that we're going to probably face one of the greatest teams of all time in the Finals. However, I'm enjoying the ride after seeing all of the crappy Cleveland teams we've had.
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It sucks that we're going to probably face one of the greatest teams of all time in the Finals. However, I'm enjoying the ride after seeing all of the crappy Cleveland teams we've had. Yeah, we never get good on a year when everyone else is down do we? We get good when John Elway shows up. Last time the Cavs were good Michael Jordan was playing. Well, if this is the way it's to be it will certainly be legendary when we do win!
WE DON'T NEED A QB BEFORE WE GET A LINE THAT CAN PROTECT HIM
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It's official now, we play Detroit round 1.
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Will the real Tim Mozgov, please stand up?
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Will the real Tim Mozgov, please stand up? . . . so that Andre Drummond can dunk the ball on his head.
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the freakout level over a team that basically went wire to wire as the 1 seed in an improved east still baffles me. I despise comments like that one. Freak out? Really? Analyzing situations and evaluating them are now construed as "freaking out?" Sometimes, I really feel that the members of this board fit in better w/Nazi Germany than the founding fathers of America. "Don't question." "Don't think." "Just follow."
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Keys to beating Detroit:
1. Force Reggie Jackson to defend.
2. Send Drummond to the free throw line.
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Just looked at Drummond stats. He's shooting a career worst FT % at 35%. It's the worst in the NBA.
If a game is close, have the last guy on our bench come in and turn the game into a free throw shooting contest. I'd DARE Detroit to keep him in and try to shoot pressure situation type of free throws.
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We all know what LeBrons intentions were there. He was smart to keep the language basic. Can probably talk his way out of it.
But let's be honest ...he has likely cheated on his wife repeatedly. I'm sure this isn't something new. Maybe they even have an arrangement. Hell his best friend is probably the biggest lothario in the NBA and they were together for four years.
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We all know what LeBrons intentions were there. He was smart to keep the language basic. Can probably talk his way out of it.
But let's be honest ...he has likely cheated on his wife repeatedly. I'm sure this isn't something new. Maybe they even have an arrangement. Hell his best friend is probably the biggest lothario in the NBA and they were together for four years. Sounds like a female looking for her moment of quick fame. But it is pretty widely known that Lebron has a love child with Sharon Reid
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Will the real Tim Mozgov, please stand up? Yeah, seriously. Did he suffer an injury or something that I didn't catch? He's extra soft this year and can't handle the ball/dribbling whatsoever. Someone said it best, it's like he's playing with oven mitts on.
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Will the real Tim Mozgov, please stand up? Yeah, seriously. Did he suffer an injury or something that I didn't catch? He's extra soft this year and can't handle the ball/dribbling whatsoever. Someone said it best, it's like he's playing with oven mitts on. He was out for most of the first part of the season with an injury. I have seen it before with post players, catching the ball(or not catching the ball) has little to do with your actual hands. Its in your head.
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And when he does handle the ball and is open, instead of hammering it down like 99% of all team's bigs would do, he lays it up. Wtf up with that? Afraid ya might hurt the rim?
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ok ok ok
so where we going with this, guys? Cavs sweep? cavs in 5, or 6?
i'm going 5.
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I think it's time for Kyrie to start what his "prime" looks like. Time for him to stop being a young up and comer and be an actual star.
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ok ok ok
so where we going with this, guys? Cavs sweep? cavs in 5, or 6?
i'm going 5. Five. SVG will steal one.
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Boston is getting murdered by the heat
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Boston is getting murdered by the heat The Heat are pretty good when everything is clicking.
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Outside of frye, I hope none of these guys ever see a minute in playoffs. God this is ugly. Feel bad for the "fan appreciation" suckers
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Feel bad for Brown's season ticket holders, bro.
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Outside of frye, I hope none of these guys ever see a minute in playoffs. God this is ugly. Feel bad for the "fan appreciation" suckers McRae has 35 points and shooting over 50% with 6 assists and 5 turnovers ... so pretty much what we get from Kyrie anyway.
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