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People can also talk about "Lebrons demise" all they want to. Come playoff time, they're gonna crap their pants trying to defend him in a playoff series.

7 freaking points in the 3rd quarter.

I think LeBron is being a jerk and is hurting the team. I am very angry that they are going to throw Blatt under the bus.

His offensive system was genius. LeBron doesn't want to run it.

Screw the Cavs, right now.

Blatts offensive system is anything but genius...Blatt is a big problem..his system don't work up here. Plus he has no idea how to coach defense...this is a 45 win team max..Thank god they play in the East or they wouldn't even make the playoffs...i don't care about the spurs...we aren't the spurs...this isn't us taking it easy. This is we suck because we have no identity and a GM that refuses to improve the team. They have played enough games now we should see improvement..we haven't seen anything but regression..Its time to bring in a NBA coach.. Blatt isn't ready yet..We don't have time for him to figure it out..thats the bottom line. We have a bunch of scrubs on the bench. I agree that lebron is hurting the team...we go as he goes..he's a shell of himself this year..and a turnover machine. He needs to look in the mirror before he starts talking about the team.

I truly believe had lebron/love deal happened first, Blatt wouldn't be the coach. I think we would have gone after someone with more nba experience, like SVG or Karl

I totally disagree w/you about Blatt. His offense is similar to San Antonio's.

We just are not running it. That is the ONLY reason it looks bad. LeBron won't run it.

I blew the Cavs off the last couple of years......and I will do so again. Firing Blatt would be ignorant, but it looks almost inevitable that is exactly what they will do.

Freaking Cleveland teams suck!

Well, we are now 0-3 when LeBron isn't playing, so I'm not sure how strong that theory is.

No Lebron.no Love, and no Marion, (along with no Andy) and it makes it difficult for this team to win games.

I think that Dion had the best shooting performance tonigt. I missed the game, and luckily so, because it seems like there was a whole lotta clanking going on.

Some good news for the Cavaliers, anyway.

Cleveland Cavaliers granted disabled player exception in wake of Anderson Varejao's injury | cleveland.com
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2015/01/cleveland_cavaliers_granted_di.html

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Cavaliers have been enveloped in drama recently, but they got a bit of good news on Wednesday night before losing to the Milwaukee Bucks.

Chris Haynes ✔ @ChrisBHaynes
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Can confirm #Cavs granted $4.9 million Disabled Player Exception for Anderson Varejao injury. Player in return has to be 1-year deal.
6:30 PM - 31 Dec 2014

It's a little boost to a team that lost Anderson Varejao on Dec. 23 to a season-ending Achilles injury. Without him, the rotation has been tweaked and the team's frontcourt has been weakened.

The disabled player exception gives the Cavs another asset in their search for frontcourt reinforcements, which has been unsuccessful so far. They can use the DPE, which expires on March 10 to sign one player or trade for a player on a one-year contract whose salary does not exceed that amount.

The Cavs also have another trade exception valued at $5.3 million, which came from a three-team September deal involving Keith Bogans.

Memphis Grizzlies' center Kousta Koufos is one of Cleveland's targets. Denver's Timofey Mozgov has also been on the team's radar for months, but the Nuggets seem reluctant to move him.

The Cavs also pursued swingman Corey Brewer before he was traded to Houston, and Cleveland could continue its search for depth on the wing, especially with LeBron James now dealing with a left knee injury and 36-year-old Shawn Marion being his only backup.

Can the 2 exemptions be combined?

Anyone think LeBron's knee is causing him more issues than he is letting on?

What theory?

I do not believe that they can.

LeBron James expected to miss next two weeks with knee, back injuries
By JASON LLOYD Published: January 1, 2015
LeBron James is expected to miss the next two weeks with knee and back problems, the team announced Thursday. James has missed the last two games with a problematic left knee and conceded the injury had been bothering him since the start of the season.
This is another crushing blow to a team that has lost its last three games and four of its last five while the injuries continue to mount.
An MRI, radiograph and physical exam revealed left knee and lower back strains for James, which will be treated with anti-inflammatories, rest, treatment and rehab. The timing is less than idea since the Cavs’ schedule stiffens considerably in January.
If the two-week timeline holds true, James could miss as many as nine games, including a difficult five-game West Coast trip. The Cavs will face the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Clippers within the next two weeks, among others.
James’ workload was cause for concern early in the season. Coach David Blatt tried reducing his minutes when James said he was playing too many. He ranks fourth in the league in minutes per game at 37.5.
James has been remarkably durable during his 12 seasons in the league, but conceded Wednesday night the wear and tear was adding up.
“I’ve got 41,000 minutes in my career, including the playoffs,” James said with a shrug. “You drive that car in the winter time.”

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This is going to cost Blatt his job..I think we are a week or so away from seeing either drew or Lue at the helm..we just don't have time to wait on a guy to learn NBA...he has no clue how to use the players he has, his rotations suck and his ability to coach defense does not bode well for him. I think under the initial circumstance where we had a young team with no expectations this year he would have been perfect..he could teach and learn at the same time. However we need to make a change before it gets too much farther into the season. Lebron is on his last legs...i believe he has this season and next and the window is closed..

The theory that LeBron is the only thing holding this team back. They haven't won once without him.

You misunderstood my point. How shocking.

Another embarrassing loss. We have a couple guys starting that shouldn't and wouldn't get more than a few end of bench minutes on a contender. Delli, and miller. Dellevedova shouldn't even be in the NBA..he does nothing for this team. We need a backup PG..i'd be asking dallas what it would cost to get one of their 4. Not to mention TT might be the most uncoordinated and nonathletic player starting. Guy is horrible. They had Griffin on during the telecast..its quite obvious this guy isn't GM material. Raving about TT and waiters as waiters goes for 4/14. and dellevedova +/- is -16 TT, marion, and Miller are -14.... and we wonder why we can't win any games..theres probably some players in Dleague that could help at the moment...atleast from a backup PG and 2 spot. Getting harder and harder to think we are going to make any noise in the playoffs.

Delly is very good within his role. Unfortunately, that role is not as a starting player.

With us missing both Lebron and Andy, we are going to struggle. That's no surprise. It's not like Dallas is some scrub team either.

I think the problem is.. While most didn't expect us to rocket towards the top right away...

They at least thought it would a "fun" as the team built chemistry..

I figured with all the offensive talent, and troubles on D.. We'd lose a bunch of shootouts..

But we just kind of.. suck.. I guess..

And Irving left the game earlier and expected to possibly miss the next.

Could get ugly quick....

Yeah, considering that they did not have Andy or Lebron, and only got 6 points from Irving, I am surprised that it wasn't worse.

Dellevedova isn't good in any role, he has below average handles, zero vision, zero ability to drive and can only hit a streaky 3. Plus his average defense. there are better options in dleague or like in dallas who has felton sitting on the bench now since they have rondo

I have a question for you:

What good does all your complaining do? What answers are your providing. It just sounds like complaining.

Give us some answers as how to fix this.

My take is that we need LeBron to buy into Blatt's system and get the younger guys to follow his lead.

Give me a fix that is better than that.

you must not have ready any of my posts...I'm pretty specific what needs to happen. First and foremost Griffin needs to get off his ass and address the glaring personnel holes.. Second Blatt needs to figure out how to get these guys to play defense.... Lebron buying into the system isn't the issue..He has, but the system sucks because Blatt hasn't figured out what to do with everyone yet..its not all his fault though. Injuries have kinda forced him into doing things he may not have done.. But the biggest issue is personnel, we have no 2, no 5, and no bench

I agree. That GM hasn't done anything to upgrade the team from last year's roster. Sure, he added LeBron, Love, Marion, Miller, and James Jones, but where is Dwight Howard and Marc Gasol?

you really think marion, miller, and james jones are upgrades...lmao the +/- of those 3 are above -14...means we are actually worse with them playing...they were brought in for spot duty and to provide veteran leadership..not to play meaningful minutes...and i think its cute you think griffin had anything to do with bringing them in

well, as the GM, he gets credit/blame for the roster movements, right?

I get that we got lucky to get the #1 overall pick (again)
I get that LeBron decided to come back and that's why his buddies decided to sign.

But, to give him zero credit for any of the upgrades, then give him all the blame for not upgrading the frontcourt (you know, besides top10 in NBA Kevin Love) is ridiculous. His hands were tied because we used up all of our assets grabbing all of those other guys.

and, Marion, Miller and J-Jones aren't great or even good players nowadays (except in stretches, J-Jones has actually done really well in the advanced stats in a really limited role). but, they are still upgrades from guys like Gee, Bennett, Clark, and Bynum. And, about even with what Jack was giving us. All those guys were getting significant minutes last year (not to mention Karasev).

the one guy I really liked that we jettisoned was Tyler Zeller (and he's doing really well this year), but, if I remember correctly, we had to let him go in order to make all of the other moves for LeBron and company.

That's not specific, that's another complaint. What exactly is Griff supposed to do? Trade for Greg Monroe? With what? You already think everyone on the team outside of the big 3 sucks, so what exactly is going to entice Detroit to part with Monroe? I think one of the biggest problems is that we blew through all our trade assets trying to get Love in here ASAP and Lebron also probably doesn't want to get rid of some of his "guys", like TT. That leaves us with Dion as our lone trade chip and a bunch of throw-ins like Delly and Joe Harris. You think Detroit is jumping at the chance to take that offer? What other moves should he be making?

we will wait until the trade deadline and try to find someone who wants to offload cap... gotta ride out the suckage for now

Detroit has to trade Monroe or watch him walk away after this season..

You won't get him for free.. But the price isn't as high as it was..

Not that I think getting Monroe is a big fix. He's more of a PF than C..

I'd rather have Drummond

I have read your posts, but thanks for answering.

I don't agree w/your take, but that's okay.

https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/552260332371316738

Looks like we might be acquiring bigger problems than Waiters. JR Smith? You gotta be kidding me. Hopefully this is wrong.

Woj says it's for Shumpert.

Windy say it's for Jr Smith.

We do get Dalembert either way.

Woj is saying 3-team trade with Waiters heading to OKC, Cavs getting Shumpert and Smith.

Woj isn't wrong all that often.

Don't really care about Jr, but getting Shumpert will help our defense on the wing. At least Jr. will accept the 6th man role.

I'm sorry, but I really don't get this trade.

Will someone who knows more about current NBA players explain how this helps the Cavs?

candy......I know you kind of already did that, but can you expound? And I am not saying this in a sarcastic manner like I do when questioning Shanny's play design in football. I really wanna know......

24 year old solid perimeter defender who doesn't need the ball. I'd trade him straight up for Dion. Unfortunately, that isn't good enough, so we have to take on JR Smith... If he ca accept the 6th man role, it's fine. They have to put up with him for another season, although next year he's expiring.

I'm willing to take that kind of baggage to add a clear starter and someone who can defend.

Iman Shumpert is a SG who defends. He will probably start when he's healthy. He will help take stress off of Lebron and defend Kyries man or whoever the best perimeter scorer is. He's basically a great complimentary player. Jr Smith is exactly what Waiters is good and bad. He's a head case which is concerning, but he actually accepts his 6th man role.