Game 69: Cavs @ Heat 3/10/2023
Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 12:28 am
With no Garland, I'd still like this win. We really need the three ball tonight to keep our offense afloat imo.
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ijspeelman wrote:Honestly, its hard to be mad at this one. It sucks losing this, but without Garland and the insane Heat shot making down the stretch I can write it off.
afarmenian wrote:ijspeelman wrote:Honestly, its hard to be mad at this one. It sucks losing this, but without Garland and the insane Heat shot making down the stretch I can write it off.
Yeah Hero made some insane 3s
The more i think about it, barring some crazy post season run, I'm cool with this being JBs final season as Cavs HC. I think they need a guy who understands rotations and in game adjustments better.JonFromVA wrote:I'm just wondering why Stevens was guarding Butler at crucial times rather than Okoro (if it was due to switching never mind), why we can't even try one of the shooters we brought in, and not to ask too much from Mitchell - but when when the bigs are picking up your man, leaving you in the paint, you need to at least try to protect the rim.
JujitsuFlip wrote:The more i think about it, barring some crazy post season run, I'm cool with this being JBs final season as Cavs HC. I think they need a guy who understands rotations and in game adjustments better.JonFromVA wrote:I'm just wondering why Stevens was guarding Butler at crucial times rather than Okoro (if it was due to switching never mind), why we can't even try one of the shooters we brought in, and not to ask too much from Mitchell - but when when the bigs are picking up your man, leaving you in the paint, you need to at least try to protect the rim.
JB is a defensive tactician but he can't just be Thibs 2.0 and run the core 4 into the ground. If extensions aren't signed this window with the core 4 is small, gotta capitalize on it.
Giving him 1 more season after this one is more realistic but he is clearly the Mark Jackson of the rebuild. Cavs need to find their Kerr and without extensions, puts a lot of pressure on the 2024-25 season to win it all or at minimum make a final under a new HC.JonFromVA wrote:JujitsuFlip wrote:The more i think about it, barring some crazy post season run, I'm cool with this being JBs final season as Cavs HC. I think they need a guy who understands rotations and in game adjustments better.JonFromVA wrote:I'm just wondering why Stevens was guarding Butler at crucial times rather than Okoro (if it was due to switching never mind), why we can't even try one of the shooters we brought in, and not to ask too much from Mitchell - but when when the bigs are picking up your man, leaving you in the paint, you need to at least try to protect the rim.
JB is a defensive tactician but he can't just be Thibs 2.0 and run the core 4 into the ground. If extensions aren't signed this window with the core 4 is small, gotta capitalize on it.
Realistically this is his and the teams first opportunity to prove themselves in the playoffs and learn from it. Short of catastrophe I expect JBB will make it to the Summer of 2024 if we haven't been able to address our roster problems before then.
Just so happens Dan Gilbert's dream was always to have a defensive coach running the team, but he also realizes if the team stagnates or takes a step backwards that something will have to be done.
JujitsuFlip wrote:Giving him 1 more season after this one is more realistic but he is clearly the Mark Jackson of the rebuild. Cavs need to find their Kerr and without extensions, puts a lot of pressure on the 2024-25 season to win it all or at minimum make a final under a new HC.JonFromVA wrote:JujitsuFlip wrote:The more i think about it, barring some crazy post season run, I'm cool with this being JBs final season as Cavs HC. I think they need a guy who understands rotations and in game adjustments better.
JB is a defensive tactician but he can't just be Thibs 2.0 and run the core 4 into the ground. If extensions aren't signed this window with the core 4 is small, gotta capitalize on it.
Realistically this is his and the teams first opportunity to prove themselves in the playoffs and learn from it. Short of catastrophe I expect JBB will make it to the Summer of 2024 if we haven't been able to address our roster problems before then.
Just so happens Dan Gilbert's dream was always to have a defensive coach running the team, but he also realizes if the team stagnates or takes a step backwards that something will have to be done.
It's possible but i have zero confidence in JB to make the proper adjustments in game or in series to beat any of the Bucks, Celtics, 76ers, Heat, Raptors, or Hawks in a 7 game series.JonFromVA wrote:JujitsuFlip wrote:Giving him 1 more season after this one is more realistic but he is clearly the Mark Jackson of the rebuild. Cavs need to find their Kerr and without extensions, puts a lot of pressure on the 2024-25 season to win it all or at minimum make a final under a new HC.JonFromVA wrote:
Realistically this is his and the teams first opportunity to prove themselves in the playoffs and learn from it. Short of catastrophe I expect JBB will make it to the Summer of 2024 if we haven't been able to address our roster problems before then.
Just so happens Dan Gilbert's dream was always to have a defensive coach running the team, but he also realizes if the team stagnates or takes a step backwards that something will have to be done.
A non-crazy Mark Jackson would have kept his job and Kerr would have been coaching the Knicks.
The problem for the Cavs is finding their Kerr ... Blatt and Beilein sure weren't it. Lue was close, but couldn't handle the pressure of the job or cope with a rebuild. So who knows, maybe JBB turns out to be more flexible than we imagine right now.
El Hespíritu, at ACB Forum wrote:Tengo alguna idea sobre JB de sus tiempos en Memphis.
Le tengo por un técnico inteligente y flexible.
El Hespiritu wrote:I never thought about JB as a stubborn coach (or a 'carved-at-stone systems' guy).
In fact, first thing I posted about him when we knew RRubio would play for CLECaus:El Hespíritu, at ACB Forum wrote:Tengo alguna idea sobre JB de sus tiempos en Memphis.
Le tengo por un técnico inteligente y flexible.
He's obviously a defense-first type of coach and I love that kin.
But he's flexible enough... just compare the innovative BigBall systems we played last season with the more standard ones we're currently playing (with even some suspicious smallballing here and there).
I do not believe anything in his time as head coach with the Rockets or Grizzlies prove that JB is the coach to take this team to a final or conference final, time will tell.El Hespiritu wrote:I never thought about JB as a stubborn coach (or a 'carved-at-stone systems' guy).
In fact, first thing I posted about him when we knew RRubio would play for CLECaus:El Hespíritu, at ACB Forum wrote:Tengo alguna idea sobre JB de sus tiempos en Memphis.
Le tengo por un técnico inteligente y flexible.
He's obviously a defense-first type of coach and I love that kin.
But he's flexible enough... just compare the innovative BigBall systems we played last season with the more standard ones we're currently playing (with even some suspicious smallballing here and there).