jbk1234 wrote:jasonxxx102 wrote:
This attitude is just mind blowing to me.
What was this season supposed to be to people? Should we just be happy with mediocre? I guess according to this.
The idea that teams just “turn it on” is a junk narrative that only applies to the Heat and LeBron. You are what you play like, even early in the season. Bl
By the way, it’s 20% through the season so… at what point are we supposed to care about winning?
You would think that you’d want to build on what you did last season but instead, who cares about the first 2 months of the season…. This attitude is exactly why we aren’t and won’t be a contender because this attitude is top down
The No. 1 goal has to be getting our half court offense functioning well, against aggressive, physical defenses, prior to the deadline. If that happens, everything else will take care of itself. Obviously, you need to not run guys into the ground while getting there, but if we're going to be fair to JBB, injuries have limited his options.
Roster construction, while better after signing Strus and Niang, still includes 3 guys who can't be relied upon due to health in Rubio, Wade, and Ty Jerome, and Damion Jones, who cant be relied upon due to intense suckage. That's almost a third of the roster that's unusable, and a full third if you include I. Mobley, which I do..
While TT has been a pleasant surprise, and Niang has been able eat minutes, I suspect most GMs would want at least one more usable big off the bench (which should be Wade's role if he wasn't cementing himself as a rich man's Windler). Also, our SF rotation is filled with guys whose best position is SG, e.g. Strus, Okoro, and LeVert (again, Wade being out hurts here).
We have our five starters with TT, Niang, LeVert, Okoro, and possibly CPJ as, at least IMO, viable bench options. So with all five starters healthy, JBB is starting with 10 viable players, but if two of those 10 guys are out, he's down to 8 That includes CPJ, who if we're being honest, constitutes 99% of the short rotation debate.
The reality is that the Cavs are on the clock with Mitchell and Okoro and spacing is still a pretty big issue when it comes to bench players. Niang and (sometimes) LeVert help fill that role. TT, Okoro, and CPJ don't. Giving CPJ regular minutes could very well cost Okoro the same. Letting CPJ run the offense in the second unit could anger Mitchell. We've got plenty of time to figure out how to incorporate CPJ, but we may be reaching a decision point on Okoro and Mitchell.