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Deng has seen how a team mired in losing since LeBron James left town wrongly caters to its young star players, even as they continue to undermine head coach Mike Brown at almost every turn. In Chicago, where Deng broke in and played nine-plus seasons, there is a winning culture where players are expected to act like professionals and understand that they will suffer the consequences if they step out of line.

As Deng recently told one close friend, “the stuff going on in practice would never be tolerated by the coaching staff or the front office back in Chicago. It’s a mess."

Deng was brought in to help clean it up when he arrived in a deal for Andrew Bynum on Jan. 7. But since then, he’s seen players get thrown out of practice, take off their uniform tops at halftime and threaten not to play, mouth off to Brown and generally act like spoiled brats. Entering Saturday’s game at Houston, the Cavs had lost seven of their last 11 games since the Deng trade. There is no accountability, as Dion Waiters found out when he was kicked out of practice last week but still got his usual minutes against the Knicks. Brown isn’t getting much help from GM Chris Grant, who is expected to be fired at season’s end because of the losing and problems in the locker room.

Niko23 wrote:New Cavs reality show coming up?

tidho wrote:Nothing credible here, its completely unsubstantiated.

That said, this is approaching 'if there is smoke there is fire' territory, and there aren't a whole lot of ways to explain away their performance other than complete dysfunction.

KuruptedCav wrote:

Niko23 wrote:New Cavs reality show coming up?

Maybe it'll get picked up on the on The KyrieTV network. It'll star "The Brand", hosted by Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, and can run between "All About Me" and reruns of "The Decision."

B Mac wrote:

tidho wrote:Nothing credible here, its completely unsubstantiated.

That said, this is approaching 'if there is smoke there is fire' territory, and there aren't a whole lot of ways to explain away their performance other than complete dysfunction.

Unfortunately I think this is pretty legit. Im not buying into the Kyrie wants out stories, but this team is a mess and the two young guards are right at the middle of it.

BossHoggin wrote:

B Mac wrote:

tidho wrote:Nothing credible here, its completely unsubstantiated.

That said, this is approaching 'if there is smoke there is fire' territory, and there aren't a whole lot of ways to explain away their performance other than complete dysfunction.

Unfortunately I think this is pretty legit. Im not buying into the Kyrie wants out stories, but this team is a mess and the two young guards are right at the middle of it.

that's upsetting

jbk1234 wrote:

BossHoggin wrote:

B Mac wrote:

Unfortunately I think this is pretty legit. Im not buying into the Kyrie wants out stories, but this team is a mess and the two young guards are right at the middle of it.

that's upsetting

Yeah Kyrie freezes Dion out whenever they are on the court together. Dion doesn't always rotate over when Kyrie gets beat. It happens too often. Maybe I'm old school but if I'm the owner I explain to both of them that I sign the paychecks and I expect them to be professionals.