Stop the presses: Windy critical of LBJ

Post #1 » by **jbk1234** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:38 pm

"It says something that a first-year coach who led his team to the Finals despite massive expectations, roster upheaval, crucial injuries and an unrelenting media microscope is even questioned about returning. But James' and even some other Cavaliers' consistent public undercutting of Blatt leaves little choice but to ponder the issue.

If James passed on chances to criticize Blatt during this season, they were few and far between. Their relationship is one of the most unusual between any superstar and coach over the past decade. But Blatt has a reputation for finding a way to make any situation work for him, and this is no exception. He mostly stayed out of James' way and accepted the thousand paper cuts without it ever affecting his swagger. That took some serious work and patience."

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13099185/cleveland-cavaliers-offseason-questions

Albeit veiled criticism, but certainly out of character.

Dupp · Post #2 » by **Dupp** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 10:59 am

" consistent public undercutting"

Link?

Post #3 » by **jbk1234** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 12:22 pm

Dupp wrote:" consistent public undercutting"

Link?

Those are Windy's words from the article.

Post #4 » by **TheOUTLAW** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 1:54 pm

C'mon now, talk about the post not the poster and you should never start a thread about a poster

Dupp · Post #5 » by **Dupp** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 6:01 pm

jbk1234 wrote:
Dupp wrote:" consistent public undercutting"

Link?

Those are Windy's words from the article.

Yeahs I know I'm just wondering if anyone can point to an actual incident.

This guy is a terrible reporter.

Post #6 » by **jbk1234** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 6:05 pm

Dupp wrote:
jbk1234 wrote:
Dupp wrote:" consistent public undercutting"

Link?

Those are Windy's words from the article.

Yeahs I know I'm just wondering if anyone can point to an actual incident.

This guy is a terrible reporter.

I think that the incidents have been blown out of proportion but there have been times where the local media have asked both LBJ and Blatt the same question and gotten completely different answers. LBJ's huddled with Lue while Blatt was trying to get the team to huddle. LBJ has completely zoned out while Blatt has tried to diagram plays. There were times in the Finals where Blatt would make a substitution and LBJ would call a timeout to reverse it.