Cavaliers Hold 'Air-It-Out' Meeting Before Practice

[RealGM Wiretap]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have a 3-4 record to begin the season and held an air-it-out meeting before Tuesday's practice.

"Off the court we've got great chemistry, great bond," said Tyronn Lue. "Just, on the court we just got to be better. Like, talking, communicating, enjoying the game together. Having fun. ... Right now guys are not having fun."

"Naturally, the slow start that we've had prompted us to just all get on the same page and kind of figure out what we need to do," said Kevin Love. "I feel like we can get in better shape, that's going to help us on the defensive end. Communication, energy and just getting the new guys to (become) adjusted, well adjusted and on the floor, more time together. So time will tell how it's going to play out, but we have a lot of really good positive energy from today, so, it was a great practice."

Cleveland is trying to incorporate eight new players.

Via Dave McMenamin/ESPN

[macNcheese3]

Fire Lou. Replacing him with an assistant isn't going to help either,

[Pickled Prunes]

Fire Lou. Replacing him with an assistant isn't going to help either,

Fire a figure-head and replace him with... another figure-head? He's there because Lebron doesn't want anybody telling him what to do.

[Hoopzilla]

Love nailed it, "I feel like we can get in better shape". You come into training camp in poor shape and this is what you get. Try to use the regular season as a time to get into shape and warm up for the playoffs and this should be the expected result.

[gordoncatrell]

players only mtg less than 10games into the season? come on guys, dont bring MORE attn to the tire fire. Spruce up value on trade targets (shump, JR, Frye, Love), pretend like youre pacing yourself for a long playoff run, and slowly bench (errr give extended "strained" injuries to useless former star players) a couple guys.

Ty Lue gonna get paid 7 figures to give the same 5 replies in postgame interviews.

BETS ON BRON TAKING A MONTH LONG MIDSEASON BODY/MENTAL REST???

[Pennebaker]

This is typical for a new LeBron team. The 2010-11 Heat, the 2014-15 Cavs and now the 2017-18 Cavs have all done the same thing early in their seasons.

Finals bound anyway.

[Donnyxc]

The Avatar reminds me of

[Hoopzilla]

This is typical for a new LeBron team. The 2010-11 Heat, the 2014-15 Cavs and now the 2017-18 Cavs have all done the same thing early in their seasons.

Finals bound anyway.

This is not a new team. They have been together for 3 years. Just because Kyrie was traded does not mean it is a new team. There are new pieces, but the roster is not that much different for the core rotation players. They now have more tools than they did before.

They came into camp in poor shape as a team, you don't get to write it off as a team new learning how to play together when conditioning is clearly the reason. You also don't blame a short training camp, these are grown men, they know they are supposed to show up to camp ready to play.

[Pennebaker]

This is typical for a new LeBron team. The 2010-11 Heat, the 2014-15 Cavs and now the 2017-18 Cavs have all done the same thing early in their seasons.

Finals bound anyway.

This is not a new team. They have been together for 3 years. Just because Kyrie was traded does not mean it is a new team. There are new pieces, but the roster is not that much different for the core rotation players. They now have more tools than they did before.

They added 8 new players and 3 new starters. How is that not a new team?

The newly added Dwyane Wade and Jeff Green have seen tons of minutes because they've been more impactful than JR Smith and Iman Shumpert, etc. Derrick Rose has been trying to hold down the PG spot. So it is absolutely a new team.