jasonxxx102 wrote:Kinda wild that Magic in 6 is winning the poll.
Yes, JB Bickerstaff is a BAD playoff coach.
Yes, The Cavs have struggled post all star break
Yes, the Cavs have never shown the ability to win big games
but who the heck is going to score on the Magic? Is Paolo gonna be your offensive engine? Good luck. Franz? He's fine but do you want him running a playoff offense?
I don't think this Cavs team is particularly good and JB has proven to be a terrible coach when it matters but the talent discrepancy is too wide.
You might recall, the Cavs have struggled in the past dealing with various Magic bench players. If they're going to let Mo Wagner, Jonathan Isaac, Cole Anthony, Goga Bitzade, Joe Ingles, Gary Harris, etc, do whatever they want they won't need much from their starters besides keeping Garland and Mitchell somewhat contained.
Which may not be so hard to do the way they've been playing lately.
The Cavs can be pretty special when their top-4 guys are somewhere close to 100%, but they aren't there and the last time it looked like they might be getting there, a whole bunch of guys promptly got hurt. JB Bickerstaff is coaching for his job and perhaps his career and he's going to shorten his rotation and run anyone and everyone he has to in to the ground and his players aren't built for that.