David Griffin Expressed Cavs' Need For Playmaker To LeBron In Training Camp

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David Griffin Expressed Cavs' Need For Playmaker To LeBron In Training Camp 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Tue Mar 7, 2017 1:28 am

David Griffin was asked about how the Cleveland Cavaliers picked up Deron Williams on the buyout market several weeks about LeBron James publicly talked about the team's need for a playmaker.


The Cavaliers expected to have Mo Williams back this season but he underwent surgery during training camp, leaving the team short at backup point guard.


"Well, it's funny because I think the hurricane is the outside perception of it all," said Griffin. "He's nothing at all like people perceive him to be in terms of the demands he puts on the organization, or the things he says to me, or things he asks for. That's not what he's about. He just wants to win. And he trusts us at a pretty high level as well.


"The irony in him going public with the comments he made is I told him the same thing since training camp and the previous game that we lost at home to San Antonio and we played really well and we just didn't make enough plays at the end. We talked probably for thirty minutes after that game about what we were going to try to do. Then we went to New Orleans and lost the game in which we absolutely got our asses handed to us by a team that just played a whole lot harder than we did.


"So his frustration I think was pretty clear and he reacted to it, but it's unfortunate for him that by doing that it plays into what the outward perception is of him anyways. Because that's really unusual. That's not how he is. He isn't emotional. 


"For us, we're blessed. We have a really good relationship. He drives the organization in every way because we all feel like we need to win and capitalize on his window.


"He's an unbelievable leader with the players. He's great with our coaches and the front office all feels like every piece we put around him is going to be great because he brings that out of him."

Via Zach Lowe/ESPN

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