Cavs + Shaq = not going to win it all

[michaeljordanjr]

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LBJ is loyal, he's a kid...it's cute(no homo)

But Mike Brown is in over his head. He has the most talented athlete alive right now and he has no coaching pedigree. His strategy sucks and he can't figure out an offense to run with Shaq. Did you see the first two Cav games? No body moves, just stand there and watch lebron.

Mike Brown sucks.

[Court_vision]

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Yeah Brown was horrible with JO in Indy, and even worse with Tim Duncan before that.

Jokes aside though, Brown does appear to be over his head this year. Losing Keuster and having to draw up a new offense based on new starters, and at the same time finding a way to cover Shaq's utter lack of defense is a tall order. Still to early to make assumptions though...If we don't win big, it won't be becaue of Shaqs 25 minutes of mediocre defense.

The Cavs defensive FG% is 44% in those losses...nothing to panic about. Its the ~40% that the Cavs are shooting that has me worried...

Mac...I feel for Brown as he's a hell of a good defensive coach. It's like they are trying to please LBJ more than the coach. Ben Wallace played some great D pre injury last season before he was injured. It looked obvious that they needed an athletic swingman or an athletic PF / C...not a 38 year old who's the worst P n R defender in the L.

It's a hard situation as everyone knows the Cavs are doing all they can to pamper LBJ and give him whatever he wants. I am not naive enough to not know why. I am old school enough though to still believe that the coach should run a basketball team and get what he wants. Not the star. I know that's not how the NBA works though. Hope your Mrs is feeling better mate

[HMcCoy]

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Mac...I feel for Brown as he's a hell of a good defensive coach. It's like they are trying to please LBJ more than the coach. Ben Wallace played some great D pre injury last season before he was injured. It looked obvious that they needed an athletic swingman or an athletic PF / C...not a 38 year old who's the worst P n R defender in the L.

It's a hard situation as everyone knows the Cavs are doing all they can to pamper LBJ and give him whatever he wants. I am not naive enough to not know why. I am old school enough though to still believe that the coach should run a basketball team and get what he wants. Not the star. I know that's not how the NBA works though. Hope your Mrs is feeling better mate

A. This is very true

B. Thanks, she is...

[KG]

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I blame Mike Brown, who flat out doesn't know how to play with a big man...

Brown is going to be gone by Christmas and this is going to be a struggle all year for the Cavaliers.

Cavs will never win a championship as long as Mike Brown is the coach.

This quote from tonight says it all...



I guess when playing LeBron at the PF is what gets you back in the game... the most logical thing to do is do what worked against a completely different team

I agree. For the 2nd night in a row he marched out that lineup with Shaq & Z on the floor. The funny thing I is texted a friend "the first coach that should be fired this year..."

His reply "Mike Brown and I said the same thing to someone else this morning".

[ehh]

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I agree. For the 2nd night in a row he marched out that lineup with Shaq & Z on the floor.

It's so funny watching that. Sadly the Knicks may have a better defensive front court than the Cavs when those two are in at the same time. Ok, maybe not.

[luv_mist]

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Mike Brown and Danny Ferry GOT TO GO!! Forget James being pampered and get someone in there that can work with that team and create miracles cause they're on the verge of missing the playoffs. The East is solid this year and the Cavs are starting off bad. I'm not even a solid fan of the Cavs but I'd hate to see LBJ miss this early already after so many great post-seasons.

[Jasong7777]

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The Cavs should get Hubie Brown.

[sportyguyfl31]

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i said this over the summer, and I'll say it agian now.

I dont see how they got any better, and they may have possibly gone backward.

This team has two plodding big men, who will be liabilities on the defensive end.

Shaq does not demand consistant double team respect anymore, and you have a bunch of shooters who cannot create their own shots efficiently.

Lebron's brilliance has masked the coaching and front office sins of this orginization so far, and he may have to average 30-8-8 for the season, as well as win DPOY to mask them again.

[Kruza]

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i said this over the summer, and I'll say it agian now.

I dont see how they got any better, and they may have possibly gone backward.

This team has two plodding big men, who will be liabilities on the defensive end.

Shaq does not demand consistant double team respect anymore, and you have a bunch of shooters who cannot create their own shots efficiently.

Lebron's brilliance has masked the coaching and front office sins of this orginization so far, and he may have to average 30-8-8 for the season, as well as win DPOY to mask them again.

Well to be fair, Delonte West can create his own shot efficiently but is not back to playing yet.

At any rate, I totally agree with everyone who pointed out the Cavaliers problems defending against pick & roll plays. They may miss Joe Smith more than they initially thought because as of now Anderson Varejao is the only big man on their roster who is a capable P&R defender. They need to play J.J. Hickson more so to try get him up to speed on their defensive schemes. Hickson may be too raw on offense to get much playing time, but the Cavs desperately need his athleticism on the defensive end.

Kruza

[luv_mist]

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The Cavs should get Hubie Brown.

He won't do it because it wears down his vitality. The last time he was there as the Memphis Grizzlies' coach, he looked like a crypt keeper. He looked horrible. Brown has been living off of Lebron's great play and improvement. These organizations need to get away from the Spur tree and find their own mix to put into the organization or it will become a bottom feeder sooner than they realize.

[JBH3]

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Mike Brown and Danny Ferry GOT TO GO!! Forget James being pampered and get someone in there that can work with that team and create miracles cause they're on the verge of missing the playoffs. The East is solid this year and the Cavs are starting off bad. I'm not even a solid fan of the Cavs but I'd hate to see LBJ miss this early already after so many great post-seasons.

0-2 and the ain't makin the playoffs? Playoffs start tomorrow?

[Jasong7777]

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He won't do it because it wears down his vitality. The last time he was there as the Memphis Grizzlies' coach, he looked like a crypt keeper. He looked horrible.

Well at this point Charlie Brown would make a better head coach than Mike Brown.

[OSUFan_88]

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Mike Brown and Danny Ferry GOT TO GO!! Forget James being pampered and get someone in there that can work with that team and create miracles cause they're on the verge of missing the playoffs. The East is solid this year and the Cavs are starting off bad. I'm not even a solid fan of the Cavs but I'd hate to see LBJ miss this early already after so many great post-seasons.

Mike Brown? Absolutely, the guy doesn't know anything about offense.

Ferry took a team who was the worst team in the NBA without LeBron and to a pretty good surrounding cast...he's been fine. Certainly much better than any other option right now.

[videobastard]

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The same thing happened in phoenix. The chemistry is broken with shaq in the lineup. The lebron sweepstakes heats up...

[BTB]

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Cleveland's season is over unless they deal Shaq.

LeBron going to Nets imo