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Shitty game decisions , rotations and use of timeouts. He has been putrid and the decision to go with Lebron for the last shot of regulation was a very bad one. Especially with the play he drew up.
Should have gone with Kyrie and that should have been the easiest decision of his career.
 
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I'm not sure if Lue is regressing or experimenting. But the championship last year pretty much gives him a free pass card. If we didn't win it all last year and he's coaching the way he is now. He would be on the hot seat. I think this has a lot of do with Lombardi or what ever his name is. His defensive system us just not click with the players and it never will. the guy might be gone next year.

Right now the biggest mistake that will come back to bite Lue is not retesting LeBron enough this season. He can still fix this though with the 2nd half of the season coming up.
 
Sir'Dom Pointer said:
and the decision to go with Lebron for the last shot of regulation was a very bad one. Especially with the play he drew up.

Should have gone with Kyrie and that should have been the easiest decision of his career.
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And then there will be people saying LeBron just hit a game-tying three, why not let him finish it if Kyrie clanked it.

Don't care what anyone says. LeBron easily could've told Lue to let Kyrie do it. If LeBron feels for whatever reason he has to take that shot rather than defer to Kyrie, then he takes it without question every time.
 
Nphan said:
I'm not sure if Lue is regressing or experimenting. But the championship last year pretty much gives him a free pass card. If we didn't win it all last year and he's coaching the way he is now. He would be on the hot seat. I think this has a lot of do with Lombardi or what ever his name is. His defensive system us just not click with the players and it never will. the guy might be gone next year.

Right now the biggest mistake that will come back to bite Lue is not retesting LeBron enough this season. He can still fix this though with the 2nd half of the season coming up.
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Defensively we saw exactly the same things last year with Mike Longabardi taking over the defense.

I think the experiment has run it's course, but upper management needs to be convinced.

I get why we hired the guy, but... sometimes personnel don't fit with specific schemes.

I'd prefer if we went back to Lue's defensive system which seemed a great deal simpler, and was more physical and aggressive.
 
gourimoko said:
Defensively we saw exactly the same things last year with Mike Longabardi taking over the defense.

I think the experiment has run it's course, but upper management needs to be convinced.

I get why we hired the guy, but... sometimes personnel don't fit with specific schemes.

I'd prefer if we went back to Lue's defensive system which seemed a great deal simpler, and was more physical and aggressive.
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I really hope we do go back to it come Playoff time.. i think this defense is too taxing to play in the Regular Season..

I have no doubt our defense will improve once Lebron gets everybody into Playoff mode.
I just really hope it can improve as much as it did the last 2 years.

A healthy JR would also help so damn much.. When locked in he is not only dangerous on offense but also a very good defender. We are missing one of our 2 real 3&D guys and a Starter.. thats not a small thing.

I am sure they will get it come Playoff time and i think it will.
In 2015 our Drtg was 18th! in the RS and went to a top 3 Defense in the Playoffs so it propably is not beyond reason to think it will take a big jump again.

We are 14th now but i think it will climp up to the 10-12 Range on the Season when we start to enter Playoff mode after the AS Break.
 
InBoobieWeTrust said:
Biggest oddity to me was how much run he gave the line-up that blew our lead both times.

Happened in both the 2nd and 4th the same way. Line-up goes in, lead gets erased, Lue calls timeout, line-up stays in, we instantly go down by 6(maybe even 9 in the fourth...) within another minute or two. Then Lue finally makes a change.

Even if he was going to stick with throwing the line-up out there twice, no reason to watch it get dominated, call time-out, and then KEEP IT IN for a little bit more pain....TWICE...
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That lineup was outscored 30-3.
 
Sir'Dom Pointer said:
Lue has no system.. It's a simple high PnR and give Lebron the ball in the high post and watch him do some magic.
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Where have I heard this before...
Oh yeah, every coach we've had for the last 10 years.

I'm not making excuses for Ty Lue. Kevin Love is standing still at the 3pt line again. Along with almost everyone else. TT is setting all the ball screens. Love should be setting more of those. He's obviously more of a threat. And Kyrie needs to initiate more than LeBron. That's not happening either.
 
Sir'Dom Pointer said:
Shitty game decisions , rotations and use of timeouts. He has been putrid and the decision to go with Lebron for the last shot of regulation was a very bad one. Especially with the play he drew up.
Should have gone with Kyrie and that should have been the easiest decision of his career.
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I understand why they may have gone with LeBron. If he wants the ball, with the way he played offensively, you give it to him.

However, LeBron's biggest issue his whole career is he worships himself. He thinks he can do anything on the court like a god. Which, is usually true. That doesn't mean he doesn't put his head up his ass sometimes. In game winning scenarios, he often settles for the hero shot--almost as if he misses it, the level of difficulty excuses the failure. This is a guy who can get to the rack at will, and his game winning attempts are always bullshit fadeaways.

Therefore, if you're going to give LeBron the last shot in a tie game, you better tell him the shot better be at the goddam rim. That's Lue's job. He's the best slasher in the sport, and even if improved, he's not more than an average three-point shooter. Worst case, if LeBron attacks the rim and the defense collapses, you have an actual three-point shooter taking an open look. That last shot was inexcusable and I blame Lue for it. 14 seconds left coming out of a timeout, you can do far better.


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Lue didn't have the best game last night, but it's hardly a long term issue.

We are dealing with injuries, trades, constant changes on the rotation, regular season chill mode, and the managing of countless egos/personalities.

Lue is a great coach.
 
thedarkness2332 said:
However, LeBron's biggest issue his whole career is he worships himself. He thinks he can do anything on the court like a god. Which, is usually true. That doesn't mean he doesn't put his head up his ass sometimes. In game winning scenarios, he often settles for the hero shot--almost as if he misses it, the level of difficulty excuses the failure. This is a guy who can get to the rack at will, and his game winning attempts are always bullshit fadeaways.
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Last night brought back memories of Game 1 of the 2015 Finals. Even with an injured Love I wonder "what could have been" had LeBron not gone for the impossible hero 3 at the end of regulation.

The fact that Kyrie smote Steph in the previous possession to put us in that position makes it much more difficult to digest.
 
The defense for that second unit is so, so bad. That was the calling card of last years bench. Shump and Della has been replaced by Korver and Liggins. Liggins just isn't an NBA talent and you have three bad defenders on the floor.

Lue went back to that lineup in the 4th and it got killed after playing it in the second half with the same results.

It's hard to put it all in lues feet because he has to play a certain amount of people.
 
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