Some stuff from today's podcast:
Blatt can't control how the players play, but he is not putting the team in the best possible position to win.
Lebron and Kyrie are showing favoritism toward AV over Love in how they play pick and rolls. Lebron and Irving are more comfortable with AV rolling to the hoop than with Love's pick and pop. Notice in the fourth quarter of the Spurs game Love was a non-factor, and also that at certain key points Spurs jumped the pick and roll with Varejao because it was so predictable.
Love also not getting enough post touches.
Andy is just not as good an offensive player as Love, so using Andy too much on P&R and not Love you are handicapping yourself.
Cavs are so bad defensively that they cannot survive when they have an off night offensively.
Cavs sat back and were passive against Ty Lawson -- why didn't they pressure him bringing the ball up?
Spurs did not play well -- Parker had a terrible game -- but they won because they defended at key points.
Lebron's jumper is flat -- yes -- but his jumper has always been flat, this is why he is so streaky
long-range jumper is better than last year.
as far as Lebron's lift Windy thinks he's fine. It's just aging -- Lebron is just no longer the 2009 Lebron, he doesn't have that youthful explosion any more. Never going to be that athletic again.
Lebron looks off because he is not getting good looks, in Miami almost every shot was a good look, this offense just isn't working/isn't clicking the same way
Windy does not subscribe to the 'Lebron is diminished' theory at all, whatsoever. Lebron is still an MVP-caliber player and he is not injured or inferior to what you would expect.
Re Lebron's minutes -- don't want to burn Lebron out in a particular game by not giving him any rest in the second half so he can't finish. But in general Lebron can play a fair amount of minutes, 37-38 minutes in fine. In the Spurs game Lebron should probably have played more, they might have won in that case.
Insane that Joe Harris played 19 straight minutes in the Spurs game. If Harris averages more than 12-15 minutes a game then something is off with the team.
Would institute a fine for Joe Harris every time he dribbles. He is asking for a turnover every time he dribbles right now. He should be Daniel Gibson and wait for the spot up shot. Harris should not be getting minutes over Mike Miller at this point.
Why was Will Cherry even playing in the Spurs game?
Shawn Marion should not be starting, he is not really a shooting guard. He should come in off the bench.
Why have they abandoned Mike Miller? OK, he's shooting 20 percent this year, but he will never turn it around if he doesn't play
David Blatt doesn't trust his rotations -- classic issue with a rookie head coach
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Against Spurs Kyrie was actually aggressive on defense -- he did NOT let himself get screened, did not sit back. Will be a good test against John Wall tonight, will Kyrie attack the screens?
The Spurs had to switch to using Diaw as a PG figure against Kevin Love because Kyrie was being aggressive on Parker
Corey Brewer -- the Cavs are offering almost nothing for Brewer. The Cavs have second round picks that are 'top 55 protected' -- this is actually sort of a fake pick, since anyone worth anything will be drafted in the top 55. Really, the Cavs are just offering to take money off peoples' books, not real picks.
Cavs have traded away four of their upcoming second round picks and really have very little if anything in that department to work with.
Significant trades do not happen generally before December 15th. That is when players who signed over the summer become eligible to be traded. So don't expect much if anything to happen before December 15th.
Believes Cavs will win next two games (Wizards and Raptors). Think the Cavs will bounce back from what has been a disappointing week. Thinks Kevin Love will have a big game in at least one of those games