czvo
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Truthfully, I feel much less attached to this team than previous iterations.
We have gotten rid of so many guys who provided likeability over the years. Like I fucking loved Channing Frye and RJ. That shit was actually hard for me when RJ got dumped. I know it's the front of the jersey that counts, but just this constant shuffling it feels like a new team now.
Like, I'm just not emotionally invested in Rodney Hood yet. He hasn't headbutten an opponent to stick up for a teammate yet like Frye did. He didn't write pieces on the Player Tribune about what it is like to play with LeBron James and have constant fan interaction like RJ.
No one has needed to go to the hospital after a game like Delly.
These last 4 years have been really fun. But, fuck, man. A lot of what made them fun is gone. I know everyone hates him now, but I still like Kyrie. He's immature as fuck, but he was one of my favorite Cavs ever. RJ and Frye and road tripping is gone and in its place we have a bunch of guys that I just don't feel that emotionally invested in.
It's been a weird year for me as a fan. I just don't enjoy watching as much as I did the last 3 years
Lack of familiarity is the big one.
The other two are the cloud hanging over everyone that is LeBron's FA. And, for me, they just don't play an eye-pleasing brand of basketball. They were always hit or miss in that category, even when Kyrie was here. But they usually put it together in the postseason. But there's no chemistry now, so it's just not going to look good.