This is the first full game I saw, saw some highlights of the previous game and pre-season games. I think i will love this team a lot. I see the potential but they are still a big mess at the moment. You can see glimpses of the positives. Such as everyone can bring up the ball, lebron can play within the system and the team he does not have to dominate the ball all the time. They are sharing the ball on offense, cutting and moving a lot. It just seems more dynamic then previous years, you see other players making cross court passes to corner shooters as well, previously it was only lebron. I love crowder and i think everyone in cleveland will/does/should. But what i loved most is the defensive intensity! Everyone was working hard, the mentality was there, they were rotating. I really liked it, very refreshing. It think the team should keep a "small" and athletic rotation with a defensive mindset. However you did see what happened when korver went off. But I believe in the previous game or it was a preseason game, korver just got abused defensively. That didn't happen this game. Same with calderon, he can play offensive but is so fucking bad defensively, this guy should not play barring injuries.
I hold my breath every time rose hits the floor. I think its going to be key for wade and rose to be able to knock down open 3's, you can clearly see that scoring inside is not going to be a problem. All the drives and inside scoring should create some open 3's and we have to knock them down at a reasonable percentage. I also agree with most people here that wade and rose should not play together so much.
I was actually talking about this with a friend of mine yesterday, how everyone is trying to outscore the warriors and play their brand of basketball. (I miss big ben and the pistons) And it seems that a lot of teams in general are always focusing on offense in the nba instead of defense. Perhaps this is just my perception and how the game has changed. However I still think that if you want to beat the warriors its going to take a hell of a defense. And this new cavs team has potential for a really good new identity i'm very excited about this season! I think this is going to come down to coaching a lot, but you can see the direction he's going in and i like it.
Long story short, chaotic and messy, see the potential on both offense and defense, f***ing excited! Lets go cavs!
(sorry for my poor english, european)
