Cavs don't like the new timeout rules.

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Tyronn Lue believes Cleveland Cavaliers affected by NBA's timeout changes

In early July, the league's Board of Governors unanimously approved recommendations by the NBA competition committee in an attempt to speed up the game. Along with standardizing the length of halftime intermission and cutting back on players wandering away from the free-throw line in between shots, the league dropped the number of timeouts from 18 to 14, eliminating a pair from each coach.

All timeouts are now 75 seconds in length, rather than "full" timeouts that lasted 100 seconds and those "20-second" timeouts that really ran much longer. In another tiny change, each quarter has two mandatory timeouts, as the old rule mandated a third timeout in the second and fourth quarters.

"Timeouts are different because you have to save timeouts now with them taking away two and it's different," Lue said.

In the past, Lue would use timeouts as strategic mini-breaks, allowing him to steal rest for his key players without having to yank them out of games. If LeBron James got tired, he signaled to Lue and the coach called for a stoppage. This led to James sometimes playing the entire second half or being able to stay effective despite a high-minute load. Other times, Kyrie Irving would be able to stay in for the entire first quarter before resting to start the second.

It's much more difficult now, something that became obvious during Sunday's loss against the New York Knicks.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Sounds like Lue's having a tough time managing the breaks for bingo at Larry Holmes Gardens.

 

[G-Zeus]

or maybe your play book is now known to all.. time to update it

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

 

[King Poetic]

How about lay off the weights and work on cardio. Which u need against teams who move without the basketball (ie Golden State )..

It's so easy to go through the east because Washington, Toronto and Boston have Guards who are Chris paul ball dominant that holds on to the ball for 17 seconds and everybody else just stands around which let Cleveland old nikkas to rest..

Once Cleveland play teams out west who constantly move without the ball in and out them old nikkas be gas after 10 minutes

 

[Goodnews]

How much of this is Bron not wanting to sit vs Lue not knowing what to do with the team without Bron on the court?

Either way they need to find a way for the team to function without Bron on court because he not 20 anymore. Better to do that now then in the postseason.

 

[BigE214]

If we're being real the shyt sucks but it does prevent a team from calling all their timeouts when they're down 10 with 30 seconds left. I hate that shyt but when it's a 5 point game and 2 minutes left, coaches are really installing 5 possession because they won't have anymore timeouts to use

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Boo hoo

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Lebron needs more help?

 

[Skip b]

or maybe your play book is now known to all.. time to update it

About time they fire Lue not only was the book written that he was a patsy coach for Lebron; he look like a fifth grader who is about to get his lunch money taken, no real man will respect that

 

[JackRoss]

Lebron needs more help?

What does this even mean anymore?

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

 

[the cac mamba]

because the timeout rule doesnt apply to all teams equally? get the fukk outta here

 

[L&HH]

How about lay off the weights and work on cardio. Which u need against teams who move without the basketball (ie Golden State )..

It's so easy to go through the east because Washington, Toronto and Boston have Guards who are Chris paul ball dominant that holds on to the ball for 17 seconds and everybody else just stands around which let Cleveland old nikkas to rest..

Once Cleveland play teams out west who constantly move without the ball in and out them old nikkas be gas after 10 minutes

Come on, the problem isn't Cleveland as a whole getting tired it was LeBron not being able to go to the bench for even 2 minutes without his team going -10