LeBron shows no respect for Blatt...pushes him away from Ref

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OG_StankBrefs said:
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"I got called for an offensive foul, and they said I hooked one of the Morris twins on a post-up when he grabbed me," James said after the game. "It was a referee that was away from the play [who called it]. I was talking to Eric Lewis, one of the other refs, and Coach Blatt was getting a little fired up about it, too, and he was on his way to a technical. So I just got him up out of the way before he got a T. So, just protecting my coach."

Blatt echoed James' explanation.

"He was trying to keep me from getting a technical foul," Blatt said.

When a reporter suggested that usually it's the coach holding the player back from being whistled for a tech and not the other way around, Blatt retorted: "He wasn't arguing with the official; I was."

"Look, it's a physical game, and no disrespect to the officials, but I just thought my guy was taking a lot of hard hits and I didn't like it and I was expressing my opinion, and LeBron stepped in to I guess protect me in that situation, which is more than fine," Blatt elaborated. "But what I really wanted to do was protect him."


Play resumed without Blatt being T'd up. James continued to bark at Lewis as he backpedaled down the court on defense after the Suns inbounded the ball.

But let da coli tell it. :laugh:
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Every other player in that situation will step between coach and the ref and walk them away. Lebron just flat pushed dude out the way while continuing to argue hisself. That's disrespect no matter the intentions.
 
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Assistant Coach Tryonn Lue calling timeouts behind Coach Blatt back :sas2:


The Cleveland Cavaliers are 19-20, and getting LeBron James back on Tuesday didn't solve all their problems. They lost 107-100 to the Phoenix Suns, and afterward another report surfaced about a disconnect between the players and the coaching staff. From ESPN's Brian Windhorst:

[League scouts, executives and rival players] see players appearing to run different plays than the bench calls, see a$sistant coach Tyronn Lue calling timeouts literally behind Blatt's back during games, and hear Cavs players openly talking about coaching issues with opposing players and personnel. Not once, not twice, but frequently over the past several months.

For weeks now, the small talk when league personnel run into each other at college games, airports or pregame meals has frequently started with: "What the hell is going on in Cleveland?"

Windhorst notes that every team deals with issues between players and coaches, and that the Cavs have time to turn this around. Still, this is worrying. If Tyronn Lue really is calling timeouts without head coach David Blatt's approval, that is a concern. If Cleveland's players aren't even hiding that they're frustrated with the coaching, of course that is a concern.

The Cavs are already battling high expectations and it's not always easy for stars to figure out how to play with each other. The numerous in-season personnel changes complicate that. Everyone doesn't have to get along perfectly, and there's bound to be some dissatisfaction whenever a team underperforms, but the only way this thing is getting fixed is if everyone tries to get on the same page. Even the smallest things are going to become big stories with this particular Cleveland team.

As for the coaching, well, Blatt does deserve to take some heat for how this season has gone. At the same time, the context is critical. He's a first-year head coach given a super-talented, but defensively limited roster. The front office hired an "associate head coach" in Lue who was competing with Blatt for the job and who is paid more highly than any a$sistant in NBA history. Perhaps that part wasn't the best move. Blatt talked about having a great practice on Monday, but on the outside it's looking like the staff has a ton of work to do.
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Primetime21 said:
What a fakkit he is
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