kyrie and love was popping shyt
so Bron was like
"ok let's see what u nikkas do without me"
they lose more than win
then bron comes back and stunts on em
and say
"from now on shut yo fukking mouf and follow me"
This is REALLY what it boils down too.
Windhorst talks about it on Bill Simmons podcast.
He basically said Bron was FRUSTRATED as shyt with the way the team was playing ( specifically KYRIE and WAITERS) and was basically just letting them play shytty ball to show them it wouldn't work wich is why everyone was talking about his bad body language at the beginning of the season.
He takes a couple weeks to:
REST: He had a couple bad lingering injuries at the start of the season, he also was on a shytty diet that BACKFIRED and took away his strength and didn't help explosiveness.
PRESSURE THE FRONT OFFICE: Bron wanted to show the team and also the FRONT OFFICE what it would be like without him and that they better get some more cohesive players for him REAL FAST cause he can bounce after this season.
The team and the front office got the message and made GREAT trades around the time Bron came back.
END OF STORY.