This is not a coaching problem; i wish you guys stop saying this shit!!!!! None of you were saying this when they were running thru the east, NONE!!!!LBJ wants to play this type of offense; its an iso drive and kick offense; that's why lue is ruining it; Blatt got ran out of town for trying to play a team ball offense; its really ridiculous you guys suggesting otherwise; no one was saying they take tough shots before this series, so what has changed?????,
Are you kidding?? It IS a coaching problem. Big Time.

Coaching is all about MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.
Just because a 'drive & kick offense' beat all the Eastern Conference teams... does NOT necessarily mean that it will beat the best team in the Western Conference.
A coach has to be able to ADAPT.
- Sometimes the opponent puts out a BIG lineup... so maybe you 'go SMALL' to take advantage of playing at a faster tempo, so you can outscore the other team in transition & get the big men tired... so they will make 'mental mistakes' like 'turnovers' & 'silly fouls'.

- Sometimes you play more ZONE DEFENSE than man-to-man.... to make the other team shoot more 'long jumpers'... if they cannot shoot well from the perimeter.
- Whatever changes a Coach SHOULD be making... you make them... if you really want to win.
- Or you keep running the same offense... and shooting bricks.
The whole "LBJ wants to play this type of offense" comment is not really the issue.
Honestly, the problem is not really the offense. 'The O" is running as intended.
The real problem is 'shot selection'.
Its not the 'drive & kick offense' that is not working... it's what happens IMMEDIATELY whenever the ball gets kicked out.
What does that recipient do with it? They settle for a bad shot.
They Catch the ball >> UpFake (defender goes flying by) >> Then take a Shuffle-Step (either left or right) >> Then either Pass again >> or jack up a 3-point Brick.
Thats what.
There's no 'variety'

in their shot selection.
If this was baseball...
- Everyone is trynna hit a homerun... OR they just strikeout. No in-between.

- Nobody is trynna hit a Double, or Single, or Bunt. Or tag up.

- Just swing for the fences.
Every time at bat.
Now what the recipient SHOULD be doing is...
They Catch the ball >> UpFake / or Jab Step (defender goes flying by) >> STEP-IN
>> Then Shoot from Mid Range.
(Or Drive all the way to the Bucket / get fouled)
But right now, in these first 3 games... the Cavs are playing real
“NBA 2K-ish” type basketball.

(Like most youngsters do, nowadays

)
Here’s a prime example >> Notice this 2K player drives & kicks for 3-pointers all day long.... but takes Zero mid-range shots.
I'ma let
Sam Cassell show you whats wrong with the Cavs offense.
None of their role-players do ANY of this shit very well…
This so damn simple.
If they did do stuff like this…the Cavs fans would see alot more footage like this, from the benchwarmers....
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Lastly, this is why David Blatt got fired >>> He never had their respect.
Plus his 'rotations' sucked. 
He was benching the 'wrong guys' at the wrong times.
You think Lebron would EVER be able to push around a Coach like Greg Popovich and say stuff like: "Sorry Pops, but I cant do what you want... i gotta play my own drive & kick offense"?
Popovich would bench his ass

... and respond with something like: "Son, if you want some minutes... you better learn to play the offense that wins games for us... whatever it is.... because that offense might change on any given night... Depending on our opponent."
