Live Thread: Cavs vs. Bulls (#EnoughRope)
2017-10-24
I’ve had a bit of a conspiracy theory about Ty Lue this season… and it involves a whole lot of rope. As the guy being tasked with balancing a roster full of interesting and disparate egos and personalities (which also now includes a former League MVP, as well as a three time champion/LeBron’s BFF), his work would seemingly be cut out for him. After all, he’ll most certainly get the lion’s share of the blame if he can’t find a way to overcome the aftermath of the summer of upheaval and tie (Ty?) this patchwork herd of current and waning stars together for yet another title run. But, he’s got to find relatively diplomatic ways of going about it that doesn’t ruffle too many feathers… ways that might initially make us scratch our collective heads and say “well, that doesn’t work at all dude.”
So, follow my thinking as I imagine Coach Lue kicking back with a fairly giant spindle of rope, giving out slack to say Iman Shumpert as he hijacks the offense and tries to flash back to his Georgia Tech days of poorly imitating a point guard… or JR Smith as he grouses about losing his starting spot… or most recently DWade as he goes from insisting he should start… to realizing his talents would best help the team off the bench. My point is, we might not collectively agree that Ty Lue always know how to steer his team… but I believe he’s willing to give his players plenty of rope to try to see what works…
Sometimes, it’s not going to be pretty (e.g. Saturday’s goring by the Magic), but have at least some faith that there’s a method to Ty’s wrangling… especially in these early stages.
Tonight, the Cavs try and lasso some Bulls, using a wholly different starting five. Ty is going to try LeBron at the one, with JR at the two, Jae Crowder at the three, Kevin Love at the four and reinsert Tristan Thompson at the five (not that positions seem to matter all that much with this team anymore). No matter how it works out… it should be interesting to watch…
I, for one, can’t wait for the Killer Shrimp tribute video at the end of the first quarter…
YEE-HAW!
Anyone wanna guard Baby Unicorn? Anyone?
THE “MIDGET —LOGENBURGERBASKETS “–DEF-COORDINATOR HAS TO GO ALSO ——WHAT TIME DOES WORLD SERIES START
Five minutes give or take NOMAD…
why are the bulls so good at shooting difficult shots right now?
We suck right now.
I think we’re approaching this wrong. Maybe we should focus less on Shump’s disaster on the Court, and more on encouraging him to pursue his hip-hop career.
I’m in…I’ll buy his record if he gets less court time…
Let’s start a crowd funding endeavour to buy his albums and convince him to leave the NBA for rap
http://trumbullisland.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/kennypowers2.jpg
Argh. Not loves best game.
Im done with Shump. The guy reached his peak. What we saw in him is basically he’s going to be the rest of the way.
I had the Kenny Powers cued up too…
Is giving up 10-18 from three to the Chicago “G League” Bulls bad? Asking for a friend.
shump for markaanan plz
Bulls can’t miss from three…
Zips er and Mark kennel killing Cavs.
there certainly is no one quite like tye lue for an out of bounds play.
That should be his only job, actually.
LBJ guarding Markkanen… then leaves him for an open three…
SO IF WE DON’T GET J.R. AS A : THROW IN ” FOR THAT SHUMP TRADE –THAT TRADE WOULD REALLY STINK———-DOES ANYONE REMEMBER ALL THE PLAYERS / DRAFT PICKS INVOLVED IN THAT TRADE —-MAYBE THAT TRADE WASN’T AS GOOD AS WE THOUGHT IT WAS
Cavs won a ring.
Which really does make all the difference. The snark I’m tossing out now is happy snark, not like that angsty snark pre 2016. Totally serious.
I don’t know how LBJ just made that shot…
LeBron with the Kyrie spin finish. James will be able to play into his 40s.
what grabage is this? we’re playing the Bulls my goodness
THE “DYNASTY IN THE MAKING ” NETS ARE LEADING THE MAGIC—-D RUSSELL ACTUALLY PLAYING SOME GOOD BALL FOR THE NETS—MAYBE THE CHANGE OF SCENERY WILL HELP HIM
Bench out scoring the starters 25-19. Huh?
Hey we have the best bench this year according to JR…
http://www.pleaseretireShump.com
Back in it at least.
man what a great offensive run for the second unit. that’s a good sign
why the hell did you slow it down lebron? we were just finding a rhythm
That was so annoying. Sometimes he disrupts the flow of the game ugh.
Shump is worthless…
He wasn’t this bad in his first year with the Cavs….was he?? What the hell has happened to him?
Lue coached him up.
Lue keeps telling him to “do your thing”. Lue sucks.
Well isn’t rapping Shumps thing? That’s what might be coach Lue is alluding to.. He means get off the basketball and just pursue your music career.
I would buy his music just to encourage him.
He is worth one Eric Bledsoe, imo…
I would trade him for Kay Felder
http://www.pleasestopshootinhshump.com
Somebody please punch shumpert in the neck.
CHANNING MAKING A STTEMENT ABOUT MORE PLAYING TIME—–J.R. MAKING —NOT SURE WHAT STATEMENT
JR looking lost even back in the starting lineup
Not a good PG decision by Bron there…
Green under control there. Korver with some good D.
Chef Green
LeBron with a lechuck special
Kyle with some solid D on Felicio!
Korver and Frye really good off bench tonight
Shrimp shooting lights out. WTF
Green looking solid tonight
Yes, looking composed.
Defensive glass still needs work. Wade did a good job.
AGREE WITH YOU JOEYB—THIS IS WHERE TY HAS TO COACH AND LET SHUMP KNOW THIS
The Kay Felder tribute video will basically be just a replay of the first half of this game…
nice.
Lol
This Markkanen kid is solid. I can see him being a solid piece to this bulls squad for a long time. He’s 3pt shooting killed us last time we played them and he’s still shooting lights out.
Yeah, he was a good pick for them…
SO IF KSHRIMP DEVELOPS INTO A DECENT BACK UP PT GD—-WHO DO WE BLAME FOR HIM NOT DEVELOPING WITH THE CAVS
he always had the skills, just needed lots of burn and someone to help him with decision making. he’ll be in the league. just tough to develop a guy like that on a championship squad
although as i say that i’m thinking about all the rookies the warriors seem to get contributions from
He won’t.
Coaches. Lue in particular.
shump with a fantastic decision on a drive for once
Remember how good the two man screen game was for Frye/Korver last year? It’s back.
Felder with 10.
Yeah but Cavs run has come with him on floor.
Good to see Frye getting burn
That was the smoothest three I’ve ever seen Green hit…
I love it when Shump shoots early with Korver, Frye, & Wade on the court.
If Shump can’t guard K Shrimp… he should quit the league…
Iman Shumpert: On the floor with Kyle Korver and Channing Frye, so he bricks a three with 20 on the shot clock.
channing frye getting playing time is SOOOO welcome
Think Felder has hit more shots tonight than he did for the Cavs in his career…
It’s funny. They weren’t running these sets for Wade before.
Sure glad Channing is seeing the floor
THAT IS WHY I CRINGE WHEN SHUMP HITS FROM THE OUTSIDE THE PREVIOUS GAME
I like how Wade is running this unit…
Bench playing with a bit more fire.
Felder with 7.
CUT-ZUS!!
Wade like… nah no thanks on that three…
Had a feeling Wade would come out looking to assert himself.
Nice bucket by DWade
Really pathetic after letting the Magic blow you out the last game. I maintain that Lue is awful.
We should fire him & hire Jeff Van Gundy.
Classic Felder jump pass…
That was a putrid quarter of basketball
Great catch and finish by green
Maybe they’re not high-fiving enough.
Man, the cavs really need to tighten up the defense and move the ball more. These opening 30+ quarters are unacceptable. I know we have so many new pieces and all but damn. I don’t know if it’s coaching or what. We need a better game plan.
Hey we held them under 40! AC is going to need a defribrillator if this continues. Lue isn’t a holler guy, but at least break a clipboard like Kerr
WE GAVE UP ALMOST 40 PTS TO THIS FRIGGIN TEAM—THAT IS FRIGGIN B.S.—-PLAY CEDI / “ZZ ” MAYBE THER ARE A LITTLE HUNGRIER —PLAY WITH SOME ENERGY / EMOTION
I friggin second that.