The 2 obvious flaws in the Love/Kyrie/Lebron trio

[RoseCity07]

1. Kevin Love is injury prone. He'll probably get hurt in Cleveland.

2. Love and Kyrie will never be the defensive players that Bosh and Wade were during Miami's championship seasons.

I've been rooting for Lebron but this team as currently constructed is not better than OKC or the Spurs.

[russwest0]

They have like three or four guys who would have been the 4th option in Miami though....

[dubeta]

Exactly

expectations for the Cavs are to make the playoffs

anything more should be seen as a success tbh

[uber]

Exactly

expectations for the Cavs are to make the playoffs

anything more should be seen as a success tbh

Maybe in the West. With this roster in the East they should atleast get to the ECF.

[Lebron23]

Defense is all about effort. They have some young and athletic guys in their roster (Thompson and Waiter).

[JerrySeinfeld]

The main flaw right now is lack of continuity, really. A new coach and a bunch of new players. Yeah, you can argue that Miami's big three was better than Cleveland's current big three but the rest of the Cavaliers squad is clearly better than the rest of what the big three had in Miami.

[Dragic4Life]

Agreed.

[Lebron23]

The main flaw right now is lack of continuity, really. A new coach and a bunch of new players. Yeah, you can argue that Miami's big three was better than Cleveland's current big three but the rest of the Cavaliers squad is clearly better than the rest of what the big three had in Miami.

I agree. The Cavs bench and 4th to 5th scoring options are better than the 2011-2014 Heat.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Timberwolves were the 12th best defensive team last year with a line-up of:

Rubio
Martin
Brewer
Love
Pekovich

No reason the Cavs can't be a top 10 defense with

Irving
Waiters
LeBron
Love
Varejao

[Out_In_Utah]

No reason the Cavs can't be a top 10 defense with

Irving
Waiters
LeBron
Love
Varejao

I'm curious how the new coach will do, but a LeBron led team will be allowed to play rougher defense than the average team.

[Lebron23]

Maybe in the West. With this roster in the East they should atleast get to the ECF.

Yeah Melo needs to go back to the Nuggets. In the west he played in the playoffs. In the east his team struggled to make it into the playoffs.

[russwest0]

Yeah Melo needs to go back to the Nuggets. In the west he played in the playoffs. In the east his team struggled to make it into the playoffs.

In the West Melo played on a team of

Iverson
JR Smith
Melo
Nene
Camby

with other guys like

Kenyon Martin
Andre Miller
Reggie Evans
Steve Blake

And a pretty good coach. Their team may have not been built the best but they were loaded with talent and would contend in the East.

[uber]

Yeah Melo needs to go back to the Nuggets. In the west he played in the playoffs. In the east his team struggled to make it into the playoffs.

What's wrong with my post? Have you seen the east last year? There is maybe one team that i would rank higher this year (if Rose is healthy) in the east.

[Lebron23]

In the West Melo played on a team of

Iverson
JR Smith
Melo
Nene
Camby

with other guys like

Kenyon Martin
Andre Miller
Reggie Evans
Steve Blake

And a pretty good coach. Their team may have not been built the best but they were loaded with talent and would contend in the East.

Melo was in a much better situation in Denver.

[KOBE143]

Theres only one obvious flaw tho and that is LeBron..