JonFromVA wrote:jasonxxx102 wrote:jbk1234 wrote:
It's worse than that. We're missing the starting PG, the backup PG, and the third-string PG. I think it's probably time to have a candid conversation with Rubio's agent. If he can't at least provide a time table for his return, then it might be time to attach three seconds to him and see if that's enough for Ty Jones.
It's still early, but Mitchell improvises all the time and so does LeVert. More importantly, improvisation is often our best offense and it's hard for your teammates to anticipate what you're going to do next when that's happening. Abandoning the ability to know what you're doing before the defense does is abandoning an advantage. It's one thing if the defense has taken away your first, second, and/or third action to break off the play, or if Okoro or Wade are passing up open shots, but that's not really what I'm seeing.
Are we incapable of running an offense that isn't read/react off the high PNR? Is it not a priority? Is it just an issue of injuries, availability, and familiarity? Is our second unit always going to have one of Allen/Mobley and Garland/Mitchell on the floor? Is that really a second unit over the course of an 82 game season?
If TT hasn't shown enough to get 3-4 minutes a half, and I think he has against most opponents/matchups, then go find someone who will. Same with Rubio.
The answer to this is unequivocally yes.
Also, wtf is going on with Rubio. Mental health, I get it but you're getting paid to play and you're not playing when the Cavs desperately need you. They need to figure out a way to get off his contract or sign someone who is willing to play.
We can't force a trade down someone's throat and waiving a player with mental health problems is not only a bad look but not even helpful because we have an open roster spot.
The Wizards and Pistons have multiple PGs on their rosters the majority of which are backup quality. In terms of mental health issues, if they're severe enough to keep you out of work for three months or longer, then, as a team, you have every right to ask whether they're so severe that he's likely to play at all this season. There's a medical exception. A TPE and three seconds is about as much as those teams can hope for.
It's just hard to see how we're going to run an NBA offense in both units without a PG above G League level to do it. I like CPJ, but what I'm seeing is a young player doing what he's comfortable with and trying to get to the rim or pass out of the paint after the defense ollapses. Unless that is the plan? I'm not exagerrating when I say that our offense is so discombobulated that I'm usually not certain what it is we're trying to do.
It's pretty obvious why opposing teams are being as aggressive as possible as far as getting the ball out of Garland's hands. We'll default to playground basketball without him running our offense. We sometimes end up there anyway even with Garland, but it's practically a lock without him.
