The Cleveland Cavaliers fired David Blatt because he couldn’t stop LeBron James‘ attempts to be the head coach. Many assumed the hiring of Tyronn Lue was nothing more than another failed attempt at trying to keep James’ ego in check.
But apparently, it has worked – at least for now – because one of the first things Lue did to James was telling him to ‘shut the f**k up’.
Per CBS:
“They felt they were doing this for LeBron,” the person familiar with the internal workings of the team said, “instead of with LeBron.”
Lue changed that the moment he first told James in a huddle, “Shut the [expletive up]. I got this,” according to a person who heard the exchange — and a few others like it. If Lue was going to get the stars and the role players to buy into the strategic changes he was determined to implement — play faster, space the floor, move the ball, take full advantage of Love’s versatility — he was going to have to restore order first
Well then – guess that’s pretty straight and to the point.
I’m also going to assume it didn’t go down exactly like that, but whatever the Cavs are doing, they look light years better than they did under Blatt.
