Cleveland Cavaliers Update

The Cleveland Cavaliers are sitting pretty atop the Eastern Conference with a record of 30-11, and a team that seems to finally be figuring things out. Coming off of a 13 point win against the L.A. Clippers, the Cavs made a shocking move by firing 2nd year head coach David Blatt. He led the Cavaliers to the NBA Finals and to a 53-29 record last year. Assistant coach Tyronn Lue has signed a 4 year deal reportedly worth $9.5 million.  Despite being 3.5 games ahead of the No.2 seed (Toronto Raptors) the Cavs still have problems with their Big Three’s efficiency. The core root of their problem starts with Kevin Love’s post and interior defense.  He just lacks the speed of today’s small forwards and power forwards. This was evident in the 34 point blowout loss to GSW. Most reports and articles out there say that Cleveland should just trade him. He has a great jump shot making him a duel-threat player on offense, his defense is the Cavaliers’ primary concern. This year (so far) we have seen a less giving Lebron James trying to fill in for the slowly returning Kyrie Irving. Next game is against the Chicago Bulls. This one is sure to be a physical matchup in a battle of the Eastern Conference’s Elite.