The Cavaliers dysfunction goes beyond X’s and O’s if this report from ESPN’s Brian Windhorst is accurate.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are 19-20 and the disconnect seems to be impacting coaches as well.
[League scouts, executives and rival players] see players appearing to run different plays than the bench calls, see assistant coach Tyronn Lue calling timeouts literally behind Blatt’s back during games, and hear Cavs players openly talking about coaching issues with opposing players and personnel. Not once, not twice, but frequently over the past several months.
For weeks now, the small talk when league personnel run into each other at college games, airports or pregame meals has frequently started with: “What the hell is going on in Cleveland?”