Can anyone give any real insights on what's wrong with the Cavs? That game in Dallas last night wasn't even close.
James is very tired and the bench is very thin with all of the injuries. That is why James has been a bit vocal of late regarding the roster.
You think they should lose to the Pelicans without Davis, Sacramento at home and Dallas because James is tired and the bench is thin? The first two Kevin love and Irving and Lebron all played right? If those guys are all stars they should beat a Davis less Pelicans team if their bench was YMCA players
The Warriors lost to the Lakers by 20 points. Good teams lose to bad teams all the time. But, the Cavs went 7-8 in January because James is tired and the bench is thin. Injuries take their toll. I fully expect the Cavs to shut James down for a week or two in the near future, but they need to get some bodies healthy and some new guys in before they do that. I mean the Cavs basically have just 3 big men on the roster in Thompson, Love, and Frye (they had Anderson who is done for the year), and that is using the phrase big men very loosely. The backup PG is a 5'9" rookie 2nd round pick. The Cavs went cheap this summer keeping some young guys at the expense of some veterans and size, and it is showing during the grind of the season. It is also not a coincidence that James has been a lot more vocal about the roster of late. He is tired and it shows and he wants the Cavs to bring in some vets to take some of the load off so he can be fresher and ready for the playoffs. If James is worn out, the Cavs has no shot at all against the Warriors and James absolutely understands this.
Some of your other points are valid, but this one is kind of silly using the Warriors loss as an example. The Warriors have lost 7 games all season and 2 of them were to teams under .500. That is not exactly "all the time." The Cavs recent month long stretch is worst than any stretch for the Warriors in at least a year and a half. It may even be 2.5 years but I would have to back to their title year to really know.
I read somewhere last night that it was Lebrons first month under .500 since 2006.
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Yea the idea that this "happens all the time" is pretty ludicrous
what does his statement have to do with yours.
Good teams lose to bad teams all the time. The Spurs are on a two game losing streak to the Pelicans and Mavericks. The two most recent losses before those two were the Suns and Bucks, and the Spurs have also lost to the Bulls. That is 5 of their 11 losses to teams below .500. The Rockets have lost to the Lakers, Timberwolves, Heat, and Bucks, which account for 25% of their losses. The Warriors as you say have 7 losses and 2 of them are to bad teams, that is 28.5%. 8 of the Cavs 15 losses are to bad teams, so a bit higher percentage than the other elite level teams, but not so disproportionate to be strange and it is easily explainable. Take the game last night in Dallas. The Cavs dressed just 11 players. It was the second night of a back to back and they had to travel from Cleveland to Dallas for the game. That doesn't mean the Cavs aren't a better team than the Mavericks, but merely that sometimes the better team just doesn't beat the lesser team. We aren't talking about a 7 game series, merely some random games. And yes Cleveland had a bad month at 7-8, but they are very thin as a result of injuries and the open roster spot. Anderson is done for the year and Smith hasn't played in over a month. That means they have just 12 players available for any given night, and Love has been banged up and missed games recently. James can't even take a night off or the team won't even have a full roster players available for the game. That is where his frustration is coming from. He knows he needs rest, but he can't rest right now because the team is shorthanded.