Anyone who surmises that Lue is referring to IT based on what was reported has an agenda. Nothing about what we know would lead to that conclusion.
I agree I don’t think it was targeted at LeBron. However, he should have emphasized that. Make a point that LeBron is leading the team and everyone should follow his lead. Love or hate him, the guy is a very smart basketball player. This team has come off the hinges. If they don’t right the ship, he’s gone. They will be stuck with the one pick from us and nothing else but bad contracts. They need to bend the knee to him.
Either that, or trade him. I assume he has a NTC, but find a place he wants to go and get something in return. Don’t rely on winning two lotteries in the next few years.
I think lebron is gone anyways. Even if they make it out of the east, what happens? they will get murdered by Golden state with their defense the way it is this year...He will look for "friends" like paul george and see where he can best put together a team around him to win.
the cavs are just going the way of Miami Heat right before Lebron left. They are in the same position right now. He squeezed as much as he could out of that team..They straddle their team with poor contracts for ageing players to make lebron happy, can win for a 2-5 years. then have no flexibility to make any moves to improve their team and are doomed to lose in the finals. So lebron will leave for greener pastures and they will be stuck cleaning up the mess.
Irving saw the writing on the wall that he would be stuck with over-the hill players on big contracts on a team with no flexibility to improve or future after lebron bolts.