David Blatt Fired

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Since last season, LeBron James and his agent Rich Paul have been strong advocates of Lue becoming head coach, league sources tell Yahoo.</p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/690644821460045825">January 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
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bizarre!

And McHale is feeling better.

 

Oh, no doubt. This will get some criticism, but nowhere near as much as McHale being canned. Partly because McHale is a Hall of Fame player, so a lot of guys who cover the NBA have a level of respect for him Blatt will never get. And also because LeBron is harder to criticize for this since he has led his team to the NBA Finals the last 5 years(and won the title twice). The same cannot be said for James Harden or Dwight Howard.

 

Of course lebron wasn't consulted, because he made the damn decision himself.

 

Because Wade liked Spo basically.

 

Pat Riley doesn't put up with that kind of crap.

 

Also Pat Riley probably wasn't so easy to give into Lebron

 

Pat Riley.

 

Lmfao Lebrons owns The City of Cleveland.

 

I hope they never win anything.

 

You are leading the east and you get fired. He must have pissed of Lebron. Lebron should just coach the team. He probably already does anyways.

 

Maybe it's his choice, maybe it's not, but I'm not sure Blatt coaches in the NBA again. &mdash; Jeff Zillgitt

 

The Cavs are following the Rocket's example. Good for them!

 

there is no explanation, its just one of the most ridiculous things i've seen happen in the NBA and thats saying alot

 

lol. that's awesome. :grin:

 

At that time, it was also more so Wade's team. Also, Pat Riely knows how to handle these types of situations.

 

Because Spo was Riley's hand-picked successor as Head Coach, Wade loves Spo as Coach, and Riley was the one who would have final say on any organizational changes, not LeBron.

 

I keep saying that the superstars run this league. Coaches cannot hold star players accountable, when the stars have the power. People who think a coach can hold a superstar like Harden accountable by benching him don't understand who has the power. Cleveland will hire whoever Lebron wants hired.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">David Blatt told friends in Israel last week, &quot;It's either me or Kevin Love.&quot; Just surprised LeBron didn't decide sooner...</p>&mdash; Peter Vecsey (@PeterVecsey1) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeterVecsey1/status/690646761703088129">January 22, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>