LeBron Says Cavs Switch To Up-Tempo Pace Has Nothing To Do With Him

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14645106/lebron-james-says-cleveland-cavaliers-run-tyronn-lue-tempo-offense-coach-wants

So before I get into this here's LeBron:

"I don't know. We don't know," said LeBron James when asked for an explanation for the shift, given the team's solid track record playing with the 28th-ranked pace in the league (95 possessions per game). "This is what Coach [Lue] wants. This is what Coach wants to do, and this is what we're going to do. This isn't a LeBron thing. I'm talking out of IQ of the game, but this is what Coach wants to do, so this is what we're going to do."

Cleveland ranks first in the NBA in points per play in transition, according to ESPN Stats & Information, but only averages 13.1 transition plays per game, which is 17th in the league. Going hand in hand with that stat is the fact that James is shooting 71 percent in field goal attempts taken in transition this season, which also ranks first among players with at least 100 transition plays.

"I'm not aware of that stat," James said when informed of his personal success in transition. "One thing since I was a kid, I love to run the floor. And, it's funny, I always talk to RJ [Richard Jefferson], I say I should've been a West Coast player growing up, because they run the floor on the West Coast, and on the East Coast we dribble the ball and things of that nature."

Riiiiiiiiiiiggghtt.  Ok LeBron, once again the team is making a major change and you had nothing to do with it?  First off, Cleveland's goal is to win the Finals correct?  The only time they had success against Golden State is when they slowed them down and made it an ugly, knock-down-drag-out game, they do realize that right?  I'm thinking they don't.  You know what happens when you try to out Golden State Golden State?  You get embarrassed.  You cannot beat them trying to out run them, they are the best fast paced team in the league and time and time again they've proved that fast is not the way to go against them.  Take last year's playoffs for example, they had two series go to 6 games, the Grizzlies in the West semis and Cavs in the Finals.  Know why they lost two games?  Because Memphis and Cleveland disrupted the Warriors flow by slowing the game down and playing physical.  The other two series against New Orleans and Houston?  They swept NO and beat Houston in 5, and the game they lost is the game Steph had a concussion.  Back to Bron Bron now.  I LOVE the fact he says he wasn't aware of the stat about him being good in transition.  Like there's a LeBron stat he doesn't know, but it's not like he was unaware of him being a great transition player, he knew damn well he was good in transition.  And the whole quote about him wishing he was a West Coast player instead of an East Coast?  You're from Ohio King James, the midwest, not the East Coast.  Shit LeBron were you one and done out of high school?  It's basic geography man.  Oh and they don't dribble the ball on the West Coast?  They dribble the ball everywhere, c'mon.  But seriously, I bet my entire life that LeBron wanted to play faster and Blatt didn't want to so LeBron got him fired and they hired Lue and he's making this change because it's what LeBron wants.  Everyone knows LeBron runs every aspect of that team, that quote about always loving to play uptempo lead me to solve the mystery on why LeBron wanted Blatt out.  Enjoy another year not bringing the 'ship back to the land Bron.

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