Is JB asking to get sacked? Would’ve thought Okoro starting was the clear option. Has worked way better for us having him with the starters and Levert coming off the bench.
#Cavs are not going to be making a change to their starting lineup tonight for Game 5, sources say. It will be the same as it has been. Caris LeVert at the 3 again, surrounded by the Core 4.
— Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) April 26, 2023
by Pigeon9
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Doubling down on your boneheaded move that hasn’t worked because you refuse to admit that you made a mistake and don’t want to look like you don’t know what you are doing.
Still, I don’t think this mistake has been the defining problem or even a large problem in the series. Can win with this starting lineup if other things are changed.
This is not surprising at all. I called this out after game 2. JB didn’t make any adjustments, he just went to his normal mode of not trusting Okoro.
This has gone on the entire season for anyone paying attention. Just go back and look earlier in the season back in December. Okoro was doing really well when he was first put in the starting lineup. Then Stevens returned from injury and JB put him back in the lineup for no reason at all.
The only reason Okoro became the starter again for the rest of the season was because Stevens sucked ass. JB has proven time & time again that he doesn’t trust Okoro, and that’s really the only guy in the rotation he’s so harsh with.
Cedi 1/7 from 3 in game 2, oh that’s perfectly fine to have no disruption in his minutes even though he is a liability defensively. However, our clear best defender has an 0/4 after weeks off from an injury and BAM out of the main rotation after only a couple minutes into game 2.
Bro I can’t stand this nonsense