Apparently there was talk during game one about the extremely tough training camp the team went through, masterminded by JB and the coaching staff. Players supposedly quite apprehensive about it.
If true, we’re seeing the results now. No players available.
https://x.com/wearecavsnation/status/1713586846100246856?s=46&t=WP-oOYpczo-t1wzcpQYwPg
by Pigeon9
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Idk but JB’s whip cracking play yourself to death every night so you’re broken down by the end of the season is outdated and he’ll be outdated unless he time travels out of the 90s.
Lol it’s not regular season until u/Pigeon9 starts making dumb speculative posts
Also, if the Cavs came out looking slow, people would be complaining about JB too. JB can’t win, evidently– he sucked last year, but also if he changes tempo, it’s too hard on the players so he’s bad now too.
If you want to be a pace team, you have to get everybody up to speed. I would be surprised if JB did something out of the ordinary for other young teams that focus on pace. And I very much doubt he did anything that all coaching/training staff didn’t agree would be ok.
One of the greatest things Jeff Van Gundy ever said was that coaches grow and get better just like players.
I like most of you every game watchers have a problem with JB sets, his subs, the iso heavy offense but I also remember the years we didn’t have JB and how much worse it was then.
He’s gotta grow as a coach which means we gotta be patient.
Look at Mike Brown. Dudes now one of the best offensive minds in the game. If you told me that during his tenure at the Cavs I would have laughed in your face.
So to answer your question the injury crisis has nothing to do with training camp. It’s probably just shit luck.
Cavs started the season with two back-to-backs (including a home-and-home), for a total of 5 games in 8 nights.
Even fully healthy, no way they are playing everyone all 5 of those games at the start of the season. It’s just not worth it for a team that can afford to drop games and still make the playoffs.