How long will it take for the Cavs to gel as a team?
Heading into this season, one of the biggest questions is whether the Cleveland Cavaliers will be able to gel and gain chemistry together this year. Not regular season chemistry, but NBA championship chemistry — to finally bring a title back to the city of Cleveland for the first time in over 50 years. This new situation LeBron James has put himself in reminds us of the 2010 Miami Heat team. The Cavs have formed their own big three featuring Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love and LeBron James, but the biggest question we have for the team is how Love will react to his reduced role with them, following his 26 point and 12 rebound season last year.
Much like Chris Bosh, we’re expecting Kevin will be the third option and will have to completely change his game, playing with the game’s best player and a top five point guard. LeBron recruited many of his former teammates from Miami and even convinced veteran Shawn Marion to go mid-west – which he wasn’t lucky enough in the past to do. With back-to-back NBA Finals MVP awards under his belt, LeBron is the one player anybody in the league would love to play with. Judging from pre-season play and Love’s history, we do have questions regarding their interior defense, but we expect the high IQs of both LeBron and his good friend Anderson Varejao to pick up slack for the team in crunch time.
The question we have for Cleveland may not be their roster, but their head coach David Blatt adjusting from overseas play to the states. On talent alone, we expect the Cavaliers to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals by default and could be a bookies favorite to win it all come June.