The King is Holding Court

Hey everyone! This is A.C. – what’s happening?

This is easily the best I’ve ever seen LeBron. At times in the past, he’s been at this level sporadically, but you knew that eventually, this was consistently going to come. But this is the first time I’ve seen him be this consistently great for this long a stretch. And he’s doing it against all sorts of opponents.

I have to look out there sometimes to see if he has a St. Vincent-St. Mary’s jersey on. Because he’s playing just like he did in high school – orchestrating the whole game and getting his teammates involved. And he knows where to interject himself. It’s really beautiful when you watch it. Now his teammates are starting to understand what he’s doing.

The way LeBron has improved, other than on his shooting, is that he’s playing more around the basket now. Everything he does now is directly related to PRODUCTION.

He makes a pass – it’s a shot. Everything is right at “production time.” When he goes inside and makes a pass – it’s an assist. When he goes inside and attacks the basket, it’s two points. When he gets a rebound, he’s looking to put it back. Everything is focused under the free throw line now. He gets some bangs and some bruises, but he’s a pretty tough guy and he doesn’t mind that.

Right now, the Cavaliers seem to have a good mix going. The chemistry is good. The spacing is good.

But really, the big difference with this team – at least offensively – is that they’re getting the ball up the floor. They want to get the ball to the furthest man up the floor and then attack from that point. What they’re doing as well is centering the ball on the fast break. That’s really been a healthy situation.

They look more fluid, offensively. And I realize that they’ve lost a little on the defensive end of the floor. But at the same time, now that I’ve been around Coach Brown and see how he coaches – Coach Brown is working towards a crescendo.

He wants the Cavaliers to be at their best when the Playoffs start – the same way San Antonio does it, and the way great teams do it. All the new things that they put in that take time to develop under game conditions. That’s why they don’t panic when things get a little negative. Because they know what their ultimate goal is: to build the team that it’s operating at maximum strength at Playoff time.

The Cavaliers are not going to be impatient, even when it comes to making a move.

They see what they have and what the situation is. The front office sees what we see. They may be working on something, but they’re not going to do anything stupid. That’s not the way Danny’s made. They’re not going to make a deal just to make a deal, especially when you know what kind of possibilities after next season. If you can’t get something that’s going to help you in the present and the future, then why make a deal?

You have to get along with what you have to eventually get what you want.