Some nice highlights here, though I would have moved Blake Griffin’s reverse dunk up a few spots and swapped #2 for #1, but I’m nitpicking. Take a look…
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Cavs owner Dan Gilbert, the man who probably wrote the most famous piece of literature in the history of the Comic Sans font, now says that he’s “over it” when it comes to LeBron James.
“I’m over it. I really am. That’s the truth,” he said. “I let it all out in about 24 hours. I just think we have such a great core and a great coaching staff. We have a lot of opportunities with the trade exception and the draft. I feel good about this team.”
Everything LeBron/Cavs-related is under a microscope this week because the Heat visit Cleveland on Thursday evening. I’ll be tuning in just to see how the Cavs crowd reacts to their fallen hero. And with the way Miami is playing, maybe Cleveland can pull out a win.
And according to ESPN’s John Hollinger, they can thank rookie Xavier Henry for slowing down Kobe Bryant for much of the game.
Memphis’ Xavier Henry checked the Lakers’ superstar for most of Tuesday night with little help, and the result was a 9-of-25 shooting night for Kobe and a 98-96 win for the Memphis Grizzlies.
While he wasn’t on the floor at the end for L.A.’s deja vu final possession — for the second season in a row in Memphis, Kobe kicked out to Ron Artest for a 3-pointer that missed at the buzzer — Henry was the protagonist during a stretch of 11 straight misses by Bryant midway through the game that allowed the Grizzlies to build a double-digit lead.
Henry wasn’t getting double-team support, either. He was one-on-one against Bryant for much of the night and, thanks to his size and discipline, largely held his own. The effort was so good Henry’s coach compared him to another player who has been known to limit Bryant.
“I remember when we interviewed [Henry] in Chicago,” Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins said, “and I went away saying, ‘That’s Shane Battier all over again.’ He’s poised, he’s mature [and] he understands the big picture of what’s going on. That’s what you like to see in all your players coming into the league.”
It was a sweet win for the Grizzlies, who have been been the butt of jokes since the dreadful trade that sent Pau Gasol to L.A. and allowed the Lakers to win consecutive titles. Owner Michael Heisley continued his unintentional comedy act by trying to nickel and dime Henry after this year’s draft.
The Grizzlies are now 8-10 on the season and are sitting in the #10 spot in the West. The Lakers’ third loss sends them to 13-5 and the #4 spot in the conference.
First, we had Saturday’s possibly intentional bump, and now there’s a report that the Heat players are quietly grumbling about their head coach.
The Miami Heat’s players are frustrated with Erik Spoelstra and some are questioning whether he is the right coach for their team, according to people close to the situation.
In contrast to the popular view that Spoelstra has been hesitant to jump on superstars LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, sources say the Heat coach has shown no fear in criticizing them.
Exhibit A was a recent shootaround in which Spoelstra told James that he had to get more serious. The source said Spoelstra called James out in front of the entire team, telling him, “I can’t tell when you’re serious.”
“He’s jumping on them,” one source said. “If anything, he’s been too tough on them. Everybody knows LeBron is playful and likes to joke around, but Spoelstra told him in front of the whole team that he has to get more serious. The players couldn’t believe it. They feel like Spoelstra’s not letting them be themselves.”
He’s not letting them be themselves. That’s classic. So if a coach is irritated by the lack of seriousness of one of his players, he’s just supposed to let it go? I suspect that Spoelstra would be a lot more lenient if the Heat were meeting expectations, but when you have this much talent and are hovering one or two games above .500, it’s understandable that the HEAD FREAKING COACH might want a certain level of seriousness from one of his team’s leaders.
Yesterday, in a loss against the Mavs, it appears that LeBron James may have intentionally run into his head coach, Erik Spoelstra, out of frustration heading into a time out. Take a look:
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, who used to cover LeBron in Cleveland, says that a similar incident happened when LeBron ran into Mike Brown against the Knicks.
I don’t think this is a big deal, though it certainly appears in both situations that LeBron didn’t make any effort to get out of the way of his coach. The thing I don’t get is why head coaches always make a big show of walking out onto the court looking frustrated when they call a time out. I realize that’s where they wait to talk to their team, but when you cross paths with frustrated players 200 times a season, you’re bound to have a collision or two.
Or maybe this is LeBron’s way of saying he’s ready for Pat Riley.
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