Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 9:00 am  |  68 responses

LeBron: Nothing to Worry About, Yet

by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni

The Cleveland Cavaliers are off to an unsightly 0-2 to start the young season. For a team with such wildly high expectations, this is understandably a cause for concern. Some are even ready to push the panic button.

According to the team’s leader, though, there’s no need for worry this early on. Yes, the Cavs are struggling, but LeBron James — who recorded his first triple double of the year in the loss to the Raptors last night — isn’t worried.

The Toronto Sun has the quotes:

“Patience is what it’s all about,” James said. “Early in my career I would get very upset if we lost two or three games in a row. You feel like you can’t turn it around, but I’m at a point in my career where I know that you can lose but at the same time you don’t look too far into it.

“You learn from your mistakes and get better. You can’t keep making the same mistakes, that’s when I get a little frustrated, but I don’t think we have done that. We just have to get better. It’s an adjustment period for all of us. I’m still positive,”‘ James said.

James is right, of course. The Cavs have plenty of time to work through the challenges they’re facing, challenges that aren’t insignificant — from Delonte West’s personal issues, Mike Brown is still the coach, to the incorporation of Shaquille O’Neal into their offensive and defensive schemes.

Of course, if the team doesn’t figure things out soon, LeBron might begin to adopt a different tone. That’s when the time for worrying will come.

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  • http://claydefayette@yahoo.com CDef28

    The Seed, you are crazy with your reasons against LeBron. Some are valid, but most are inaccurate. I am not crazy about him, but there is no denying how talented he is and his improved defense from two years ago.

  • Da Hood

    And get him a mobile big man. Ferry sucks!

  • ciroqobama

    Blame The Seed ! !

  • LA Huey

    This season should determine Mike Brown’s job status and his future job prospects. He’s guys to spread the floor (Big Z, Mo, Delonte), fill the lanes (Lebron, Moon, Parker), big men to the run the pick and roll, willing and able passers (Lebron, Shaq, Mo, Delonte) and the reigning MVP. If he can’t install a formidable offense (or get an assistant to do it), he should be fired.

  • http://slamonline.com Russ Bengtson

    F*ck the po-lice.

  • http://www.kb24.com The Seed

    Allenp valid point, it might be the system the coach is running, but Lebron needs to be finishing not creating assists. If Lebron wants 12 assists, he should just play point guard and put Mo at the two, which really Mo is not a point guard, Mo is just a shooting guard in a point guard body, but the Cavs look awful and when Lebron is not on the court demanding double teams, there offense looks bad, Who they really need back is Delonte West to create some shots and free up Lebron to roam more on offense.

  • boogster

    why are ye defending lebron, mike brown should carry only half the blame and the TEAM should carry the rest…thus lbj should be carrying the load since he`s the team leader and does everything.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    There season is not going to end up that bad. Toronto is a heavily underrated team who won in a home game, and the Celtics are probably the best, toughest, and deepest team in the entire NBA.

  • http://www.teflinprague.com SAB

    again, i’m amazed by the hate – LeBron scores 38 in game 1, triple-double in game 2, but it’s HIS fault they lost. uh-huh, right. y’all are stupider than Danny Ferry and Mike Brown…
    Mike Brown’s amazing. How do you go from “Coach of the year” lol to most ridiculed coach in just 5 months…

  • http://www.twitter.com/showmeyourwits showmeyourwits

    As much as I hate Lebron, this is Mike Brown’s fault. Lebron hasn’t developed to the point where he knows how to call audibles on the fly and put not just himself but his team in position to win, but that likely won’t come until he can’t simply rely on his athleticism. Right now it is Mike Brown’s job to get that across, and i don’t think he has the skill as a coach. You look at PJ and Pop, there’s nights where they just defer to their leaders but other times they lay it out and they get the job done seemingly out of nowhere. That has never and will never happen to a Mike Brown coached team. He’s too busy being a witness.

  • http://www.manutd.com Z

    ”Lebron hasn’t developed to the point where he knows how to call audibles on the fly and put not just himself but his team in position to win, but that likely won’t come until he can’t simply rely on his athleticism.” Even though he’s basically the point guard in the halfcourt O and their best passer? NBA stars call audibles all the time, GTFOH. What does that even have to do with athletic abilities?

  • KG

    THE CAVS ARE OVER RATED . AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ALL KNOW KOBE AND THE LAKERS ARE GOING TO WIN BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS .

  • http://www.twitter.com/showmeyourwits showmeyourwits

    I didn’t mean to say he can’t call audibles, I just meant it doesn’t seem like he calls the right ones. Separate from that, I think he relies more on his athleticism and raw talent rather than savvy and situational awareness (which every young player in almost all sports do)….I agree that he fulfills that role in the halfcourt, but where is the passing to close out games when the other 4 are just waiting to see what he’ll do. Lebron should be like “they’re doing this to me so get open back-door” or Mike Brown should. As the coach I feel the onus is on Brown

  • http://www.sixers.com 360vue

    Props to the tripdub. They will be fine, LBJ just needs keep doin what he’s doin, although I’d think he should give the ball around a bit more and show he trusts his teammates even if they aren’t delivering right now, in any way, shape or form. They are bound to pick up their game sooner rather than later and it will also give them a boost of confidence when they notice they’re being involved more. I blame the coach; for that squad, after last year’s bittersweet season, but two games in and his team don’t look remotely ready, except for LBJ but he’s always going to deliver.

  • http://slamonline.com niQ

    People forget last year they started out losing as well, and then proceeded to lead the league in wins.

  • http://www.sixers.com 360vue

    @theseed. were you drunk or hi when u wrote that? because wow, im pretty sure for every argument you gave, you wrote its very own counter-argument. if that was self-parody, that is truly genius!

  • http://www2.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/jstiglitz/ PANAGIOTIS VASILOPOULOS

    @Jackie Moon…..:you are the best (as always).
    @Jukai….: don’t mess with The Seed.
    @Ben Osborne…..:i agree. I think that in the end they will make it to the conference finals(especially if they meet Orlando in the semis).Basically i don’t think that a healthy Lebron can finish less than top-4 for the next 6 years (except if he moves to the Knicks…). My NBA champ prediction for 2010(if everyone healthy): LAKERS 50%,SPURS 30%,BOSTON 15%,CAVS 5%.

  • http://www2.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/jstiglitz/ PANAGIOTIS VASILOPOULOS

    @Jackie,Ben,Ryne,Allenp,Jukai,Z,and everybody that thinks that will be around after 10 months…….:i would appreciate your “2010 NBA champ” predictions(in the format i also used:top 4 teams with chances in %). Since you follow(and know) the league much more than i do, i would like to have your view in order to see in the end how i measure up compared to “the experts”.

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