David Blatt is trying to protect his superstar who he believes is getting beat up during games.
Blatt spoke with the media after the Cavaliers’ 106-97 loss to the Hawks on Friday night and complained about some of the hard fouls LeBron has received lately.
“I just think LeBron is getting hit, and getting hit every time he goes to the basket, and half of them are ignored,” Blatt said via Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal. “Because of the strength and the power he brings to his drives, it’s easy to overlook a lot of stuff.”
“It does seem to be a trend,” Blatt said. “That’s going to happen now and again, but when it’s happening continually that’s worrisome. And it should be worrisome for everybody. Because there’s ways to defend guys and ways to defend guys physically, but there’s a limit and that limit needs to be recognized.”
This has been an issue for a while. Because of James’ size, teams can get away with beating him up more. It’s almost just seen as acceptable. Plus, in recent games, you saw James Harden kick him in the groin and Jonas Valanciunas take him down.
LeBron also needs to worry about his turnovers, which continue to be a problem. He committed nine of them Friday night and is now averaging a career-worst 4.3 per game this season.
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