The Cleveland Cavaliers are trying to diversify their playbook as they bed in their new additions, with coach Tyronn Lue feeling like the offense has become too predictable.
Lue admitted Monday that the team is working hard to add more sets, having had to simplify things to accommodate the team’s many new trade deadline acquisitions.
“I thought today was a good day, a good teaching day,” Lue said, via ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. “I was able to add some more stuff offensively because right now with only two or three practices, we’re predictable offensively and teams are kind of sitting on that and taking advantage of that.”
Lue watched the Cavaliers lose to the San Antonio Spurs 110-94 on Sunday, and he felt that defeat was in part because the Spurs got Cleveland in the half-court and focused on suffocating LeBron James.
“Not being able to run a lot of stuff,” Lue said. “They did a good job of switching and putting anybody on Bron — putting Patty Mills, putting [Bryn] Forbes, you know, putting Tony Parker [on him]. So we drew [up plays showing] where we want guys to be and it’s going to be a process and we’ll continue to get better at that.”
It sounds like the Cavaliers are intent on raising the standards now that they have the guys they want. Some things had to be simplified out of necessity, but it’s time to kick on now.
