Here we go. Rookie coach is getting cold feet. Don’t believe me? Let me ask you a question.
If you were David Blatt and you have a team like he does. What expectations would you give yourself? Top 2 in the East? Title contenders?
I find it surprising that Blatt, who has all these great players under him says that current expectations are unfair. How are they unfair? Explain this to me Coach Blatt? Explain it to ESPN at least.
“Anybody talking about us winning it all, I think they’re being unfair to those great NBA teams that are out there that have either won it or have been there to win it, and also to us as a team that’s talented but new,” Blatt said Tuesday, two days before the Cavs’ season opener Thursday at home against the New York Knicks. “We have a lot of work to do before we can start claiming anything before it’s time.”
“We haven’t done anything yet,” said Dion Waiters, usually one of the more vocal members of the Cavs. “You got to look at the Spurs, teams like that, who won the championship last year and got every guy back. We got to look at teams like that. We can’t just come into the game thinking everything is going to be easy. We know everybody is going to be gunning for us. That’s what makes it fun though, just to go out there and we know we’re going to get everybody’s best shot.“
Is this a joke? You can’t stop everyone from hyping you all up. You have LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving. We’re giving you perfect expectations. You can excuse all you want. We all know what you’re going to do this season.