Losing LeBron James may not a bad thing for Cavalier

Losing LeBron James may not a bad thing for Cavalier

Cleveland Cavalier general manager Dan Gilbert in new york knicks jersey accept media interview recently, when he explains the current situation Cleveland Cavalier confronted, he kind of thinking that is not a bad thing for the club,  you never know what’s coming, we will focus on the whole team, not around one player all the time.

In a long article on Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant, writer Bob Finnan in knicks jerseys sat down with Gilbert and discussed his team’s prospects for the upcoming season. Going by how the owner was speaking, you would think James in orlando magic jersey was only a role player the team lost in the offseason. "We weren't as focused on the long term (before James left)," said Gilbert in magic jerseys. "We'll build the right way. It's absolutely refreshing and challenging and we're all looking forward to building the Cleveland Cavaliers into a premier team. We didn't achieve the ultimate goal (with James). It can't be a one-person show. We have to have a team approach and a team effort to make it happen."

He's right that you need to build a team. But he's wrong about this -- you need a superstar or two. Look at the NBA champions in the last 30 years: The Lakers had Magic and Kareem, then Kobe with Shaq in andre iguodala jersey and Gasol in 76ers jerseys; The Celtics had Larry Bird with McHale and Parish, now KG as part of the big three; the Bulls had Jordan and Pippen; the Spurs had Tim Duncan; the Rockets had Hakeem the Dream; the Heat had Dwyane Wade in dwight howard jersey and Shaq in dwight howard jersey. You get the idea? You need a superstar. The only ream really not to have one was the 2004 Pistons and they were a defensive juggernaut with some quality offensive players. And they are the exception.

Now, you have to do a better job putting quality players that fit the system around your superstar -- that is where the Cavaliers failed. What was the system? They had a defensive minded coach in Mike Brown then gave him defensively limited players like Shaq in allen iverson jersey. Gilbert is right that there was a focus on the short term, but there had to be because the goal was to win now and keep LeBron in toronto raptors jersey. So go ahead and think long term, Gilbert. But you still need some superstars. Sorry, it's just how you really win at the top level of basketball.

The Cavaliers weren't focused on the long term prior to James leaving? If that was the case, why was Gilbert in raptors jerseys so angry with his star opting to leave, then? After all, why would a player, who hopes to one day, be regarded as an all-time great, want to stick around with a franchise that wasn't able to focus on strategic planning for the future? If there's anything to be taken from Gilbert’s words, it's that he accidentally slipped up on his never-ending summer campaign of laying every problem at James doorstep. In fact, it appears he's finally admitting his team hadn’t been run the way it should have been during James’ tenure.

As for those who are predicting pain for the Cavaliers, Gilbert in washington wizards jersey is looking to the past to validate his prediction of the future. "I think the organization is in a much better place than what the pundits think," he said. "We won 66 and 61 games the last two years. It didn't happen alone. We still have lofty expectations. This wasn't a one-man show. We have a lot of good, young, athletic players."