The Cleveland Cavaliers suffered another loss and the news and trade rumors are picking up.
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LeBron After Loss
LeBron James said that there’s going to be a process integrating himself and the other new players on the Cavs after a brutal 101-82 loss to the Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.
“We have to understand what it takes to win. It’s going to be a long process, man. There’s been a lot of losing basketball around here for a few years. So a lot of guys that are going to help us win ultimately haven’t played a lot of meaningful basketball games in our league,” James said, reported ESPN.
“When we get to that point when every possession matters , no possessions off -- we got to share the ball, we got to move the ball, we got to be a team and be unselfish -- we'll be a better team.”
James didn’t call out any teammates specifically but seemed to refer to Kyrie Irving and Dion Waiters, who shot badly.
“There’s a lot of bad habits; a lot of bad habits have been built up over the last couple of years and when you play that style of basketball it takes a lot to get it up out of you,” James said. “But I’m here to help and that’s what it’s about.”
“I’m just trying to do other things,” James said, referring to scoring.
“I’m trying to instill what it takes to win. My mission is not a one-game thing. We have to do multiple things in order to win. We have to share the ball. We’ve got to play defense. We’ve got to sacrifice in order to ultimately win. Obviously, when you’re going through the process, it’s not the best part of it. But I’m looking at the end of the tunnel.”
He was asked by USA Today how long it will take for the team to figure it out.
“Hopefully not too long. It can go on for a couple of months until we’re all on the same page and know exactly where we need to be both offensively and defensively and we buy in what it takes to win,” James said.
“A lot of people get it misconstrued on what it takes to win — just scoring or just going out and trying to will it yourself. It’s a team game. You have to rely on your teammates as well. We will get an understanding of that as time goes.”
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