Wednesday was a busy day in the Land for the reigning NBA champs. It might turn out to be a significant day in the Cavaliers’ season, too.
LeBron James had a sitdown with general manager David Griffin two days after James criticized the front office and the roster’s makeup. The organization had to deal with the rumor of the Knicks offering James’ pal Carmelo Anthony to the Cavs in exchange for Kevin Love (the Cavs said no, according to reports). Then the Cavs had to go out and play the Kings at home. They fell behind 10-0 before righting themselves blowing a lead in overtime and losing 116-112.
The James-Griffin meeting raised the most eyebrows, of course. Griffin has the title but James, the league’s top superstar, has the juice — so if he’s not happy and he says so, then no one’s going to be happy. ESPN.com reported Griffin was less than thrilled James went public with his call for a “f—ing playmaker.” It isn’t known if James’ later attempt to walk back his statements made the meeting easier.
I’ll finish with one more DeWitt quote: “Finally, I’d like to note that our goals remain the same. We expect to win. We expect to compete, and we expect to put a product out on the field that all of you can be proud of. And I promise you this: Even though the struggles of this season have been difficult, we’re going to continue to work hard to get back to where we want to be.”
And where they want to be is most certainly not making buy/sell decisions in the last two weeks of July.