Maybe the Cavs Should Focus on Right Now

One of the worst habits couch gamblers have is bet on nationally televised games only because they can watch it.

That's often not where the best plays are.

So, what's to be read into the fact that Cleveland's Cavaliers are 0-8 in nationally televised games this season?

Nothing about point spreads, of course, and everything about where the Cavs are compared to the NBA's other top teams.

 

The latest example of their season in peril came when the Houston Rockets absolutely ran them outta the gym to the tune of a 120-88 smackdown.

Frankly, it wasn't that close:

 

And it could be down to the fact that this land may be LeBron's land, but this land isn't anyone else's land.

As matters stand right now, he could free-agent himself from California to the New York island, from the Redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters, and none of it is doing the Cavs' front office any favors.

 

Barring a total collapse, Cleveland's got a 5½-game cushion from falling outta the playoffs. There's time to right the ship, but only if everyone's main objective is to do so.

The front office keeps trying to appease the alleged King, and all he seems interested in doing is being coy.

 

On the court, James has a brilliant situational mind and the skills to back it up. Elsewhere, he doesn't seem like much of a matchmaker or confidence builder. Among other things:

• It was no secret Kyrie Irving wanted out,
• Kevin Love's role -- when healthy -- seems to be as a whipping boy.

So maybe he'd be better off working with what the team gave him and sort out his future when it won't be so much of a distraction.

 

Of course it does, and until the Cavaliers get back to realizing they in a sport and not a soap opera, their playoff cushion could easily deflate.