I asked David Blatt early Monday evening in Cleveland in what specific ways he had gained a greater comfort level in coaching LeBron James.
It was a softball question...if Blatt had indeed gained a greater comfort level.
It would've been easy for Blatt to knock it out of the park, gushing about how shared time and greater experience had triggered meaningful progress in his relationship with James.
Instead, Blatt offered a non-answer answer—one that showed his closeness to James remained based on workplace proximity as opposed to human connection.
"That's something you work on every day, you try to get deeper and deeper inside of," Blatt said. "But it's very comfortable coaching a guy with that level of ability and with that level of commitment to the goals that we have. That makes it pretty easy."
It was never pretty easy, it wasn't very comfortable and it isn't something Blatt will work on every day or any day again.
The Cavaliers issued their statement of intent for this season and James' remaining tenure by firing Blatt on Friday and promoting associate head coach Tyronn Lue to ...
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Relationship with LeBron, Cavs’ Players Doomed David Blatt, Opens Door for Lue
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