The Cleveland "Cavaliers" do NOT practice.
"That's the only thing that's gonna help me, because we don't practice. Only thing that's gonna help me is getting reps, running up and down the floor, getting my hip, getting my body accustomed to taking a beating and to running up and down the floor, getting in basketball shape."-Isaiah Thomas.
That’s right: Unlike most NBA teams, Cleveland rarely holds in-season practices.
Not surprisingly, Thomas’ rust is showing: He’s shot 38 percent or worse from the field in each of his last three games and is 2-for-18 from 3-point range during that span.
https://nesn.com/2018/01/cavs-unique-practice-situation-might-be-an-issue-for-isaiah-thomas/
MILWAUKEE - The Cavaliers have played 19 games in about five weeks and won 18, which makes them the NBA's hottest team.
They've practiced exactly three times in that stretch, and the one last week was an extended film session and walkthrough.
...
...it is striking to new players on this team experiencing it for the first time, like Dwyane Wade, who in his first 14 seasons played in Miami and then Chicago, where team workouts were paramount.
"I've never seen anything like this, but I could get used to it," Wade has told cleveland.com.
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2017/12/the_cleveland_cavaliers_never.html
"That's the only thing that's gonna help me, because we don't practice. Only thing that's gonna help me is getting reps, running up and down the floor, getting my hip, getting my body accustomed to taking a beating and to running up and down the floor, getting in basketball shape."-Isaiah Thomas.
That’s right: Unlike most NBA teams, Cleveland rarely holds in-season practices.
Not surprisingly, Thomas’ rust is showing: He’s shot 38 percent or worse from the field in each of his last three games and is 2-for-18 from 3-point range during that span.
https://nesn.com/2018/01/cavs-unique-practice-situation-might-be-an-issue-for-isaiah-thomas/
MILWAUKEE - The Cavaliers have played 19 games in about five weeks and won 18, which makes them the NBA's hottest team.
They've practiced exactly three times in that stretch, and the one last week was an extended film session and walkthrough.
...
...it is striking to new players on this team experiencing it for the first time, like Dwyane Wade, who in his first 14 seasons played in Miami and then Chicago, where team workouts were paramount.
"I've never seen anything like this, but I could get used to it," Wade has told cleveland.com.
http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2017/12/the_cleveland_cavaliers_never.html
