Chris Broussard: 'All the way around it's bad' in Cleveland right now | UNDISPUTED

my fs1 all analysts Christmas welcome Chris, thank you very much for being here, it would be easier to say what's going well for you. It's a long list. I said it on this show and others earlier in the year, the cache thought they had a good problem. And we have so many guys who should play, who have talent and are used to getting many Ministers. It could become a problem. By the way, you thought they might be a little better than me, yeah, okay, obviously, because they did, but. Go ahead, yes, I thought about the exchange.

I have to admit, I thought the exchange was good. I thought they won that trade. I knew Kyrie was the better player, but I expected a lot more from Jae Crowder, but I thought Isiah would be better, obviously, still. I have the Brooklyn pick, so it hasn't worked out, but what's happening is that this good problem has become a problem because now you have guys that you know deserve minutes that are used to playing more minutes and some have agendas, I want say, and I don't. I don't blame D-rose and Isiah Thomas, they have years on their contract.

Isiah especially wants to impress and get that deal, so now when guys are getting their minutes, he's always playing in front of me and we're losing and he looks bad. That is causing accusations and that is where the lack of confidence in the locker room comes from. I've been told that it's his cliques on the team and all kinds of things like that, secondly, he has it, it's difficult for him, but he has had to make difficult decisions and some people, an organization, are looking at Isiah, even Isiah Maybe he alluded to it, he's not ready, he's not healthy, but he's not going to come out.

I don't understand, he wants a payday from him, he's never had the chance. See how sitting on the bench won't help, but I'm with you for the team? I'm just saying I understand his thinking that I was fifth in the MVP voting. I make six million dollars a year. I want LeBron to get paid, we know we'll get back to you at the trade deadline, maybe LeBron and Gilbert LeBron is to blame too, you know, and he's in a bad mood and you, the body language is bad, the teammates see that he's not pressing on defense, so And then, when your best player does that, everyone accepts it and now look, when you're in a bad mood, who do you think? and there is talk that we need more LeBron.

I'm not saying we need more to replace me, the feeling is that we need more. to replace all of them and that also creates a bad vibe, so everything is bad and now that they say they could still win the East if they understand correctly why the East has sold me the ocher if they get their attitude

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, they could still win, no They're going to win the East without Thomas as a prominent figure, that's not going to happen Chris, I gave up on the fact that I believe in LeBron with all my heart, I believe in cows, but look at LeBron since then.

Sales are back, let's be 1000%. Isiah Thomas doesn't make anyone better, but I was there, Thomas and he can't do that

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now because he's not healthy, but that's as simple as you look at it in Boston, but you look at Terry Rozier. on the Terral boss they're getting triple doubles, they're winning without Kyrie, so it's a system. I think maybe the PAC deferred to two years in Boston, maybe that's the anomaly. Phoenix and Sacramento are really who Isaiah Thomas is. What if that's the case? There is nothing we maintain. saying well, that's how they, that's Isaiah, what if not?

You're right and I drive nine non-explosive, non-fast NBA players, they pick it up, they didn't go to the asphalt and look for those guys because that's what I was there, Thomas is I'm sorry he had a great two-year season, but he was injured due to that injury. He is not the same. Look at LeBron when he plays than Isaiah and look at LeBron when he's off the court. Look at the other guys when when LeBron is running everything, he looks at Korver, he looks at Jeff Green, he looks at D Wade and then look at them when I was in the core.

I'm not saying that LeBron was without flaws because LeBron can play better, he is because of language, he tells me that I. I'm resigned to the fact that I'm not going to the finals with these guys because they're worse - Kevin Love, it's worse than what I took in 2007 when I had to mop buckets or a squeegee and a bar of soap and drag them up I like the finals now, I would think it's worse than Oh, seven games, but they're older, I'd look at starting and this is where it's at Hi Luther. I make the difficult decision.

I would consider starting Derrick Rose and letting Wayne run the second unit and If I can't trade, I say I put him in a I could trade any money. Someone warned him that he received. He got six million dollars. I explained to him. I played three million of that jump. We didn't recover three million. Go ahead and take it, Michael. I hate to say that I told you, but I told you that you would add a ball hogging five nine without defense playing as a quote unquote injured point guard - LeBron James and hope those two click, he won't go every 30, he said he will average 30 the only reason why I'm not going to dismiss this mess and it's a move of staggering proportions, but the only reason I can't fix it is before Isaiah was forced back into the lineup and that might have something to do with the Cavaliers owner. because they supposedly become friends somehow by texting friends changing the day of the number okay but before they forced him into the lineup they won 18 of 19 games obviously Kevin Love was healthy and Jae Crowder was playing better than him now everyone was playing better but they looked pretty good, they looked like a team that was going to pull away with the East at that point, did LeBron hit a wall physically where he's wearing down?

Did he play too many first minutes because for a while, for the first time, I don't know, for six weeks he was leading the league in minutes played. I don't know, because when I look at this, LeBron has to be better than all of this. Yeah, you can't just completely lose heart and then I thought. The turning point was that social media post last week when he pointed the finger at his teammates as being lazy and that you're being disrespectful to people who believe in you. I know I believe in you and you are being lazy.

Oh my god, I'm sorry. but here and look, I think if that was for the Cavs, I think it might have been for the front office and Gilbert because I think he was saying look, you're not here beating the bushes like you should be to get a trade to get the deal we need. , he's a great move, Blake Griffin, all these other moves they made, why don't we be lazy instead of beating around the bushes and trying to get the best deal that will get us there? Dan Gilbert and all the Scouts flew there. Tuscaloosa, Alabama to see Trey Young against Collin Sexton, so they're like next year, right, let's use Brooklyn Tech next year and the skill challenged the general manager.

What was two days before the exchange before trading opened? Army/agency opens two days so whatever Dave Griffin was cooking cause I know he had a nice pot of something prepared enjoy it on the stove that thing simmered there probably about two of the veggies which have been on the stove for about 3 to 4 hours, she Always kind and gentle, some butler in there George came Dan Gilbert my girl - a boy - Ethan's job in the kitchen - stirring the pot and that's all I What Dan Gilbert did was stir the pot he doesn't do anything but mess up a good meal we do body repair he blew it you know Chris Broussard what are the chances Dan Gilbert says I'm sure I'll change the pick from Brooklyn because I don't know if LeBron will be here or not, but I'll trade him for LeBron?

For the sake, I'm not going to do that for the sake of LeBron, no, no, look, I'm not a Dan Gilbert fan, I wouldn't do it either, there's no way I'm giving up that choice, no one gets everything they want, no one, not even the president of the United States. and LeBron wants me to want to trade that pick, let's get better this year, we sure do and and you also know that you can't get everything without a team, you won't get it, you will get it because at the end of the day LeBron and every player you just hurt yourself by not going out and giving it your all only hurts you because the question I want to see LeBron after the break after the deadline whatever they do or haven't done because if he keeps playing like this These people are going to say that he started, that he is no longer at his best , which is beginning to decline.

I don't think that's the case, I think it's more of a salty attitude, but I want to see it, LEA them and build LeBron to get that five pound 980 necklace out of his mix and what a dime you don't think LeBron could go to attract someone who says look this isn't working, I know it'll cause problems in the locker room, he goes up to the D rolls live with a fade, he came back with dreadlocks. joked about this, they're better, his name is Ronan, the line is better, it just works better, it fits better, this will come back later in the show, we'll check we're leaving New England this offseason, little cuz next, thanks for watching, subscribe here to get the latest on the show and be sure to check out more of the best clips from

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