JB Bickestaff hat boss admits that his feelings towards facing ex team

Moving into this season, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit klipovi were closely connected to each other. It’s not because the bitter central divisional rivals are. The fact that CAVS has double-digit winning stripes towards the clips. Instead, it’s because of the training situation.

Last year, Cleveland was led by the current General Coach Detroit JB Bickerstaff. Bickerstaff has run over the cubes for almost five seasons, helping team leaders last year’s eastern conference of the semifinals. After Cleveland bounced the possible Boston Celtics Champion, Cavs chosen to changebringing Kenny Atkinson replace Bickerstaff.

Under Atkinson, the furnaces held the best NBA record. Cleveland took what Bickerstaff did five years of construction and took things to the next level. While The pistons have a great season under BickerstafffThere must be some difficult feelings of former coach in his old team, isn’t it?

Well, not that. Only the hard feelings of Bickestaffa according to Cavs is the desire to win them. Besides, it’s all love.

“I don’t think happiness gets clicks,” Bickerstaff sarcastically pregame said. “I think we are where we are. Everyone is looking for a story, but we don’t have a story. We play 82 and our guys are trying to get out and give them the best they have every night.

“I have great relationships with the guys in that room with the locker. I have no hatred for them. We’re trying to accept the successes of people. There are 450 guys in the NBA. There are 30 major trainers. If you are trying to find A way to bring negativity to people who have reached that point and against those chances, then something is wrong with you, not the people who are involved. “

Cews, old and new, show mutual respect and appreciation of the former main coach of JB Bickerstaff

As mentioned earlier, Bickestaffa clips are currently balanced at .500 writes after struggling as one of the sweetest teams of the eastern conference for several years. With a record of 23-23, Detroit has already provided several victories in this season than in any other of 2018-19. They are ranked 13. In defensive rating, significant improvement compared to their previous five years high than 25. The clips follow the known strategy under Bikestaff, focusing on youth and athletics to start a strong, aggressive defense approach.

“It’s really hard,” Atkinson said. “Give (BickestAf) even more credit because it is the hardest coverage. You need to know the schemes. Now they also did a great job of making some good young thawing players, such as They did a song. (We have) Evan Moblei. They have (Ausar) Thompson, which is already one of the best in the league.

“There are a lot of things that come into it, but I just give JB ton of credit. He brought a phenomenal job with that team.”

Atkinson went to attribute that BickerStaff was built what currently trains. Meanwhile, Cleveland players, also see what Bickersteff is being built in Detroit, which feels similar enough to what they experienced. Cavs Sharpshooter Mak Strus visaged that they recognized some of the playgrounds and the piston scheme, because the things that used to use, making spider man demonstrate the court in court.

“Kudos, him, said Cavs Center Jarrett Allen.” He really made a draft for this team. The defense was his idea or the entire idea of ​​collective training staff. The offense, we changed it, but he has a big print on what we are like a team right now. “

Although the fractures are never easy, based on clean basketball reasons, what happened between Peslika and Bickestaffe has more sense with every game. Cleveland succeeds after Bickerstaff built, and Detroit finds a similar success this season. There is no beef, just mutual respect for what it was and where things are next moving.