{"id":826,"date":"2025-08-29T13:12:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/?p=826"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:23:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:23:15","slug":"tyronn-lue-opens-up-about-cavs-missed-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/29\/tyronn-lue-opens-up-about-cavs-missed-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyronn Lue Opens Up About Cavs\u2019 Missed Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_464617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-464617\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-464617 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Cleveland Cavaliers v Los Angeles Clippers\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1934\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2146782468-scaled-1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-464617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Harry How\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was a time when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/sports\/nba\/cleveland-cavaliers\/\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> were the best team in the entire NBA.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, they claimed one of the most amazing titles of all time when they took down the Golden State Warriors after being behind 3-1 in the championship series.<\/p>\n<p>However, former Cavs coach Tyronn Lue believes the team could have done it again and again if LeBron James and Kyrie Irving hadn\u2019t left the team.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYes, sir [LeBron and Kyrie would\u2019ve won another championship together]. I also think if KD doesn\u2019t go to Golden State, I think we win [3 in a row] and Kyrie stays. You can\u2019t leave after that. We had a chance to win two or three,\u201d Lue said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-script=\"true\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tyronn Lue says LeBron and Kyrie would\u2019ve won 2 more rings if they stayed together, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClubShayShay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ClubShayShay<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kyriecenterig?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kyriecenterig<\/a>)<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZLJm8hpOA8\">pic.twitter.com\/ZLJm8hpOA8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegionHoops\/status\/1960864619552997803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Cavaliers were on top of the world around 2014-15.<\/p>\n<p>They went to the Finals four straight times, and one once during that legendary series against the Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of James and Irving was just too good at times, and other teams didn\u2019t seem to have a good enough response to them.<\/p>\n<p>It took a super team like the one the Warriors built to stop the Cavaliers, and Lue thinks they could have done even more.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Irving and then James left the team, and that bright era faded quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The great news for Cavaliers fans is that good times are back, and the team is once again incredibly competitive and ended last year with the best regular-season record in the East.<\/p>\n<p>There remains a lot of speculation about what could have happened if James and Irving had never left the team.<\/p>\n<p>How many more championships would they have taken home?<\/p>\n<p>Lue truly believes that at least two other titles would be theirs.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/tyronn-lue-opens-up-about-cavs-missed-opportunity\/\">Tyronn Lue Opens Up About Cavs\u2019 Missed Opportunity<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\">The Cold Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Harry How\/Getty Images) \u00a0 There was a time when the Cleveland Cavaliers were the best team in the entire NBA. In fact, they claimed one of the most amazing titles of all time&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/29\/tyronn-lue-opens-up-about-cavs-missed-opportunity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tyronn Lue Opens Up About Cavs\u2019 Missed Opportunity&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":829,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions\/829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}