Although speeches/meetings can turn into just cliches, empty rhetoric, and platitudes…
Sometimes it’s needed. I think the players have to hold themselves accountable and Bron needs to be very vocal:
- let Bron call “audibles” more often, as Ham isn’t always the best general for certain plays (putting it nicely here)
- directly tell AR what to do and what not do (i.e. not just “be aggressive,” but how to flourish in his own lane)
- Bron needs to give his input as to who should start
- every player needs to express where their discomfort lies
Beyond that, a startling lineup change and a trade or two are needed. For the 100th time: this team is not deep and AR should not be the 3rd best player on a contending team (he’s more of a 6MOTY kind of player, partially due to his defensive weaknesses).
While I like the idea, players only meetings rarely ever work.
There’s usually a problem with the coaching staff and/or management that the players only have so much control over.
LeBron can’t get on the court and run the show while completely ignoring the coaches game plan.