To this day, many are asking what led to the sudden firing of Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt.

Despite an injury-riddled roster, the Cavs have managed to lord it over at the top of the Eastern Conference standings before he was let go. Right now, the Cavs are carrying a 31-12 record, and most of those wins were credited to the efforts of Blatt.

Lebron James deserves credit to that as well of course, seeing the difference he makes. However, the question in the minds of many right now is whether the ‘King’ had anything to do with the firing.

David Griffin, the one who has claimed responsibility for the dismissal, stressed that James had nothing to do with the decision. This is despite the fact that his immediate replacement, Tyronn Lue, has long been rumored to be elevated as head coach mainly because he holds close ties with James.

The real score on that may never be known but the thing is that many are puzzled at the decision.

Several coaches have aired their opinion on the matter.

One is Rick Carlisle, who mentioned via the Dallas Morning News that the Blatt firing was an embarrassment to the league.

"The bottom line with this is that I know a couple of things about coaching in this league. I know integrity. I know knowledge. I can't speak to the internal things that (might) have gone on in Cleveland. I've read some of the comments that came from the Cavaliers. Teams have a right to make changes,” says Carlisle when word of Blatt’s firing made sports headlines.

For his part, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich couldn’t help but feel for Blatt as well via the Orange County Register.

“He [Blatt] is a heck of a coach, (but) circumstances often dictate what happens to certain coaches that have nothing to do with their record."

Going back to the claim that James had nothing to do with the firing of coaches, the Bleacher Report bares a recent talk between One.co.il’s 102 FM and Miami Heat minority owner Raanan Katz, where Heat coach Erik Spoelstra almost got the boot because of James when he was still with the Heat.

As everyone knows, James left the Heat to return to Cleveland, something that many felt was because he wanted to return home.

Katz cites that James had enough brains to make it work and was someone who could not be coached. Blatt was taken in to hone a team originally filled with budding stars (referring to the time Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett were still around) and was obviously unprepared for the sudden return of James.

"Blatt did a great job in Cleveland. He did everything he could, but he realized he couldn't tell LeBron James what to do. Perhaps the Cavaliers need a general manager that carries more weight in the organization," Katz was quoted of saying.

He goes on to reveal a bombshell as to why James really left the Heat. When his contract with the Heat was up, James allegedly wanted Spoelstra fired.

Heat president Pat Riley told James that no one tells him how to run the organization and that Spoelstra was his guy. Everyone knows what happened after that.

Setting the records straight, Katz clears that he is not emphasizing that what happened in Miami is the same thing that occurred in Ohio. However, he does say “you can read between the lines”.