Newly instated Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt has some roster finagling to do.
Dion Waiters has been kind enough to set some parameters for him, within a tweet that has since been deleted:
UPDATE: Tuesday, July 15, at 4:25 p.m. ET:
In addition to taking down the original tweet, Waiters responded with the following:
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Despite Waiters' outright distaste for coming off the bench, he may not have a choice. The additions of LeBron James and Andrew Wiggins have changed things.
Both Kyrie Irving and James are going to be in the starting lineup. After them, Blatt has some decisions to make, as NBC Sports' Kurt Helin explains:
After that it's probably Tristan Thompson at the four and Anderson Varejao at center to start and end games.
But at the two guard spot, do you start Dion Waiters or throw your No. 1 pick, the athletic but raw Andrew Wiggins out there and let him learn on the job? The Cavaliers see Wiggins as a big two, not a three, watching him at Summer League he can be a good NBA defender right now, but ...
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Dion Waiters Tweets He Would Not Accept Bench Role Next Season
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