CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers are reigning NBA champions. They have started the season 4-0. They have arguably two of the top-10 players in the NBA. They are as safe a team to mark down for a long playoff run as you’ll find in professional basketball.
But if the Cavaliers have one weakness, one nagging Achilles’ heel that haunts pessimistic Cleveland fans late at night, it’s this—the Cavs have no backup point guard.
“Just learning that position is tough,” said Cleveland coach Ty Lue. “You can’t just throw somebody in a point guard position because it takes time to learn.”
When Cleveland let Matthew Dellavedova walk in free agency, the position was a lesser concern because the team still had Mo Williams. Then Williams retired in September, which left only one point guard on the roster with any NBA experience: Kyrie Irving.
Through four games this season, the first man up to fill the backup role has been Iman Shumpert—a career shooting guard who has averaged 2.0 assists per game si ...
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Article written by David Cassilo