Some NBA teams struggle to find one competent primary option at the offensive end.
The new-look Cleveland Cavaliers will not have that issue. In LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving, they have three go-to players on that side of the floor, all of whom finished among the league's top 14 scorers last season.
The combined production of Cleveland's superstar troika is staggering: 74 points, 23 rebounds and 16.8 assists per game. It's also not remotely sustainable, unless the Cavs can successfully petition to have multiple balls in play this season.
With a finite number of touches available, these players will have to sacrifice like never before. All three ranked inside the top nine in usage percentage last season (James at 31.0, fifth; Irving at 29.0, eighth; Love at 28.8, ninth).
Only one team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, had even two players slotted that high: Kevin Durant (31.4, fourth) and Russell Westbrook (33.1, third). And their third scorer, Serge Ibaka, tied for 243rd in the category (18.1).
There is a good chance that each member of Cleveland's Big Three will see decreases in usage an ...
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