The Cleveland Cavaliers will be defined by the offense of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love, but that doesn't mean we should discount this title contender's potential on the other end.
To be fair, it's easy to see why the consensus says the Cavs will be elite on offense: Irving is a ball-handling maestro, Love is the game's most prolific floor-spacing big and James is the most complete offensive force in basketball.
Blindfold those three, and they'll still figure out how to get the Cavaliers offense into the top five by the end of the 2014-15 season.
The Cavs have an embarrassment of secondary offensive riches as well. Mike Miller is still nails from deep, Shawn Marion can still cut and swoop like a man 10 years his junior and Tristan Thompson, limited as he is, can clean up the mess on the offensive glass.
Don't forget Dion Waiters, who could use a lesson in restraint but is a tough cover nonetheless.
We get it; Cleveland is going to score.
It might be pretty darn good on D, too.
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