After losing Collin Sexton and Ricky Rubio, we imagined that the Cavaliers would take advantage of the “trade deadline” to recruit a point guard, but according to Hoopshype, management would instead be looking for a second full-back. The outbreak, and even the explosion of Darius Garland, followed by the arrival of Rajon Rondo seem sufficient to tackle the second part of the season, and according to our colleagues, three players would be in their sights: Caris LeVert, Eric Gordon and Terrence Ross. The track Joe Harris, a former member of the house, is more complicated, given the status he has acquired in Brooklyn.
The first is a free electron, a strong attacker, and he would indeed do good in position 2. He does not have the defensive qualities of Isaac Okoro but he would bring punch in attack, and creativity. Veterans respected and followed by several teams, Gordon and Ross would both be perfect as 6th man, and they can punish from afar.
If Houston values Gordon as a mentor on and off the court, LeVert and Ross would have their way out. For Indiana and Orlando, 13th and 15th in the Eastern Conference, a first round of the Draft and a player at the end of the contract could be enough to convince them. Ricky Rubio is mentioned in particular as a bargaining chip since he is at the end of his contract and will not play again.
As Hoopshype explains, the Cavaliers have almost completed their reconstruction with several very good choices in the Draft (Sexton, Garland, Mobley…) and they can afford to drop a first round of Draft. This is an asset compared to other franchises.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Darius Garland | 42 | 34.9 | 46.4 | 36.0 | 91.3 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 8.2 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 19.7 |
| Jarrett Allen | 40 | 32.7 | 69.5 | 12.5 | 68.4 | 3.4 | 7.6 | 11.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 16.2 |
| Collin Sexton | 11 | 28.8 | 45.0 | 24.4 | 74.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 16.0 |
| Evan Mobley | 40 | 34.4 | 51.0 | 30.4 | 67.4 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| Kevin Love | 40 | 21.4 | 43.4 | 40.2 | 87.1 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 13.9 |
| Lauri Markkanen | 38 | 30.2 | 43.6 | 34.2 | 86.3 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 13.6 |
| Ricky Rubio | 34 | 28.5 | 36.3 | 33.9 | 85.4 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 13.1 |
| Cedi Osman | 36 | 22.3 | 42.4 | 35.4 | 65.1 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 10.4 |
| Rajon Rondo | 4 | 20.9 | 46.4 | 47.1 | 83.3 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 9.8 |
| isaac okoro | 33 | 28.4 | 45.4 | 28.3 | 73.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 9.2 |
| Malik Newman | 1 | 7.7 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 |
| lamar stevens | 32 | 15.2 | 47.7 | 32.5 | 64.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 5.3 |
| Brandon Goodwin | 9 | 15.1 | 37.3 | 26.7 | 30.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 5.0 |
| Dean Wade | 33 | 18.9 | 43.1 | 34.1 | 60.0 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 4.8 |
| justin anderson | 3 | 15.5 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| Tre Scott | 2 | 5.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Dylan Windler | 32 | 10.5 | 44.6 | 39.6 | 77.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| Denzel Valentine | 22 | 9.3 | 37.1 | 40.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| Luke Kornet | 2 | 7.4 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Kevin Pangos | 20 | 8.0 | 33.3 | 23.1 | 75.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| Rj Nembhard | 6 | 7.0 | 45.5 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Ed Davis | 14 | 9.3 | 64.3 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Tacko Fall | 11 | 5.3 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
