I get where you are drawing this future vision of the Cavs: May we saw less Garland. In that time, Okoro saw his usage skyrocket and he was able to handle the ball as a point forward a whole lot more. Similarly, Sexton was seeing a huge jump in usage as well. While Garland was pretty much shelved, Okoro was able to show more of his offensive upside. We can ask why Garland isn't a more effective catch and shoot three point shooter, or we can ask why Sexton doesn't set the table for others well as an initiator/offensive centerpiece.
Here's the problem - do you think the team overall functioned better? I didn't watch that closely but the numbers certainly show that Okoro and Sexton individually enjoyed more success, but the team failed to compete for wins aside from the surprising Boston beat down.
I believe Okoro can grow from his expanded role in May, but simply moving on from the one guy who plays like a pass first player isn't the road to team success. I'd rather find out what Okoro and Garland can do together because I'm fully aware of what the Sexton show brings to the table.
If I really wanted to dig in, I'd say Sexton shouldn't be in a PnR based offense and if he played in a motion offense his limits wouldn't be exposed... but I'm picking and choosing what to critique with the franchise at the moment.
I don't think it is really fair to say, do you think the team functioned better when Sexton ran the team at the end when play i was hopless compared to when Darius ran the team and there was a chance. Lots of guys gave up and I hated to see that.
I personally think they should kick the can down the road another year. Let Sexton earn his max if he can. The front office should offer him 20M per and see what he says. "We think you are a great player and we are interested in giving you 1/5 of the 100M we think the starters on this team should cost. We get you may want the max, but we have no reason to offer that unless we have to match. We love you, and think maybe you are worth that. If you really prove it this year we will match that when another team offers it."
Koby Altman has close and long-standing ties to the core group he drafted. He won't be the one who pushes for Sexland and Okoro to end.
Garland does not have a better shot at being a higher end starting level contributor than pretty much any playmaker in the Cavs pick range of this draft though. He has not shown enough yet as a scorer to separate himself imo. Not to be as safe as you want him to be in a starting role, even though the second season saved him from being a bust.Then you trade Garland, in my mind. It really feels like an either/or proposition. Garland would probably net you a bigger return, but I think he has a better shot of being a high-end starting-level contributor on a winning NBA team than Collin in most situations.
I doubt he gets any real offers enough to move the needle on Sexton, given he is going into contract stuff . Garland could get interest during the draft, especially for a ball handler hungry team that misses out on the top options. I think it would take a lot for the GM to trade him this summer, unless they draft a playmaker though beforehand.I dunno. As long as he feels he got value in a trade, he could trade Sexton or Garland and claim that his BPA strategy worked.
I am sorry but anyone who can draw defenses even when they can't shoot, is far more valuable than say someone who can make some wide open 3s, and throw an efficient pocket pass, after dribbling around for most of the shot clock. Okoro with the ball is night and day better than Okoro without the ball. He also made a case that he could be a main ball handler that plays defense. I would have no problem with letting Okoro run the point, and have a staggered Sexland play off of him if they draft Mobley or Kuminga.Limitations are limitations. Okoro is at best a bench guy right now. Probably will always at best being a bench guy. He has some skills. But they aren't enough to make it work as a starter for a winning team.
I doubt he gets any real offers enough to move the needle on Sexton, given he is going into contract stuff . Garland could get interest during the draft, especially for a ball handler hungry team that misses out on the top options. I think it would take a lot for the GM to trade him this summer, unless they draft a playmaker though beforehand.
I guess I don't see why one of our top 8 draft picks (Sexton, Garland, Okoro, or this year's pick) can't play off the bench. I also don’t see why, of the four, Sexton is the obvious choice.
Agree. Prove it like what Lamelo did last season and he then got to be on the starting lineup.I think it's much easier to have a rookie beging the season coming off the bench versus being moving a guy in his 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year to the bench in favor of a newly-drafted rookie. Especially when the three older guys have all been progressing.
I think it's much easier to have a rookie beging the season coming off the bench versus being moving a guy in his 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year to the bench in favor of a newly-drafted rookie. Especially when the three older guys have all been progressing.
I think it's much easier to have a rookie begin the season coming off the bench versus being moving a guy in his 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year to the bench in favor of a newly-drafted rookie. Especially when the three older guys have all been progressing.