No. 2 is the part I just can't with anymore. It's okay that Sexton turns it over a lot. It's okay that Sexton doesn't get assists. It's okay that more than 75% of Sexton's shots come from within the arc. It's okay that he has the highest usage. The absence of spacing is the fault of others including the team's best three point shooter. It's okay that he gives minimal effort on defense including the failure to do the simple Simon stuff you teach high school kids.
Sexton just isn't that guy. None of that is okay. It's why he's only a net positive on the floor when he's shooting at unsustainably high efficiency. Look at his monthly splits from last season. We've been a 20-win team for three years running and Sexton has had a hand in that.
See, now you're acting like my wife just throwing out random shit that was never said because you're getting emotional. Let's calm down and go through your whining.
1) Sexton's turnovers don't bother me as the leading scorer of the team.
2) Sexton's assists numbers are low, but his potential assists is in right in line with good SGs in the league. Nobody on the Cavs can shoot worth a shit.
3) Sexton shooting 75% of his shots as 2s. Jimmy Butler shoots for a career 80% of his shots inside the arc. Bradley Beal is at 65%. Cj McCollum is 65% for his career. Do I think that's a huge deal? Not at all. He's efficient, gets to the line. An extra couple 3s and a couple less drives a game would change his numbers to be more in line with other traditional top SGs.
4) The absence of spacing is having a team that shoots atrociously outside the arc. Cedi went from a 38% to 30% this year. Okoro at 29%. But sure, cry about Sexton because the spacing sucked.
5) Every leading scorer in the NBA is basically given a pass on defense because they're busy doing all the offensive side. I hate how Sexton handles screens, but I also hate JBB's 2001 NBA defense that's designed to funnel players into the middle. Yes he's a bad defender, but it's once again trending on the upwards, and not historically bad numbers. There has been improvement.
Sexton's rookie year doesn't count, because scorched earth LeBron-less rebuilds are always rough the first year. There was no record breaking losing streak, and that's good enough for me. Not to mention Ty Lue getting himself fired intentionally, and having Larry Drew be his coach the majority of the year. His second year is Beilein's horrible coaching, followed up with JBB and his outdated schemes and Covid. Last year you saw on full display how bad of a coach JBB is, but we just blamed it all on sub par players and yelled that Sexton was holding the team back. This year will be even more of the same, with the ever impressive Sidney Lowe backing up JBB's shitacular coaching.
I like Sexton and I'm very aware of his shortcomings and deficiencies. I accept the difficulties of building around a player like Sexton, but I'm not willing to place all the blame at his feet as most are so quick to do here. Our single biggest problem is a terrible coaching staff.
