Cleveland Cavaliers: 5-2
Who’d you expect?
LeBron James’ Cavaliers could fight to jell offensively, and they may not have the personnel to construct an elite defense in any way. Neither of these issues stopped them from getting the NBA’s best name chances –mainly since a lengthy season will give new head coach David Blatt lots of time to work out the kinks.
And when he can not figure everything out, he’s still got the best player on the planet on his group. That alone is enough to justify Cleveland’s area here.
There is reason to believe that the Cavs will hit the ground running on offense, and not merely because they have such an absurdly gifted core. The truth is we’ve seen how powerful these men can be through preseason play.
James, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love and Dion Waiters all tried at least three triples per game during exhibition season, and all four connected on 41 percent of these shots. James, because he isn’t human, made exactly 50 percent.
You might think it’s impossible for all four of those players to sustain such a high collective percent, but in a crime where double-teaming anybody –or even helping a smidgen too harshly –contributes to wide-open chances to get a another scoring dynamo, nicely. . .let’s just say the capacity for league-leading offense is there.
Irving was a preseason lightning bolt, with all defenders’ hesitation to leave their assignments to dart to the lane if he wanted. Drive-and-kick chances were unlimited, and they will remain –unless the team allows opponents to use six players from Cleveland.
Actually, even then…
Injuries, the slog of an 82-game season and various other uncertainties mean there are no certain things in the NBA.
However, the Cavs come close.
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