“It’s like a first day at school when you’re the new kid on the block. It was fun, but I’m glad it’s behind me now, because there was a lot of nervousness and pressure to get back to Ohio. But it was great, and the fans showed me a lot of love.”
Caris LeVert has successfully completed his baptism of fire in his new colors, actively participating in Cleveland’s victory over San Antonio tonight (105-92). Entering under the ovations of the public, he very quickly found his place by showing himself in scoring or passing from his first catches of the ball.
Rather successful beginnings
Even if his contribution was measured (11 points at 4/11 in shooting, 2 assists in 28 minutes), it is above all the prospect of being able to display a more complete face that excites the rest of the team, Darius Garland in particular .
“He’s really good whether it’s with or without the ball in hand. When he’s going to be comfortable, I think it’s going to be really scary. He manages to find his favorite places, he puts his shots and easily reads the game in order to find the open players. It was cool to see him on the pitch and having fun.”rejoiced the All-Star. “His creation and ability to score stand out. You saw him tonight, he easily found his place, whether for himself or to find others. As soon as he entered, he was also very good in defense. It was the piece we were missing, so we are happy to have it”.
If the point guard is rave about his new teammate, it’s because he knows, having watched and faced him, what Caris LeVert can bring to the Cavs at the end of the year.
“I’ve been watching Caris for a while, from Michigan. It’s good to have him in our team and not have to defend on him anymore. Everyone is super enthusiastic in the locker room, the staff too. He’s a special player who can really help us on both sides of the court.”, he added. “His offensive game is exceptional, but I didn’t see him as intense in defense. His intensity and his tenacity are very good things for us”.
Next game… against the Pacers
Caris LeVert also projected himself on his association with the one he considers to be a future superstar.
“It’s going to be hard for opposing teams to focus only on Darius or me, just because we have so many other talented players who can do so many different things, have the ball, shoot, create for others”, the Brooklyn and Indiana alum clarified. “We saw it at the end of the match when there was a little more of a two-man on Darius, we executed our plan well”.
Chance of the calendar, Caris LeVert will now prepare for his first trip with his new team on the floor… of Indiana, whose colors he defended five days ago.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Darius Garland | 44 | 34.7 | 46.7 | 36.9 | 90.7 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 8.2 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 19.8 |
| Jarrett Allen | 46 | 32.6 | 66.7 | 10.0 | 68.5 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 11.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 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 | 46 | 34.2 | 50.1 | 28.6 | 65.9 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 8.1 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 14.9 |
| Kevin Love | 46 | 22.2 | 43.3 | 39.9 | 87.2 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 14.6 |
| 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 | 35 | 28.3 | 36.0 | 33.5 | 85.4 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 12.9 |
| Cedi Osman | 42 | 23.3 | 41.9 | 35.4 | 64.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 10.9 |
| isaac okoro | 39 | 28.7 | 46.0 | 29.9 | 75.3 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 9.0 |
| 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 |
| Rajon Rondo | 10 | 20.5 | 36.4 | 34.3 | 84.6 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
| Brandon Goodwin | 14 | 17.8 | 39.3 | 37.5 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 6.1 |
| lamar stevens | 38 | 15.1 | 48.0 | 30.2 | 62.5 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 5.4 |
| Dean Wade | 39 | 19.2 | 45.5 | 37.3 | 60.9 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 5.3 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Dylan Windler | 36 | 9.5 | 42.9 | 38.9 | 77.8 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| 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 | 23 | 7.2 | 32.6 | 23.1 | 75.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
| Rj Nembhard | 7 | 6.2 | 45.5 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Ed Davis | 17 | 8.1 | 64.3 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 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 |
