Eliminated ingloriously from the last playoffs by the Knicks (1-4), despite the home field advantage and a quality regular season (51-31), the Riders have approached this off-season by seeking in particular to correct one of their main weaknesses: the danger at 3-points. Hence the recruitment of Max Strus then Georges Niang, two snipers.
On the other hand, despite what some transfer rumors may have suggested, we should not expect to see the core group of Cleveland evolve. In other words, the quartet Darius Garland – Donovan Mitchell – Evan Mobley – Jarrett Allen…
” It’s my intention [de les garder] », confirmed Thus Koby Altman, the franchise’s president of basketball operations. ” I never make promises, in case something miraculously happens, but the four of them know how important they are to this team and no conversation took place [à leur sujet]. Outside of the teams calling in to do their jobs, no serious conversations have taken place for us to consider breaking that core. A nucleus that won 51 games last season and still has a lot to do. So I think we will continue to improve. »
Stability as the watchword of the summer
Still, the departure of Jarrett Allen, tracked by Dallas or New Orleans, would not have been that crazy, because his production in the playoffs proved insufficient (9.4 points and 7.4 rebounds on average, against 14.3 points and 9.8 rebounds in the regular season) and that Evan Mobley is expected to take more and more space in the racket of Cavswhile neither man is a 3-pt threat.
Except that Koby Altman is keen to clarify that the 25-year-old interior, All-Star in 2022, retains all his confidence at present.
” Do I feel comfortable with the Evan Mobley – Jarrett Allen duo? Absolutely “Judges the leader. ” We have world class defensive players in our frontcourt. Can we strengthen it? Absolutely, and we’re looking at that. But we are the best defense in the league thanks to these two and we find ourselves in a good position. »
As for the few rumors that may have surrounded the name of Darius Garland? ” It was the craziest rumor you could ever hear », Considers this same Koby Altman. ” We drafted him, we raised him to All-Star status, he’s under contract for five years. He loves being here. »
It is therefore with an almost unchanged group that the Cavaliers will try to do better than last season, by spending at least one round in the playoffs from 2024…
” I already told you, not so long ago, that I was not going to make any drastic changes this summer “, repeats Koby Altman, who says to himself “ lucky to have the players he has. ” I was really excited about our core and our young people. I wanted to be patient with this group and I am satisfied with our recruits [Max Strus, Georges Niang, Damian Jones et Ty Jerome, ndlr]. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Donovan Mitchell | 68 | 35.8 | 48.4 | 38.6 | 86.7 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 28.3 |
| Darius Garland | 69 | 35.5 | 46.2 | 41.0 | 86.3 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 7.8 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 21.6 |
| Evan Mobley | 79 | 34.4 | 55.4 | 21.6 | 67.4 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 9.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 16.2 |
| Jarrett Allen | 68 | 32.6 | 64.4 | 10.0 | 73.3 | 3.3 | 6.5 | 9.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 14.3 |
| Caris Levert | 74 | 30.2 | 43.1 | 39.2 | 72.2 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 12.1 |
| Cedi Osman | 77 | 20.1 | 45.1 | 37.2 | 69.4 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 8.7 |
| Kevin Love | 41 | 20.0 | 38.9 | 35.4 | 88.9 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 8.5 |
| Danny Green | 8 | 11.9 | 50.0 | 44.8 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 6.5 |
| isaac okoro | 76 | 21.7 | 49.4 | 36.3 | 75.7 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 6.4 |
| lamar stevens | 62 | 18.1 | 44.8 | 31.6 | 70.2 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 5.3 |
| Ricky Rubio | 33 | 17.2 | 34.3 | 25.6 | 80.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 5.2 |
| Sam Merrill | 5 | 11.7 | 40.9 | 27.8 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
| Dean Wade | 44 | 20.3 | 41.2 | 35.4 | 65.2 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 4.7 |
| Raulzinho Neto | 48 | 10.5 | 51.8 | 28.6 | 91.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| Robin Lopez | 37 | 8.1 | 64.0 | 50.0 | 77.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Mamadi Diakite | 22 | 8.0 | 48.0 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| Isaiah Mobley | 12 | 7.0 | 42.9 | 37.5 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| Dylan Windler | 3 | 3.5 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
