This season's NBA has entered a chaotic battle, with more and more teams competing for championship level! Looking at the East, the Heat, Bucks, Nets, 76ers, bulls all have ambitions to compete for the championship, the Suns, Warriors, Jazz, and even the Lakers in the West are also coveting the championship, and when the teams are struggling to solve the point, one team quietly killed.
This team is the Cavaliers! The Cavaliers, since James left in 2018, have been completely reduced to a fish belly team, and they only achieved 22 wins and 50 losses last season, ranking third from the bottom in the East, and there is not much reinforcement in the offseason! If there is a definition for them, it is "the belly of a thousand-year-old fish.")
Unexpectedly, in the case that the outside world completely ignored this team, the Cavaliers team was quietly rising! So far this season, the Cavaliers have achieved a record of 35 wins and 23 losses, ranking 4th in the East, and only 2.5 games away from the 1st Heat, which is quite strong, compared to last season, up 9 places, which is a qualitative change.
The Cavaliers have played so well this season, which is unexpected, but they do deserve it! The Cavaliers began to focus on the interior this season, the team Mobley + Allen composed of the inner line of the double tower, the penalty area is full of deterrence, although young, but has the style of the league's first double tower, attack, defense are very strong! In the case of Sexton's injury, Garland also stood up, and the attack and organization reached the top level of the league's defenders, carrying the team's offensive rhythm.
In addition, coupled with the cavaliers' years of reconstruction of Lefour, O'Corro, Wade and other strength players, as well as levert, Rondo and other new signings gradually integrated into the team, the Cavaliers have accumulated, the defense ranked 1st in the league, the assist ranked 8th in the league, creating a team that defended with iron blood and loved to share the ball.
In addition to being 4th in the East, the Cavaliers also received a special honor this season, with 2 players on the team making all-Stars, namely Garland and Allen!
Garland has played 47 games this season, averaging 34.6 minutes per game, with 20.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 8 assists and 1.3 steals, is the Cavaliers' scoring king, assist king, in the entire Eastern Guard, is also the existence of the top 5, the strength is very strong, in the end, in the Cavaliers record, as well as their own data, Garland is also able to successfully enter the All-Star.
Aaron is the Cavaliers' 2nd All-Star! This season, Allen has played 50 games, averaging 16.2 points, 11 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 blocks per game, and the shooting rate is as high as 66.6%, and among the interior players in the entire East, Embiid can suppress him! At first, Allen was not selected as an All-Star, because Harden was absent and he was able to enter the lineup, but his All-Star was definitely deserved.
2 All-Star players, the 4th record in the East, the Cavaliers finally took off again after many years of dormancy, especially the team's young lineup, as well as the excellent coaching team, showed high potential, their future is absolutely immeasurable, there is a possibility of impacting the championship, and all this also impressed James.
This season's All-Star Game, held in Cleveland, participated in the All-Star James also returned to his hometown, in the face of media interviews, James said that he has the possibility of returning to the Cavaliers to play.
James said: "The door to return to the Cavaliers is not closed, I am not saying that I will come back to play, I do not know what the future will be, do not rule out any possibility.
James's words did not approve or refuse, but saying these words as a Lakers player has expressed that James has a desire to come back, and for James, the Cavaliers is indeed a very likely next home for him.
First, James' contract is about to expire, the 22-23 season is the last year of James' contract, and he also has player options at the end of the season, which gives James the possibility of returning to the Cavaliers.
Second, the Lakers' performance is too poor, this season not to mention winning the championship, even entering the playoffs is difficult. In addition, Wei Shao's contract is still more than 1 year, the lakers in the offseason is difficult to trade Wei Shao, even if the transaction is gone, it is difficult to exchange for any good chips in this case, which makes the Lakers still have no obvious reinforcement next season, and the Lakers' championship has slowly become impossible.
Finally, the Cavaliers are James' hometown team, and returning to their home team at the end of their careers is also a beautiful talk, not to mention that the Cavaliers have the opportunity to fight for James' championship! There is certainly a reason not to ignore! That is, James wants to compete with his son Brownie, and considering Brownie's strength, the probability of him being selected by the NBA team is not high, only the Cavaliers, a team that attaches great importance to James, may use a draft pick to get Brownie and fulfill James's wishes.
Will James return to the Cavaliers? We don't know yet, but the possibility is getting bigger and bigger.