preface:
This season has been a promising season for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and before the start of the season everyone was not optimistic that they would be able to enter the playoffs, but the Cavaliers have been in the top four in the East for nearly half a season, and although the Cavaliers have now fallen to sixth place in the East, they are still much better than pre-season predictions. Now some fans are beginning to look forward to if James can return to the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers can enter the championship ranks, but for the Cavaliers players, there is one person who does not want James to return to the team, and this person is Garland.
The Cavaliers are Garland's team
A player of James's level, even if he returns to the Cavaliers at the age of 39, he can definitely become the boss of the Cavaliers, after all, GOAT-level players, and James is still the greatest player in the history of the Cavaliers, and the player that Cavaliers fans support the most is James. His glow is absolutely unstoppable, and the current 38-year-old James can still contribute 30.0 points per game, I believe that even after a year or two, James is still the most influential player in the league, which still can't be changed. But now for the Cavaliers, they are Garland's team, and Garland also enjoys the feeling of being the boss of the Cavaliers, but as soon as James comes, Garland immediately loses the status of boss.
Just like Irving at that time, Irving was an All-Star MVP at the time, and the data was quite good, but after James returned, Irving was no longer the darling of Cavaliers fans, which eventually led to Irving's departure, he just didn't like this feeling of winning the moon from the stars, and suddenly became the little brother next to James. Look at the makeup photo of the Cavaliers' victory in 2016, Irving's in the cavaliers' corner, but he is the player who threw that key three-pointer. Although Garland's personality is not as extreme as Owen's, in fact, the Cavaliers are his boss, and he now enjoys the feeling of the stars and the moon, and James will not be taken so seriously when Garland comes.
Although Garland and James have a very good relationship, and James invited Garland to his home as a guest when he was a rookie, it has to be said that James is still very discerning, inviting Garland and Bezley to visit his home, and now both of their players have become one of the players who can stand alone. You must know that Garland is only 23 or 4 years old, he is very young, and young people like to be respected by others the most. This is why in the retirement season of Kobe Bryant, Lakers player Russell did not play his due value, and even led to Russell's fall, and finally did not cash in on the talent of the list.
He and James are incompatible
Garlander's playing style is actually more like Chris Paul, as can be seen from Garland's statistics, he can average 21.5 points and 8.6 assists per game this season, including assists ranked fifth in the league, to be honest Garland has the potential to become a player with the ball, and this type of player is the most incompatible player with James. James needs the ball, Garland also needs the ball, James came to the Cavaliers, can he give up his ball and give up his 40,000-point hegemony? For now, James would never allow such a thing to happen. And the player who sacrificed was destined to be Garland.
Looking at the way Kobe Bryant played at the end of his career that year, even if the Lakers have young talents such as Russell and Randle, the ball is still in Kobe's hands, although James is an assist-first player, but when the historical record is in front of him, James will never give up the pursuit of great records. And now Garland has not actually proved that he can survive when playing with another player who needs to have the ball in hand, and when Garland and Sexton are partnered, it is obvious that Garland is not playing comfortably, he is not very comfortable playing.
As a thriving potential star, Garland needs a platform to show himself, of course, it is very important to win the championship, but the 39-year-old James is not the 32-year-old James, and now it is difficult for him to achieve the integration of attack and defense to give James the ball, so Garland can not get the championship he wants at the expense of his own ball, which is destined to make Garland confused. It's also a good thing to be able to win a championship at the expense of the ball, Garland is young enough to have time to chase the honor and chase the big contract, but if he can't even get the championship, Garland has lost too much.
Compared to Garland, the other players do not need too much data and honors, and people like Allen have already received big contracts, and players of Mobley's type do not even need to beckon, and big contracts will definitely be sent to his hands. Now it seems that Garland needs such an opportunity, Garland's rookie contract is about to expire, and James's joining will inevitably squeeze a salary space, James may cut his salary, but he is still a $30 million player. This means that the Cavaliers have a player who can't get a pure top salary, and this player must be Garland, after all, the two interior players don't need to look at the data, but Garland needs the data. This kind of losing money and making money is definitely not a good thing for Garland, and once james does not play well, it will be rushed by the fans, and the public opinion environment is not good.
epilogue
Although Garland did not say that he did not like James' joining, once James came to the Cavaliers, he was most affected, and everyone saw it very clearly. Of course, whether James will join the Cavaliers is actually not something that Garland can decide, the initiative is still in James's hands, which makes Garland's mentality collapse.