The Cavaliers have been pleasantly surprised enough this season, they have hit the top three in the East, and if this trend continues, this season they will not only make it to the playoffs, but perhaps go further. But unexpectedly, in the course of the schedule, the Cavaliers showed their shortcomings as a young team. Kevin Love, the only one on the team with experience in major competitions and finals experience, is not yet favored by the coach.
Since James left, the Cavaliers have entered the road to rebuilding, this season has regained its effect, of course, initially the most ideal state, when some media even began to satirize James, saying that James will regret what he will regret when he leaves, and even some media and James's black fans speculate that this Cavaliers, such as the Lakers, are more capable of competing for the championship. Now, maybe it's just that the Cavaliers are slightly better than the Lakers, but at the beginning of the season, the Lakers were the top five teams with the most competitive championships, and there was no Cavaliers at all. So, although this season has been the best season for the Cavaliers since James left, they are still a long way from a championship. And the most fundamental reason is that there is no superstar like James as the leader to lead this group of young people forward, if the Cavaliers have James this season, maybe in the East they can really do something.
So let's take a look at why the Cavaliers lost their playoff qualifications this season with a good start?
First: The team lacks leaders
The Cavaliers have the best lineup in the league today, but they lack a leader who leads that lineup to the championship, preferably someone who has proven himself. In the Cavaliers lineup, there are mostly young players, and they are all young players with very good talent, they are the future of the Cavaliers, but it is difficult to help the Cavaliers now. Two of the Cavaliers' players have been named All-Stars this season, which is a huge breakthrough after James. Unfortunately, these two All-Star players still need to grow and experience more setbacks to become players that the Cavaliers can really rely on.
Second: The squad is too young
Cavaliers this season in addition to Love has playoff and Finals experience, other players are a blank sheet of paper, such a team even if the talent is good, but it is difficult to really go far, the Cavaliers should let Love play a greater role at this time, especially in leading young players to grow this road, Love should have a good experience for them. Unfortunately, the Cavaliers' coaching staff this season did not like Love at all, and although Love did not have the data and ability to average double twenty per game that year, he is still an All-Star level player. If you give him more playing time and trust, Love will use good data to return the Cavaliers. Unfortunately, after James left, Love was also abandoned by the Cavaliers. In the crucial game of the playoffs, Lefour was once again hidden in the snow, which was unfair to Lefour, and the Cavaliers coaching staff also had a certain responsibility.