Cleveland Cavaliers: Five lineups they could use in 2019-20

#2 – A lineup of mostly projected bench contributors:

Knight-Clarkson-Porter-Nance Jr.-John Henson

This lineup could also be titled the “Likely-To-Be-Traded” Unit given Jordan Clarkson, Brandon Knight, and John Henson are all very likely potential traded candidates for the Cleveland Cavaliers this upcoming season.

Until that point, they remain key parts of the Cavaliers’ bench going forward and solid parts of their rotation otherwise. Knight is coming off a strong offseason and he reportedly looked sharp in pre-camp workouts in New York, too.

He likely will play a solid bench role for the Cavaliers this season after averaging 8.5 points and 2.3 assists in 22.9 minutes per game in 27 games with Cleveland last season (per Basketball Reference), and he could very well be the main backup guard alongside Clarkson.

Clarkson, as well, is seemingly coming off an excellent summer. He is one of not only the Cavaliers, but the entire NBA’s best bench scorers (he had 16.8 points per game last season, per NBA.com) and as such, this will insert him into numerous of Beilein’s new lineups this season.

Clarkson will certainly play a huge part on this Cavaliers team, even with such an uncertain future with the team, with Clarkson’s expiring contract. Porter Jr. will have to earn his minutes on the team and fellow rookie, Windler, could certainly also take some playing time with this main bench unit.

Porter Jr.’s relatively elite athleticism should give him an edge this season in terms of playing time, albeit they both will absolutely get their fair share of opportunities, regardless. Larry Nance Jr., who has a good chance of starting on most occasions for the Cavs this year according to the aforementioned Fedor, is a player that should be a crucial part in a number of Beilein’s lineups and may very well be in for one of his best seasons so far.

John Henson was the lesser talked about part of the Matthew Dellavedova Milwaukee Bucks trade last season largely due to the reported torn wrist ligament that kept Henson off the floor with Cleveland, but upon his return, should likely play a solid role for the Cavaliers off the bench.

He’s averaged 1.5 blocks for his career (per Basketball Reference) and is the only player on the Cavaliers currently averaging over 1.0 blocks per game career-wise, which will provide him a fair amount of opportunities to see the floor as a result.

This unit is one that does not posses much elite talent but should be able to utilize their size, speed, and athleticism to their relatively consistent advantage this upcoming season.