3 Cavs players that’d be really fun to watch in potential NBA charity game

Larry Nance Jr.

In a charity game format, I’d love to see the bouncy Larry Nance Jr. in there.

He’s always been a player known his high-flying dunking ability as a roller/lob threat, and with his ability to grab defensive rebounds and bring the ball up the floor with his much-improved handle, he jumps out to me as a player fans would find to be particularly exciting as far as current Cavaliers.

Nance Jr., whose father, Larry Nance, actually won the first NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1984 with the Phoenix Suns and is one of the best Cavs ever, made a really nice showing for himself in the 2018 competition.

Granted, I absolutely don’t want it to seem like I’m just saying Nance is a dunker, as he continues to show that to me, even factoring in Kevin Love, he’s the Cleveland Cavaliers’ most versatile big man.

Nance has shown tremendous improvement throughout the last two seasons offensively, and is one of Cleveland’s best defenders that routinely makes plays in passing lanes, and is capable of making emphatic blocks as a rotator.

This season, Jr. has put up what would be a career-high 10.1 points per game going into the NBA’s season suspension, to go with 7.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.0 steals per outing, as indicated by Basketball Reference. Post-All-Star break, Nance has had 12.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.2 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game as well, per NBA.com.

With Nance’s all-around game, and budding three-point shooting ability, of which he’s hit a career-high 35.2 percent from deep this year, and of course, high-flying jamming prowess, in a charity game where I’d imagine teams would be getting up and down in a flash, Nance would be terrific to watch for fans.

The second Cav that comes to mind that would be really fun to watch in a potential charity game is a young guard that’s been taking off as of late.