Cavs: Second bubble would likely be key growth opportunity for 3 young players

Dylan Windler would also likely benefit from Cleveland Cavaliers’ participation in a second bubble

Dylan Windler is the other player that comes to mind that’d likely benefit from the Cavs’ perspective in regards to a possible second bubble and/or play against other non-Orlando squads.

Windler has not played yet for the Cavaliers due to complications involving a stress reaction in his left leg, but Windler is reportedly recovering well. Along with that, had the Cavs had some more regular season games in Orlando, Windler reportedly could’ve maybe made his debut for the Wine and Gold.

The thought process here is that maybe in September, especially, that Windler would be able to make his long-awaited Cavs debut. This sort of Summer League-like setting would be ideal for that, too.

Windler did play with the Cavaliers in Summer League in 2019, and did show promise as a perimeter shooter, both off-the-catch and off-the-bounce. Going forward for Cleveland, I could very well see Windler being a key shooter. He hit 40.6 percent of his three-point attempts per outing in a four-year collegiate career at Belmont, and hit 42.9 percent of those looks as a senior.

If he’d be able to go in this second bubble-type format, if it does happen, it could be a key growth opportunity for Windler to get his legs under him, and get some work in against other teams with Garland, KPJ and feasibly young pieces. It’d be a positive to see Windler be able to help out from a secondary playmaking, cutting and rebounding standpoint, too.

That’s again if he’s able to go if this second bubble were to play out.

It’s anything but certain as to whether or not we’ll see this happen, but if the Cavs did get a proposed four games in that Chicago bubble against other clubs, it’s clear that this likely would be a key growth opportunity for the 2019 draft class, in particular.

We’ll see what happens in relation to if/how non-Orlando teams get competition in before 2020-21.

With the impact of COVID-19, it’s tough to say on that front, but non-Orlando teams such as the Cavs assuredly do want to have productive growth opportunities for young players before next season.