3 reasons Collin Sexton is Cavs’ #1 option for foreseeable future

#2: The Cavs know what they get game-to-game from Sexton

Sexton was chosen with a draft pick that had a lot of backstory to it. It was acquired in the Kyrie Irving deal then with the Boston Celtics, and the pick came with expectations as Sexton was the face of this new era after LeBron left for the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Cavs kept that eighth pick the entire season instead of trying to grab another veteran to help aid LeBron in what was his last season with the team. Missing with that sort of pick would have hurt.

He’s had four head coaches in his first two seasons on a dysfunctional team, and Sexton’s already had to experience disgruntled veterans who were not pleased with the current team like J.R. Smith and Kevin Love, previously. That’s far from the case it seems with Love, now, though.

Anyhow, through all of this, Sexton has been the most stable part of the team and has been the light at the end of the tunnel. He averaged 16.7 points per game his rookie season while averaging 20.8 his sophomore season. For further emphasis here, the Cavaliers know they’re getting game-to-game in that sense from Collin.

Before the Cavaliers 2019-20 season came to an end, Sexton was averaging 25.5 points per night on 52.8 percent shooting from the field and 43.1 percent from three-point land on 5.3 attempts per contest. Along with that, he had 4.2 assists per game in that span post-All-Star break in the first 11 games J.B. Bickerstaff has as Cleveland’s head coach.

That alone goes to show what Collin is capable of. When you have a guy on the team who can drive and use his speed and effort to get to the rim, who also had the second-highest three-point percentage then on the team, why not have the ball in his hands a ton?

Lastly, the third reason has to do with Sexton’s work ethic/mentality.