3 reasons Cavs shouldn’t seriously consider trading Larry Nance Jr.

Reason #1: Nance’s continued offensive growth for the Cavs

The first reason why the Cavs shouldn’t seriously consider trading Nance is, to drive it home further, his continued offensive growth. Nance has worked tirelessly to become a legitimate catch-and-shoot threat from deep, and that’s played into his increased scoring output, and makes him ever more valuable moving forward.

When you weigh in the myriad of ways Nance affects games in his minutes-share, along with that, too, it’s more noteworthy that he hit 35.2 percent from deep last season, in my opinion.

We’ve seen Nance be often utilized as a key playmaking big for the Cavs/to the benefit of pieces such as Collin Sexton, Kevin Love and Kevin Porter Jr. and others in these past two seasons as well. And his much improved handle last season should make Nance more of an impact player in a number of lineups.

Heck, we saw Nance look to be a viable 3 man option even for J.B. Bickerstaff leading into the novel coronavirus-induced hiatus/ultimately the end of last season for Cleveland. We should see that be the case next season at times, too.

Also, though the volume was not a ton of the time, Nance made strides in the post-up game, too.

So, with next season in mind, it’s evident that Nance’s continuously expanding offensive game should make all the more of a key contributor in his minutes-share for Cleveland. I just don’t see the Cavs not weighing his offensive progression in recent seasons heavily, and with Bickerstaff seeming to be a big fan of Nance’s, that would seem to substantiate that organizational take.