3 Cavs players that will start off slow next season

#2: Cavs stretch big Kevin Love

After being injured much of the 2018-2019 season due mostly to toe surgery, Love had a mostly healthy season physically but in relation to the Love-Cavs team dynamic, there was reportedly some turbulence along the way and there were a few instances that even played out on-floor/on the bench. For now, it seems like that sort of thing’s been resolved, though.

The Cavaliers have surely improved some, even if it is a small improvement. It largely depends on how the young core has developed, but regardless Love should have more help on the team when comparing the roster at the start of last season to the one today.

The Cavaliers have a lot of draft capital invested in their key guards, who are all slated to have big seasons and get plenty of opportunities to score on offense. There is also Dylan Windler who can also serve as a spacer and Andre Drummond who can grab a lot of rebounds similar to Love, and has led the league in that metric in four of the past five seasons.

Kevin is not getting any younger, and all of this will likely equal a slow start for Love and dips in his averages at the beginning of the season.

Even though he may start slow overall, I could still see him being valuable down the stretch of games, for the development of the young players, and a more accurate player regardless of totals; he hit 37.4 percent from three-point land last season on a career-high 7.0 attempts per contest, for reference.

Finding the balance and chemistry between the young players learning the game and the established veterans will take time but is likely to improve as they play together more.