Cavs: 3 lineups coach J.B. Bickerstaff should use this season

3 lineups coach J.B. Bickerstaff should use: Outer Space

Darius Garland – Collin Sexton – Dylan Windler – Kevin Love – Evan Mobley

Shooting is the name of the game in the modern NBA, and many young teams get caught trying to develop talent in a constricted shooting environment. Leaning into lineups with floor spacing can open up the court for young players to both score and learn to read the floor. The Detroit Pistons recognized this, signing Kelly Olynyk as a veteran stretch-5 to help their young core flourish.

Cleveland already has such a player in Kevin Love, who is both wildly overpaid and injury-prone, but when he is in the game is a high-volume shooter from outside. He has hit 37.4 percent of his 3-pointers since joining the Cavaliers, a very solid mark for a big man.

Love would pair nicely in a spacing-focused lineup with newly drafted Evan Mobley. Not only would Mobley have the space inside to explore his game, but as a budding shooter himself he and Love could run some two-man pick-and-pop actions.

The other three perimeter players in such a lineup are obvious. Darius Garland and Collin Sexton are both solid shooters at this point in their careers, and Dylan Windler has a pure stroke and the potential to be a valuable shooter on the wing. Altogether this would be an offensively potent group, even if they would be trying to outscore their opponent instead of stopping them on defense.