The Cavs don’t seem to know what they’re doing at this point

Last season, the Cleveland Cavaliers finished in 13th place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 22-50. They were 27 games behind the first-place Philadelphia 76ers (49-23) and they were only two wins better than the last-place Detroit Pistons (20-52). Clearly, they were not a very good team. So there should be nowhere to go but up, right?

Based on my observations, the league is going in the direction of positionless basketball and small-ball. As a result, there aren’t a lot of traditional big men who play down in the post with their back to the basket anymore. As a result, you would think that the Cavaliers would go with that trend in order to try and improve their record and get into the playoffs.

It doesn’t seem that the Cavs are getting the memo, though.

But for some strange reason, the Cavaliers are going in the complete opposite direction. They’re trying to add as many 7-footers as they can this offseason.

They already had Kevin Love and Jarrett Allen on the roster, but then they decided to draft forward/center Evan Mobley with the No. 3 overall pick. After that pick, Cleveland didn’t try to do anything else in the draft, which was very frustrating. I kept waiting for them to try and make a trade of some sort to get back and select another wing player since they have no depth at that position. But it never happened, which was so frustrating.

Other than Isaac Okoro, who else do the Cavs have to play on the wing? Nobody viable really. Sure they have guys like Cedi Osman, Damyean Dotson, Lamar Stevens, Dean Wade, and Dylan Windler coming off the bench, but are they really going to make an impact? Dotson, Stevens and Wade are on non-guaranteed deals, too, to that point.

So why not add someone like the former Villanova Wildcat Ryan Arcidiacono, veteran 3-point specialist J.J. Redick, or perhaps a 3-and-D type of player in James Ennis III, who could be a solid veteran to consider?

But wait, there’s more! They decided to do a three-team trade with the Chicago Bulls and Portland Trail Blazers where they sent forward Larry Nance Jr. to Portland and Chicago gave the Cavaliers Lauri Markkanen. There were also draft picks exchanged between the three teams.

Lastly, the Cavs decided to sign Tacko Fall to a 1-year deal. Granted, that was a training camp deal/non-guaranteed, however, it was a puzzling move. And oh yeah, the Cavs signed Jarrett Allen to a five-year, $100 million contract extension.

It doesn’t feel like general manager Koby Altman and the Cavaliers have addressed their biggest issues at all this offseason. Both Collin Sexton and Darius Garland are still here, they have no wing depth, and Kevin Love didn’t get bought out; he is not reportedly willing to negotiate a buyout at this juncture, but we’ll see on that.

I would love to tell you that the Cleveland Cavaliers are going to climb up the standings ladder and make it back to the playoffs; it’s difficult to suggest that will be the case, though. Unfortunately, I don’t think that’s going to happen.

Instead, they might end up sliding down in the standings, even.