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Cavs: Evaluating the backup PGs – Solid reserves

A number of teams across the league have solid reserve point guards, players they can trust to run the offense in the absence of the starter, and start in a pinch. These are the teams not looking to immediately improve their situation, not worried if their starter misses a game or two.

Last season the Atlanta Hawks struggled at the position behind Trae Young, but this offseason they traded for Delon Wright to hold down the fort. Wright has excellent size and defensive ability at the position, a very different look from the Hawks’ starter. The Milwaukee Bucks brought back an old friend in George Hill to back up Jrue Holiday; they had to win the title without a backup point guard last season.

Another former Bucks PG, Eric Bledsoe, has landed with the LA Clippers and will likely come off the bench for the first time since….he was on the Clippers. His shot comes and goes but Bledsoe is still a tough defender and finisher inside. Facundo Campazzo will back up Monte Morris in Denver with Jamal Murray on the sideline; Campazzo is a creative passer who struggles at times with the size and speed of the NBA game. Tyus Jones is as steady as they come behind Ja Morant in Memphis.

Finally, I’m not sure where to put John Wall since it looks like he wouldn’t start even if he was going to play. We’ll drop him here as a player operating as a shell of his former speedy self and move on.