Cavs: 2 reasons one shouldn’t be worried about Collin Sexton’s outlook

I know that the dude has had his share of detractors over the years since he was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2018, but Collin Sexton has been a heck of a bright spot, particularly in the past two seasons.

The Cavs as a team, whether it’s been because of spacing, coaching change/interior turmoil, injuries, or just lack of cohesion, have often struggled in recent years. In the past two years, regardless of the COVID-19-affected seasons, Cleveland has had only 19 and 22 wins.

I’m not suggesting that Sexton should be completely absolved of blame for that, either. Sexton still has times where he has tunnel vision, he needs to show further improvement as a secondary playmaker, and on the defensive end, his team defensive feel and navigation of screens must get better from here.

All of that being said, on a team that’s had its share of problems and inconsistencies in recent years, Sexton has proven himself as a bonafide three-level scorer. He led Cleveland once again in scoring last season with 24.3 points per contest in Year 3, and even after some rough patches from deep, did still knock in 37.1 percent of his three-point attempts.

Now, it was somewhat of a surprise that Sexton/his representation in agent Austin Brown and the Cavaliers didn’t reach agreement on a contract extension ahead of his fourth season. That deadline on Monday at 6 PM has since passed for those in Sexton’s 2018 draft class.

Sexton/his camp were reportedly “initially hoping” for a deal of $100 million-plus, per Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com, and the two sides couldn’t end up coming to an agreement.

Sexton can be set to hit restricted free agency next offseason, as a result, but the Cavs do want Sexton to be around, as Fedor’s report expressed. Plus, it very well seems that Sexton genuinely wants to be with the team for the long haul, and per Fedor’s report, while the team could match a potential offer, Sexton could end up being re-signed before he hits that.

Now, Sexton in recent media availability did state that he was a bit “disappointed” that his representation and the Cavaliers couldn’t come to an agreement on an extension before this past deadline, via Spencer Davies of Basketballnews.com. As Davies then noted from Sexton, though, he emphasized how his approach “won’t change,” and he’ll keep giving his all and won’t leave his teammates “out to dry.”

Now, I get that some fans might be concerned still about the lack of extension for Sexton. But they shouldn’t be, as Sexton seems to be completely bought-in, and has been here since the beginning of this second-post-LeBron James departure rebuild.

Furthermore, to that point, we’ll stress two key reasons why one shouldn’t be worried about Sexton’s outlook involving the Cavs from here.

The first is along the lines of what we first touched on a bit.