3 ways Cavs trade acquisition Caris LeVert will help the team

#1: The offense gets better

LeVert can score and he can score a lot when needed. In his last outing with his old team the Indiana Pacers, he scored 42 points in a loss. In addition, when you start looking at his stat lines, he can do so much for the offense. He’s 6-foot-6 and can be that shooting guard that the team has been looking for, but he could also play the point or even play at the three spot that has been switched a bit with the ankle injury to Lauri Markkanen.

My colleague and I were discussing this part of the team earlier and the question was presented on what do you do with Isaac Okoro? While it would make sense to start LeVert in Okoro’s place for the offensive advantage, Okoro’s defense can be stellar at times.

With Markkanen still sidelined with an ankle injury, the Cavs have been starting Dean Wade in his place. Wade has stepped up in several moments, scored baskets at key moments, and played the most consistently good defense of any Cavs player this season. But with LeVert thrown into the mix do you then sit Wade and go with Darius Garland, Isaac Okoro, Caris LeVert, Evan Mobley, and Jarrett Allen as the starting five. When Markkanen returns then do you sit Okoro?

Those are up for more chatter but for the time being, let’s discuss LeVert’s offensive talents. When you start dissecting Levert’s numbers you see how consistent he’s been.

He scored those 42 points against the Bulls as mentioned before. He hasn’t had a single digit scoring game since Dec. 1. His assist totals have been very impressive too.

He’s had 10 games of his 39 games played where he dished out six assists or more. He doesn’t take a ton of three-point shots and is averaging 32 percent on makes. He takes twice as many shots closer to the rim where he is shooting a respectable 50 percent on 2s. He’s had 20 games of scoring between 10 and 19 points and had 15 games of scoring more than 20 points a game.

Now, Malcolm Brodgon’s injury issues did play some into LeVert’s splits, but his offensive repertoire should definitely help the Wine and Gold.

Any way you slice it, LeVert’s production is welcome news to a Cavs team trying to find scorers at times when their offense has struggled.