5 big questions for Cleveland Cavaliers this offseason

Cavs question No. 2: Should the Cavs trade their first-round pick for an established veteran?

Considering that the Cavs have the No. 14 pick, I’d think that the team might have better opportunities with a veteran and they should try to trade the pick. The team really needs to find a more reliable scorer who can play the 3 or 4 position. A player like Pascal Siakam out of Toronto would make sense. He’d score averaging more than 21 points a game. The knock on Siakam is that when he is bearing a heavy offensive load he takes a step back as a defender.

If the Cavs keep the draft pick they could still find a veteran in free agency. A player like Robert Covington, a forward who the Cavs had been rumored at one point to trade for this past season is now a free agent. He’s a 10-to-15 points a night player and could be an attractive player to the Cavs.

Cavs question No. 3: How does Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff improve in crunch time situations?

I’m the first to criticize the Cavs coach because he’s made some horrible decisions in games. Either he’s not using his bench players efficiently or playing rotations of players during games that make no sense. But he’s also making bad decisions late and has cost this team games in the past? Again, why did Cavs veteran forward and $30 million man Kevin Love only play 10 minutes in the final “play in-game” That move likely cost the team a win they should have secured.

I’m honestly not expecting Bickerstaff to improve much in this department

Cavs question No. 4: Should Dean Wade start over Lauri Markkanen?

I’m a big fan of Dean Wade. Some might think that Wade wasn’t aggressive enough on offense and while he was a good defender for the Cavs this past year, he wasn’t producing enough points. If you have followed Wade’s past career you’ll see that Wade was more involved in the offense when he played at Kansas State.

Now with the Cavs, he’s been coached to stand along the perimeter and solely shoot three-point shots. That’s on the Cavs coach Bickerstaff for not utilizing Wade’s natural talents. While the Cavs current forward Lauri Markkanen has been a good three-point shooter from the outside, his poor defensive efforts hurt the team this past season. it’s a tough call on this question because the Cavs would be better off going with Wade for defensive purposes but would be losing a bit offensively. That could change if Bickerstaff would alter his philosophy on using Wade offensively, but I don’t expect to see that happen.