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Cleveland Cavaliers: Lack Of A Point Guard Is Becoming A Bigger Issue
- Updated: January 7, 2017
Now that the Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired sharpshooter Kyle Korver, the team is still in dire need of a backup point guard.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have had a backcourt issue ever since they traded Matthew Dellavedova to the Milwaukee Bucks during free agency over the summer. The point guard position only rests in the hands of Kyrie Irving, and that is a huge problem.
And that problem that the Cavaliers have avoided has finally hit them in the face. Before scoring 32 points in a win over the Brooklyn Nets, Kyrie Irving missed three consecutive games due to a hamstring injury. In instances such as those, the point guard position is basically left uncertain.
The only backup that the Cavaliers have for Kyrie Irving is rookie Kay Felder. Felder, who is still learning his role with the team, is not enough to fully handle the responsibility of the point guard position. This discrepancy has left LeBron James, J.R. Smith (who is still out due to a thumb injury), Iman Shumpert and Jordan McRae to assume the point guard position in certain games.
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