The Cleveland Cavaliers are 24-9 and 33 games into the season, there have been a few players who haven’t just stepped up to the plate but stepped their games up to a new level.
With a collection of players who had a chip on their shoulder, players like Derrick Rose, Jeff Green, Jae Crowder and Isaiah Thomas who came to the Cavs’ hungry and ready to prove their worth to league, they’ve been a gritty squad who takes the regular season seriously.
After losing to the Golden State Warriors for the second time in three seasons and the media incessantly searching for not just the next generation’s superstar but the person who would take the throne from LeBron James, he came to training camp with something to prove as well.