Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland handles the ball. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Darius Garland should be more assertive for the Cleveland Cavaliers in Year 2.
Darius Garland did not have a banner rookie season for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and him having 12.3 points per outing on 40.1 percent shooting was fairly underwhelming in the scoring sense. Garland is a highly capable shooter, but that didn’t play out nearly as much as Cavs fans would’ve liked to have seen.
I’m going to give Garland somewhat of a pass, though. Garland only appeared in five games in his lone collegiate season at Vanderbilt due to a meniscus tear, and coming into Year 1, he wasn’t seemingly able to work on his game much because of rehabbing.