The Cleveland Cavaliers have had a nice stretch in recent games, where they’ve won four of their last six, in which Cleveland has benefited from a softer part in what has been a grueling schedule overall, but wins are rewarding, regardless.
The younger pieces’ progression is the underlying key to coming years, and Cleveland’s current 10-23 record, while not exactly fantastic, is about what fans should have expected to this point in the 2019-20 season.
Anyway, after a blowout loss to the Toronto Raptors on New Year’s Eve Tuesday in what was the last game for the Cavs of 2019, Cavs veteran leader Tristan Thompson had a simple message for the team’s younger pieces, presumably the likes of Darius Garland, Collin Sexton, Cedi Osman and Kevin Porter Jr.