Cleveland Cavaliers bigs Dean Wade (#32) and Larry Nance Jr. (#22) celebrate in-game. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
The Cleveland Cavaliers were often crippled by injury this now-past season, and the condensed schedule didn’t aid them in that way.
On a positive note in that realm though, aside from the growth of Collin Sexton and Darius Garland throughout the season, it did lead to a number of young pieces getting their share of meaningful playing time that may have benefited from that sort of thing.
Guys such as Dean Wade and Lamar Stevens come to mind in that regard, and Stevens, particularly when Kevin Love and also Larry Nance Jr.