CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If Dahntay Jones never throws another retaliatory elbow, if LeBron James never has to cover another of his fines, if he doesn't give the Cavs five good minutes in a Finals game...he's already left his mark on the 2017 playoffs.
He made sure Iman Shumpert stayed ready, in case Cavs coach Tyronn Lue called his number.
Lue did and Shumpert responded.
"Dahntay, since coming to the team, he's always up to play one on one with me," Shumpert told cleveland.com. "The type of player I am and the type of rhythm I need, I need to play.