![]() “He’s 25-years old,” James said of Williams to local reporters over the weekend. I feel like I’m still getting better at it.” But it is a different mindset, kind of waiting for the shot versus seeking it out. “I think I’ve gotten more inside-out corner threes here than I’ve gotten in the last, I don’t know how many years. Defensively, he can take on some of those backup fours and fives that occasionally get Frye in foul trouble. With Korver and/or Channing Frye on the floor, Williams will have driving and lob lanes. In Cleveland, Williams can just attack the front of the rim, the way Tristan Thompson does as a starter. The difference here is that the bench players’ roles are so defined, and their chance at success so much better than most places, because they so frequently have either James or Kyrie Irving or Love on the floor with them. Williams has impressed at every stop, for a while, with his athletic chops. 2 overall Draft pick Derrick Williams, signed to a 10-day contract last week after being released by the Miami Heat. The latest reclamation project is former No. Rookie point guard Kay Felder isn’t ready (hence James’ repeated, and repeated, contention that the Cavs need a playmaker). Iman Shumpert was supposed to come off the bench, but he’s had to become a starter after J.R. ![]() and Chris Andersen had been the major offseason acquisitions, but neither panned out - Dunleavy wasn’t as good a fit as either he or the team had hoped, and Andersen tore his right ACL in December and is out for the season. ![]() But, obviously, this is an incredible situation for me to be in.”Ĭleveland has been adjusting its bench all year. So it’s a different mindset, seeking out shots versus waiting for shots. “Coming off of those screens, it’s a different mindset than just waiting for it,” Korver said, “and never knowing when that ball’s coming, cause he literally throws it at any moment, and then it’s just catching fireballs and being ready to shoot ‘em. In 17 games for the Cavaliers, Korver is averaging 10.6 points in a little more than 25 minutes per game. 441 - his 3-point percentage this season.īut no one says no to going to Cleveland. Some of Korver’s advanced numbers may be down compared to his last few seasons with the Hawks, but the only number that matters is. It’s a transition, even coming to the defending champions, even when they really want you, as the Cavs really wanted the 35-year-old Korver, picking him up from Atlanta in early January for Mike Dunleavy, Jr., Mo Williams and a protected 2019 first-rounder. For those who come off the bench, it can be even more difficult. And that’s someone who was, who is, starting. It’s what Chris Bosh talked about a couple of years ago, when asked how Kevin Love would have to adjust from getting multiple looks and touches in Minnesota to … waiting in Cleveland. But it is not easy for most players just … waiting. It’s actually some of the easiest times a smart basketball player will ever have. ![]() Understand: it isn’t hard, in the physical sense. It is not easy playing off of LeBron James. And even though the most regular games he can actually play in this season is 78, the sense of change and the need to get up to speed quickly can put all kinds of emotional drag on a body and mind. “The Hawks’ schedule was frontloaded, and the Cavs’ is backloaded,” he said last week. How formidable can the Cleveland Cavaliers’ bench become?įor Kyle Korver, it feels like more than 82 games this season.
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