The Cleveland Cavaliers have managed to keep the ship afloat after a four-game skid sent some fans into panic mode to start the season. Since then, the Cavs have managed to win three of their last five games, putting that losing streak behind them in the quest to reaching the .500 mark again.
Even from the sidelines, injured point guard Isaiah Thomas has noticed how this team has struggled to become cohesive and found itself at odds closing out games and getting behind early.
“It’s real — we are having struggles on both ends of the floor,” Thomas told Marc Stein of The New York Times. “But I think it has a lot to do with, they’ve had a guy for the last three or four years — that guy’s been Kyrie — able to create off the dribble, get in the paint, get to the foul line. It’s hard to adjust to not having that, with me being injured as well and then having seven or eight new guys.”
“All those little things, on top of little things, are what’s making us struggle right now. But it’s a process. It’s going to take time for everybody. We know, at the end of the day, everything will be all right.”
Not only did the Cavs swap major pieces during the Kyrie Irving trade, but have also made adjustments at center (before and after Tristan Thompson’s injury), while swapping out pieces at shooting guard in J.R. Smith and Dwyane Wade.
The Cavs have yet to figure out the lineup for the long run, and will likely will be on that quest until Isaiah Thomas’ impeding return, which is slated to give this team a much-needed scoring punch.
