Cavaliers are sending Lonzo Ball a message he cannot ignore

Lonzo Ball went from the Cavaliers' prized offseason addition to an end-of-bench DNP.

Charlotte Hornets v Cleveland Cavaliers | Joe Murphy/GettyImagesThis summer, the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Isaac Okoro for veteran point guard Lonzo Ball of the Chicago Bulls. Lonzo presented an escape from a revolving door of backup point guards who never really fit what Cleveland needed.

With Darius Garland in the starting five, the Cavs' offense heavily depends on a maestro point guard who can dish out timely assists and collapse defenses with ball handling and dribbling drives to the hoop. Since the departure of Ricky Rubio years ago, Cleveland could never find a true pass-first point guard to lead the…