The Cleveland Cavaliers will be knocking on the door of legitimate title contention in the 2025-26 NBA season. To unlock the fullest extent of their ceiling, Darius Garland, not Donovan Mitchell, must be the one with the keys to the offense.
This was something originally pitched by Jason Timpf on a recent episode of his podcast. The show host acknowledged that Mitchell is a great playoff riser. This was about putting everyone into a spot that would maximize skill sets offensively.
Timpf said, "Darius, I would actually argue in terms of just the regular season, is a better offensive engine than Donovan Mitchell because of his ability to consistently cut teams to pieces with his dribble penetration and pass effectively out of it.