Cavaliers should start Meleek Thomas over James Harden

Starting Meleek Thomas over James Harden sounds ridiculous. We're talking about benching a former MVP, one of the greatest offensive players of his generation, for a rookie who has barely gotten his NBA career off the ground. Before anybody starts questioning my basketball credentials, bear with me for a moment. The Cleveland Cavaliers' early-season numbers suggest this supposedly outrageous idea deserves serious consideration.

This isn't an argument that Thomas is a better basketball player than Harden. It's an argument that the Cavaliers might be a better basketball team with Thomas starting alongside Donovan Mitchell and Harden running the second unit. This current lineup is so…