Cleveland Cavaliers big Jarrett Allen smiles before a game. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
Last season, Darius Garland looked like a different player for the Cleveland Cavaliers. In his rookie year, Garland had a fairly underwhelming campaign with 12.3 points and 3.9 assists per contest, and he did appear to be his full himself.
Part of the reason for Garland’s second guessing in-game was that he reportedly still had his prior meniscus injury, which cut his lone collegiate season at Vanderbilt to only five games, in the back of his mind. Garland’s shiftiness that he displayed throughout his second season, thanks in large part to the prior injury it seemed, was not shown close to as much in Year 1, as a result.