Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland drives to the basket. (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)
It was a relief to see how Darius Garland performed in his second season for the Cleveland Cavaliers. In his rookie campaign, Garland’s play was underwhelming; he had 12.3 points and 3.9 assists per outing, and his approach was somewhat timid.
On-par with that, he reportedly had his prior meniscus injury that cut his lone collegiate season at Vanderbilt in the back of his mind. That made sense, as Garland was hesitating it seemed too often and him not fully trusting the knee/burst probably was a significant reason for that.