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Cavs’ Larry Drew is right in praising Ante Zizic for his progression

This season, Ante Zizic has played pretty well for the Cleveland Cavaliers. With the team quickly shifting to a rebuilding approach thanks to unfortunate circumstances and all sorts of injuries, it’s allowed Zizic to play a considerable minutes-share in the frontcourt, and in his second year, he has been consistent when given the opportunities to produce.

In 2018-19, Zizic has averaged 7.6 points on 58.5 percent true shooting and 5.4 rebounds in 18.3 minutes per game, per Basketball Reference. He’s been active in 56 of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 79 contests thus far, while being a starter in 24 of those appearances (per NBA.