Cavs: Lower FT rate for Larry Nance Jr. showed offensive growth

Cleveland Cavaliers big man Larry Nance Jr. shoots the ball. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

Larry Nance Jr. didn’t shoot a ton of free throws in 2019-20 for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

It’s evident that Larry Nance Jr.‘s arrow is pointing up for the Cleveland Cavaliers. During this past season for Cleveland, Nance had yet another career-best in scoring at 10.1 points per game, and that I’d expect that trend to continue next season.

Nance hit 35.2 percent of his 2.8 three-point attempts per outing, which played into that off-the-catch, and Nance’s much improved handle last season aided him on-ball, too. Plus, we also know that Nance, a high-flyer, is always a constant lob threat and times…