INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- The Cleveland Cavaliers spent nearly a year and a bounty of resources scrambling to fix their point guard spot after Kyrie Irving changed everything with a trade request last July.
It started with Isaiah Thomas, who could never return to his MVP form and rubbed teammates the wrong way when he finally made his season debut in January. Derrick Rose, a signing general manager Koby Altman was incredibly excited about last off-season, struggled with injuries and briefly left the team before getting sent away at the trade deadline. Veteran Jose Calderon played more than anyone expected.