The Cleveland Cavaliers are amid a full-rebuild, and general manager Koby Altman and the organization selecting Darius Garland, despite a limited sample size in college, was based on potential.
Garland flashed all kinds of potential in the five games he played, averaging 16.2 points on 53.7% shooting (including 47.8% shooting from three-point range), to go with 3.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game (per Sports Reference).
One huge part of his game that was flashed in his brief college stint was shooting. The game today has such a big emphasis on being able to spread the floor and knock down three-point shots and Garland’s shooting, both off-the-bounce and off-the-catch, figures to be a huge tool.