When informed that he needed to improve his defensive effort in order to stay in the rotation, former Cavalier Sasha Pavlovic once told coach Mike Brown that “my defense is my offense“, meaning that what he did as a scorer would more than offset any poor defensive effort. As a coach noted for his emphasis on the defensive end, Brown wasn’t thrilled with the reply, to say the least. While Pavlovic has claimed that he was joking, it was still quite the statement from a player who averaged just 4.9 points per game over ten seasons, and was out of the NBA before his thirtieth birthday.
The Cavaliers Need Isaiah Thomas…To Help Their Defense
