When a team loses its best player, you expect that team to significantly regress in the win column. When said team loses the best player in the world for the second time in less than a decade, you’re looking at a potential dumpster fire. Still, even after losing LeBron James to the glitz and glam of Hollywood, all hope is not lost for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team that knocked the Indiana Pacers out in the first round last season.
Their streak of four straight finals appearances will come to an end, sure, but it’s too early to throw away the 2019 season outright.