Dwyane Wade reached out to Cavaliers coach Tryonn Lue Sunday and asked to come off the bench going forward.
With Wade heading to the bench, J.R. Smith will be added back to the starting lineup.
Wade has started in 907 of the 918 regular season games he's appeared in and all of the 172 postseason games he's played. In Cleveland's first three games, Wade is averaging career lows across the board, highlighted by his 5.7 points on 28 percent shooting.
During media availability Monday, Wade said he had been thinking about the possibility of coming off the bench since he joined the Cavaliers, but after their 21-point home loss to the Magic Saturday, Wade says he decided it was time to make the change.