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#2 Aging roster
LeBron, at the age of 32, still looks like in the prime of his life. But that is not the case for the rest of the roster. With the addition of the Dwyane Wade, the Cavs are now the oldest team in the NBA with an average age of 30.
Although the team has a significant amount of experience, getting older and slower has impacted them on the defensive end of the floor. In addition to some aging, potentially declining players on the roster, the same communication and effort problems that gave them trouble last season are still prevalent this season.
The King in the Fourth, Isaiah Thomas, certainly won’t help their defensive issues, whenever he decides to end up returning to the floor. The bottom line is that Cleveland is old, and plays like it. Even if the Cavs begin giving effort, it’s hard to imagine that a backcourt featuring Wade, Rose, and Smith will be able to sustain that energy over a 48-minute game.
