Which Cavaliers Made Bleacher Report's Top 100 List?
We know we are getting close to the start of the NBA season when publications start releasing their best players for the upcoming year. Bleacher Report put together their top 100 players headed into the 2023-24 season and released it a few days back and unsurprisingly a few Cleveland Cavaliers cracked their list.
The popular sports website took a unique approach to this ranking by deciding the order based on a voting system rather than journalists choosing it themselves. This method has been praised by fans for its accuracy and originality which is refreshing to see in the hot take and debate world that is the NBA.
Let's get into which Cavs made the list and where they fall:
- Donovan Mitchell (20)
- Darius Garland (38)
- Evan Mobley (41)
- Jarrett Allen (64)
It's no surprise that these were the four names to show up. Mitchell has been one of basketball's best guards since he entered the league and deserves to be on this list. There is one part of this ranking that could be open for discussion. Devin Booker, with whom Mitchell has been compared time and time again, is ranked in the top 10.
DG, Mobley, and Allen being ranked where they are is pretty fair considering how many good guards there are in the league and the
The Cavs' roster has the potential to be a top-three seed in the Eastern Conference and this ranking only backs this up. Cleveland has a number of great players on their team, but now they need to produce on the floor and make a playoff run to show they truly deserve to be considered when of the better teams in the NBA.