Can this be the best shooting team in NBA history?
Can the Cleveland Cavaliers have the best shooting team in NBA history. I don't think this can be really out of the question, without quoting other teams stats this on the surface looks unbeatable if they all perform.
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Obviously with the injuries the Cavs have right now we will not know the whole potential of this team until they get fully healthy. But with the addition of Kyle Korver one of the best three point shooters in N.B.A history who do you leave open on this team when everyone is healthy. JR Smith is injured and out until probably around playoff time but there is plenty of shooting without him.
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The lineups the Cavs can put on the floor are really scary for other N.B.A teams to try and defend. Imagine, Lebron James bringing ball down the floor in the playoffs with Kyle Korver, Kyrie Irving, JR Smith, and Kevin Love all sitting and camping on the three point line. Who do you leave to stop Lebron James who is a .395 three point shooter this year himself. And if you want defense on the floor replace a Kyle Korver with Iman Shumpert who is shooting better this year then he ever has. And even if Lebron is not on the floor you can put out a lineup of Irving, Korver, Smith/Shumpert, Love, and a pretty good shooter in Channing Frye off the bench. Defense would lack in that lineup but the shooting would probably not be matched and can outscore almost anyone on any given night.
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To give you prospective to how good this can be James Jones arguably is also one of the best 3 point shooters in the game, but don't play a lot of minutes for other reasons can still come off the bench and take a couple shots.
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In conclusion the man who has to sort out all this is Ty Lue. The combinations that he could put on the floor is really scary but the chemistry needs to be right. Hardest thing to do in sports is to keep the chemistry right with teammates and put the right people on the court, field, etc that play well together. Lebron James assists should go up and the already great Cavs offense has gotten better. Health and Chemistry are the only thing that can stop this team from breaking more records and getting to the N.B.A finals. Time will tell where this team will go down in history.
