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Cleveland Cavaliers: Starting Five From LeBron-less Era

By Evan Hablitzel

Sep 26, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love (0), forward LeBron James (23) and guard Kyrie Irving (2) laugh during a photo session during media day at Cleveland Clinic Courts. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 26, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love (0), forward LeBron James (23) and guard Kyrie Irving (2) laugh during a photo session during media day at Cleveland Clinic Courts. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 14, 2013; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Marreese Speights (15) handles the ball against Philadelphia 76ers power forward Arnett Moultrie (5) during the first quarter at the Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports /

Center- #15 Marreese Speights

Marreese “Mo’ Buckets” Speights is, if anything, undeniably entertaining on the hardwood. Acquired in a January 2013 trade with the Memphis Grizzlies, the outspoken Speights appeared in 39 games for the Cavaliers.

He averaged 10.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 18.5 minutes per contest. Mo’ Buckets is starting at the five for the LeBron-less Cavaliers because his social media jab at James during the 2016 Finals made me realize no one remembers he was a Cavalier.

https://twitter.com/Mospeights16/status/742114131302486020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Speights played only eight minutes per game in The Finals and was a virtual non-factor. But, a single tweet ignited Cavaliers’ fans and unleashed the ruthless Twitter trolls on the former Cavs center. Speights’ backtracked faster than Usain Bolt running the 100-meter dash. Watching his tweet fall apart was beautiful to watch.

The four years without James were four years of atrocious basketball. Throughout the duration of said years, it was difficult to find humor in our roster and on-court product.

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But, hey, we got a title. We’re allowed to look back and reminisce about the endless comedic value the Cavaliers displayed during those four years.

Now, it’s time to go back-to-back.

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