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Cleveland Cavaliers Mount Rushmore for the 2018-2019 season

By Nick Dudukovich

CLEVELAND, OH - SEPTEMBER 24: Cedi Osman #16 of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Media Day at Cleveland Clinic Courts on September 24, 2018 in Independence, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH - SEPTEMBER 24: Cedi Osman #16 of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Media Day at Cleveland Clinic Courts on September 24, 2018 in Independence, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) /
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CLEVELAND, OH – SEPTEMBER 24: Head coach Tyronn Lue of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Media Day at Cleveland Clinic Courts on September 24, 2018 in Independence, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH – SEPTEMBER 24: Head coach Tyronn Lue of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Media Day at Cleveland Clinic Courts on September 24, 2018 in Independence, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) /

The Cleveland Cavaliers begin life without LeBron James again, and these will be the organization’s four more prominent players this season.

The Cleveland Cavaliers find themselves in much better shape from the first time LeBron James departed time.

For the 2018-2019 season, Cleveland still possesses talented veterans, young up-and-comers and a promising rookie.

Cleveland should be entertaining to watch from a pure basketball standpoint.

And exhale. Yes, it’s not the same. If  James was here, we’d all be dreaming about Cavs-Warriors V.

Instead, we’ve got to build up the idea of building a team and winning without James.

The storylines are there, though. James is no longer axis on which the Cavs’ tilt and the force that dictates everything the Cavs do.

We’ll get to find out what kind of coach Tyronn Lue actually is. We’ll see how much Kevin Love has been held by by being the third, and then second option on the roster.

It’s not competing for the Finals, and we’d all take James back in a heartbeat, but it is it what is. The Cavs are going to be competing for the sixth, seventh or eighth seed in the Eastern Conference.

Some don’t even think they’ll be that good! The Ringer wrote that the over/under on the Cavaliers this season is 30.5.

If this squad defies the odds, these four players will have played a major part in accomplishing this fete, so, if you will, here’s the Cavs’ Mount Rushmore for the 2018-2019 season.

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