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Cleveland Cavaliers dominates the Skills Competition in a sign of things to come

By Chad Porto

CLEVELAND, OHIO - FEBRUARY 19: Evan Mobley #4, Darius Garland #10 and Jarrett Allen #31 of Team Cavs hold up their trophies after winning the Taco Bell Skills Challenge as part of the 2022 NBA All Star Weekend at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on February 19, 2022 in Cleveland, 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 Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OHIO - FEBRUARY 19: Evan Mobley #4, Darius Garland #10 and Jarrett Allen #31 of Team Cavs hold up their trophies after winning the Taco Bell Skills Challenge as part of the 2022 NBA All Star Weekend at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on February 19, 2022 in Cleveland, 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 Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images) /
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The Cleveland Cavaliers’ young big three did the work needed to win it all.

Get used to this site, the young Cleveland Cavaliers trio of Darius Garland, Jarrett Allen, and Evan Mobley holding up championship hardware. No, it wasn’t a futuristic flash of things to come, but merely what happened last night. If you’re getting last night confused with some distant future event, don’t worry. Most of us were having the same problem.

Watching Garland, Allen and Mobley win the team skills competition last night was a sight to behold. After all the Cavaliers have been through the last four years, and all the guff the team got drafting Garland, for trading for Allen and the now hilariously misguided quote of ‘competing for the fifth seed in two or three years.’

It feels all too surreal. The Cavs have two All-Stars in the All-Star Game, and neither of them was named LeBron James. Not only that, but they got them in the game in their own team’s town. How wild is that?

The last time the Cavaliers sent two or more players to the All-Star Game was in the 1992-1993 season when Brad Daugherty, Larry Nance, and Mark Price all went. It was also Daugherty’s last All-Star game. It’s also the only All-Star Game in Cleveland where the Cavaliers sent more than one player.

Granted the only other time the game has been in Cleveland was in 1997, but still. That year Terrell Brandon was the lone Cavalier elected.

A sign of things to come for the Cleveland Cavaliers?

The Cavaliers have had a nice showing so far this weekend. Well, the city of Cleveland as a whole. Myles Garrett wrecked the Celebrity All-Star Game, and the Cavs young trio took home the hardware in the skill’s competition.

It really feels like the Cavaliers young core is showing fans a brief glimpse of things to come. This is a talented young team and the future is limitless if all three remain healthy and remain together. Their first go at proving they’re the future of the NBA will be this postseason and if the skills competition was a sign of things to come, it’s going to be a moment you don’t want to miss.

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