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Trading for Malik Beasley would be such a major let down for the Cleveland Cavaliers

By Chad Porto

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 10: Malik Beasley #5 of the Utah Jazz in action during the first half of a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Vivint Arena on January 10, 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah. 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 Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 10: Malik Beasley #5 of the Utah Jazz in action during the first half of a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Vivint Arena on January 10, 2023 in Salt Lake City, Utah. 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 Alex Goodlett/Getty Images) /
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The Cleveland Cavaliers cannot accept Malik Beasley in a trade package for Caris LeVert

The Cleveland Cavaliers are looking for wing help to help get them into position to make a run at the NBA Championship in 2023. Yet, the team as currently constructed is already a Top 10 team in the league and one of the best defenses needed. Saying they need a new wing is like saying you need a new Jaguar. No, you really don’t.

You’d like a new wing, one that can add a little something extra, but the team is 10 games over .500, and if it weren’t for some nagging injuries to key players, would be much better than they are right now. The biggest issue isn’t the need for a wing, it’s consistency.

Some fans have said this in the comments, and I’ll echo it again, sometimes the best move is to not make a move. Keeping Caris LeVert makes more sense than trading him for the sake of trading him, and according to Marc Stein, the Cavs may be looking at a move that would be a trade for the sake of a trade.

Malik Beasley is not the player the Cleveland Cavaliers should trade for

According to Stein, the Cavs have weighed a trade that would see John Collins of Atlanta end up in Utah, and LeVert head over to Atlanta, as Beasley goes from Utah to Cleveland. Somehow, the Cavaliers get the worst of the three players in that trade. The Cavs would be better off with Collins truth be told. He would be an upgrade over Lamar Stevens and Robin Lopez by far, and with Dean Wade close to coming back, it’s not like you’d suffer by not having LeVert at three.

You would still have Isaac Okoro and Cedi Osman off the bench as well. Coupled with Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio, and a healthy Collins, that’d be an opposing bench squad.

Keeping LeVert is still a better idea as well because Beasley isn’t it. He’s a two-guard, undersized, who isn’t an elite-level scorer, and can’t play defense (-2.3 defensive RAPTOR). Trading for Beasley would be trading for someone for the sake of it.

He doesn’t, at least on paper, make the team better.

The Cavs would be better off not making any moves if Beasley is the best they can do.

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