Cleveland Cavaliers: Biggest strengths and weaknesses for 2017-18

Weakness No. 2: Quality rebounders

The Cleveland Cavaliers have solid rebounders in Kevin Love (11.1 rebounds per game) and Tristan Thompson (9.2 rebounds per game), but they’ll need to find more quality rebounders when they’re out of games. Depth is the name of the game in 2017-18 for Cleveland.

The Cavaliers did rank 12th in the NBA in rebounds per game last season, but take away starters and they averaged just 11.5 rebounds per game.

Cleveland added forward Jeff Green, who could possibly provide some help in the rebounding department.

Green averaged 9.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 22.2 minutes per game in 2016-17, appearing in 69 games for the Orlando Magic. He could use a change of scenery and challenge for playing time in the early going.

The downside is Green’s shooting ability. He shot 39.4 percent from the field and 27.5 percent from 3-point range last season. If he can stick to running and defending end-to-end and clean up on the glass, he could play a strong role next season.

Zizic and Osman, who have already been mentioned, have proven to be solid in overseas play, but it will be interesting to see how their skills adapt to the NBA game as well. They’re still young so the potential is there, but they’ll need to prove they can hang with the faster pace of the NBA to maximize their playing time.