Cleveland Cavaliers: 3 reasons why tanking is a bad idea

3. The season is still young

As previously mentioned, it was speculated that the Cleveland Cavaliers could potentially be a playoff team heading into this season. They have a few talented players and Kevin Love is still capable of being an All-Star caliber guy.

It was obviousthe team would undergo a few growing pains to start the season. This is, after all, their first month of playing since LeBron James left. Adjusting to their new situation will take some time.

Of course, it doesn’t help that their rookie, Collin Sexton, has clearly shown his inexperience. While he hasn’t been bad on either end of the floor, it is obvious that he isn’t ready for prime time like many fans had hoped he would be. This revelation only added to the mess that the start of the 2018-19 season has been for Cleveland.

Furthermore, the Cavs have been left stranded without Love as he has been sidelined due to injury since the second game of the season. His return will instantly buff up this team as he provides the consistency on offense that they so desperately need at the moment.

Lastly, despite beginning the year with a 1-11 record, the Cavaliers are only 4.5 games back from the 8-seed. A few fortunate changes of events could easily see the Cavaliers shooting up in the standings and snatching a playoff spot.

Considering that we are only 12 games into the season and 10 of these games were played without their leader, there is no reason the team should throw the rest of the year away prematurely.