{"id":658538,"date":"2026-03-14T20:41:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/658538\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T20:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:41:23","slug":"cavaliers-reacts-survey-fans-decide-which-role-player-is-most-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/658538\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers Reacts Survey: Fans decide which role player is most important"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The playoffs are just a month away for the <a href=\"http:\/\/fearthesword.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>. That\u2019s exciting, but also daunting for a team that is still trying to figure out how they want to play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The additions of James Harden, Dennis Schroder, and Keon Ellis have bolstered the team. Each has brought something necessary to the group that should help them in the playoffs. The issue is that they haven\u2019t had much time to figure out the lineups and rotations around the new players, given the injuries and the short amount of time they\u2019ve had together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Generally speaking, the Cavs will go as far as their best players take them in the postseason. Donovan Mitchell, Harden, Evan Mobley, and Jarrett Allen will each need to be healthy and playing near their best if they\u2019re going to get through teams like the <a href=\"http:\/\/celticsblog.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Celtics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/detroitbadboys.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Pistons<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/postingandtoasting.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Knicks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That said, playoff games can also be swung by role players. The Cavs have plenty who can do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tyson has made a significant leap forward this season. He\u2019s gone from someone who could really only provide spot minutes in his rookie year to someone who has played himself into being an indispensable part of the rotation. Tyson has a well-rounded skill set on both sides of the court and plays a position of need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tyson showed his importance by scoring 22 points in the team\u2019s recent win over the Pistons on March 3. However, he\u2019s struggled since that time, as 11 points is the most he\u2019s registered in the four games since. This includes a disappointing eight-point performance against the Celtics on March 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As of now, the Cavs are one of the favorites to come out of the Eastern Conference. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a> gives them the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nba?tab=conference\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second-best chance<\/a> to win the East. They\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nba?tab=conference\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">+280<\/a> to do so behind only the Celtics. The Cavs also have the fifth-best chance to win the NBA Finals at <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nba?tab=nba-finals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">+1000<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The playoffs are just a month away for the Cleveland Cavaliers. That\u2019s exciting, but also daunting for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,305,193,64205,3846,37642,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-658538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-cavaliers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cavaliers","10":"tag-cleveland","11":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","12":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers-discussion","13":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","14":"tag-fear-the-sword-community","15":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116229471354316665","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}