What can Peyton Watson become with the Cavs?

I think that's going to be very

important for the off the court dynamics for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

But Jimmy, I think we can both agree.

We talked a little bit about that three and D conversation that he had.

That was one of the biggest lines or the best lines that he gave.

But I also think there's a larger NBA conversation here because we talked a little bit about the Peyton Watson point of view already.

But how much do you think young players in this league have to suppress parts of their game just to survive? in the NBA, right? There's a difference between learning how to play a role and actually becoming boxed into that role.

We've listened and heard all of the things over this offseason.

Max Truce went on a podcast talking about how he knew that he wasn't going to be able to go from what he was doing at DePaul to doing what he wants to do in the NBA.

He knew he had to become a shooter.

He became a specialist.

But now you have this guy who the Cavs want to ask more of, and Peyton Watson then just being a three and D player.

And he has to kind of relearn or reacclimate to the things or the skills that he believed he had coming into the league.

Although he played just one year at UCLA and averaged three point three points per game.

But he still had this level of belief in himself.

And I think learning how to play a role and actually becoming boxed into that role could be more difficult.

than trying to figure out if you still have that kind

of dog in you.

Again, this is the crux of the signing.

Does he? When you're saying he needs to rediscover that stuff, does he today? Is that what the Cavs want him to do right now? I don't know.

I don't know.

They want more out of this starting position than they were getting from Dean Wade, right? Of course.

But that bar's pretty low.

All due respect to Dean Wade, that bar's pretty low.

Dean Wade's not putting the ball on the deck like ever.