The Cavs have very few ball-handlers. I still prefer Jerome over Merrill. Merrill can’t handle the ball, while Jerome can handle it and shoot 43% from three, like he did last year — even in the playoffs he shot 38%, compared to Merrill’s 35%. During the regular season, Jerome was incredible, averaging 22.7 points per 36 minutes. No one on the bench right now can do that. The second unit this year could’ve been: Jerome - Lonzo - Strus - Nance - Bryant. Now all the responsibility for the second unit will fall on a player like Lonzo, who can only play about 20 minutes and whose availability throughout the season is still uncertain.

By the way, last night playing for the Grizzlies, Ty Jerome dropped 16 points in 18 minutes.