I think they can.  They have a young, but seasoned back court in Kyrie Irving and Dion Waiters, with 3 and 2 years in the league respectively.  They are from high quality, winning college programs at Duke and Syracuse, and can both hit the open jumper.  Their biggest adjustment was in asking Waiters to defer to Irving when he’s an inch taller at 6’4″, 32 pounds heavier, similar skill set, and confident from their practice sessions.  Neither will have a problem deferring to Lebron James. Arguably, that’s the best in the league at the 1, 2, and 3 positions.  The 4 (power forward) and 5 (center) are more challenging, but not at all horrible.  Anderson Varejao has 10 years in the league, experience playing with Lebron, and pulled down 9.7 rebounds per game last season. I would say that’s a respectable center position. The problem is, he’s the only center they have, and that needs to be rectified. But it can be, easily, via a trade. Tristan Thompson would be the weak link at the 4, but he won’t start.  I’m hoping they keep him, as he will be a high level sub off their bench. The Cavs are already working on a trade for Kevin Love, and if they get him at the 4, with Thompson behind him, they suddenly are powerful at the 1, 2, 3, AND 4, with a respectable 5 in Varejao.

The two Canadian youngsters are not bad ballers, but Messrs. Wiggins and Bennett are likely gone in the Kevin Love deal.  I just hope to see a back-up 5 coming back to the Cavs in that deal.  And remember, Pau Gasol is still around, would love to play with Lebron, and has no anti-Cleveland bias.  The difficulty there is his history with the Lakers in L.A., and Phil Jackson in N.Y., making it difficult to grab him.  But if they could, just imagine for a second Kyrie Irving at the 1, Dion Waiters at the 2, Lebron James at the 3, Kevin Love at the 4, and Pau Gasol at the 5…..the ball constantly moving, and all of them capable of hitting the open jumper.  On the Cavs bench are a couple of guards, Joe Harris and Matt Delavedova who can do one thing really well, shoot.  Of course, there are a couple of veterans, Mike Miller and Ray Allen who have a better history of doing that, and are in the conversation whenever, wherever goes Lebron James.

So, sort through those possibilities if you will, and tell me, can Cleveland win it all next season?