As many are well-aware of, offseason trade acquisition Ricky Rubio should bring legitimacy to the backup 1 position for the Cleveland Cavaliers this season.
At this point, it seems as if Darius Garland looks to be the present and future of the starting lead guard position for Cleveland, and with him getting up there a bit in age, Rubio isn’t going to challenge Garland in that way. Garland is fresh off having a quasi-breakout season in which he had 17.4 points and 6.1 assists per outing, and knocked in 39.