The Cavs are a smallball team
they were actually smaller than the Warriors last year and with the loss of Mozgov they're even smaller this year. Right now the Warriors don't have a center that can defend and it puts a huge strain on Green to cover for everyone else.
Nah, the difference in centers this year and last is huge, last year when Bogut didn't play they still had Ezeli, those two held opponents to 45% and 44% at the rim, even Speights was decent at 49%. The league leader last year was Gobert at 41%, Bogut was an elite defender last year, and Ezeli was good as well. This year Green is still elite holding opponents to 43%, but the problem is Zaza....teams are shooting 61% at the rim vs him, and the supposed big signing of JaVale McGee like
@G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman is giving up 75%
They have a huge problem with their centers, they went from having an excellent defensive rotation of bigs, to having just one undersized PF who is elite but cannot make up for having a sieve next to him.