The Small Forwards

                The Cleveland Cavaliers used to have the best small forward in the game of basketball in Lebron James. After James left in free agency the Cavs were left with a hard problem to fix, replacing the best small forward in the game. The cavaliers have three pretty good small forwards in Alonzo Gee, C.J. Miles, and Earl Clark. Each player with a different type of skill sets that all help the cavaliers on the court.

                Alonzo Gee is a player who has been with the Cavs for a while now and he has been average for the Cavs. He is someone who you can count on to get to the rim by driving past the defender. He has improved his outside shooting since being with the cavs, especially from three point range. If he can get his outside shot down he will be a lot more dangerous offensively. Defensively he can guard other strong small forwards because he is six foot six inches. He can guard them in the post because of the fact that he is built, kind of like Paul Peirce a savvy veteran.

                The Cavaliers picked up C.J. Miles this year and he should help keep the floor spread for the Cavs offensively. He is an excellent shooter which helps keep lanes open for the scorers. If the defender goes down to help on the person that is driving, the ball can then be kicked outside to Miles for the open three. Once he starts knocking down the outside shot defenders start to jump out on him, this leaves an easy drive to the hoop. Miles is big enough to guard other small forwards like Carmelo Anthony and Paul George. Picking up miles in free agency adds one more shooter to the court for the Cavs, and finding pure shooters is not easy to do.

                Then you have small forward Earl Clark, another pretty decent player for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Just like C.J. Miles Clark was picked up by the Cleveland Cavaliers this year. Clark really hasn’t helped the Cavs to much so far. He can run the floor in transition and also he is an ok shooter but not as good as Miles. Earl Clark has no problem when it comes to getting in the air, he has a pretty outstanding jumping ability.

                These three players are nowhere near the basketball player that lebron was for Cleveland, but they have been doing a decent job at filling some of the void.