LeBron James tells Dion Waiters to stop playing point guard in Cavs practice
By Bryan Rose
Earlier this week Dion Waiters of the Cleveland Cavaliers suggested that he wanted to play more point guard. Under normal circumstances that might be welcome, but the Cavs currently employ both Kyrie Irving and LeBron James.
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In short, the idea of Dion Waiters getting any run at the one outside of an injury/emergency scenario seems unlikely. Alas, it seems as if the shooting guard is determined to show he can play the point guard position and reportedly was too eager to share the ball during practice with the Cleveland Cavaliers recently.
"During Saturday’s opening practice, Waiters was perhaps too eager to share. He passed on wide-open shots from the corner in catch-and-shoot situations on consecutive possessions, one practice observer said. The team took a water break shortly after, during which time James approached Waiters and told him to shoot it when he was open. Soon after, Waiters began firing."
While it’s nice that Dion Waiters wants to ‘help’ the team by playing point guard, they simply don’t need him to do so. What they do need is for Dion Waiters to be the talented scorer that he is and to knock down open shots that LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love create for him.
Will his ego allow such though? Is Waiters okay being nothing more than a role player? The fourth option on a stacked team? Looks like we’re going to find out in the relatively near future.
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