“I feel pretty sharp. My handle feels sharp. My jump shot feels pretty sharp. My conditioning feels up to par. I’ve kind of kicked it into playoff mode,' LeVert said.
“I’m just trying to be more locked in,” LeVert said. “Playoff time coming and I know what that entails. I’ve been there a couple times, so I’m just trying to put myself in that mindset. My teammates give me a lot of confidence each and every night to just be myself, so they make it easy on me.
“It’s just a willingness to do whatever is necessary,” Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff said of LeVert. “You never have to worry about what Caris is going to do, what he’s going to bring, how hard he’s going to play, and how he’s going to impact winning. A lot of the things he does, they don’t put them in stat sheets, but his teammates feel it and they watch him sacrifice. They go out and do more because of his willingness to sacrifice.
After two disappointing, injury-filled months where LeVert never felt like himself following that trade, he looked in the mirror and questioned everything. LeVert has played every position but center this season. He’s been a starter and reserve. He’s played on the ball and off. He’s closed some games and watched others. He’s played with the dynamic backcourt and without.
An erratic, sometimes-maddening player by nature, LeVert’s season-long production has been wildly inconsistent. It fluctuates month-to-month, night-to-night and even possession-to-possession. Despite struggling around the rim, averaging the second-lowest two-point percentage of his career, LeVert is second on the team in 3-point efficiency -- a fascinating dichotomy for a guy not known as a bomber.
“He’s raised his level,” Mitchell said of LeVert. “I think his role is a little more consistent now, which is easier to find a groove. He works. He’s in the gym every day. We all trust giving him the ball, putting him in the spots. And then defensively he is playing well too. That’s something I didn’t even realize about his game until I got here. You’re seeing it.
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