As Larry Nance Jr. has come back to the Cleveland Cavaliers for this upcoming season, he is looking to help contribute to the team as a lateral move as they are in the quest for a championship. While the Cavs’ season ended in a crushing playoff exit to the Indiana Pacers in the second round, that outcome in some ways inspired Nance, leading to the present time.
According to Danny Cunningham, Nance would speak Tuesday about watching Cleveland as an outside when he’s been on different teams over the years like just recently with the Atlanta Hawks. He said that he’s a fan of the team, with obvious connections being he’s from Ohio, and that he felt he could help them by watching, which he can by adding to their frontcourt depth.
When playing for the Hawks, playing for the Pelicans, yeah, I want them to win every game, but I was a Cavs fan,” Nance said. “So, watching the playoffs the past few years, it was hard not to just sit on the couch and kind of look, tap my wife and be like, I can help.”
This is a reunion for Nance and Cleveland as he played with the team from 2018 to 2021 before he went on to join the Portland Trail Blazers and New Orleans Pelicans before his latest stop in Atlanta. Now, he comes back to his hometown team to “challenge for a title,”according to Marc J. Spears of Andscape.
“I’m just happy to be able to give all I have to help my hometown team challenge for a title,” Nance said.
