Addition by subtraction is a time-honored tactic in sports, in life even.

The maneuver to remove a negative – trading away a player to break up a jammed-up lineup rotation or letting a malcontent who can turn a locker room into a toxic work environment walk – can turn marvelously positive for an NBA team.

But this is not to be confused with the ol’ bean counter’s bromide of “Do more with less.” That’s more like what we’re seeing from the Cleveland Cavaliers these days as they continue their search for the solid footing they had a year ago.

“Last season,” in other words? Might not want to put it that way. “Last season” has been brought up often to the Cavaliers, at this point eliciting the same sort of reaction that “calm down” so frequently does.

“I think we’ve got to let last year go,

See Full Page