CLEVELAND, Ohio — In the latest episode of Wine and Gold Talk podcast, host Ethan Sands and cleveland.com columnist Jimmy Watkins dive into one of the most fascinating parallels in Cavaliers history: the eerily similar career trajectories of Kyrie Irving and Darius Garland when faced with sharing the spotlight with a superstar teammate.

The comparison is striking in its simplicity. As Watkins explains, “It’s a similar archetype in that you’re starting with a talented guard on a rebuilding team and then you add a star next to that guard and that kind of changes the reality a little bit.”

This reality shift represents far more than just basketball adjustments — it’s a fundamental change in identity, expectations, and team dynamics that can make or break a young player’s development.

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