CLEVELAND, Ohio — As training camp approaches, no player on the Cavs’ roster faces a more fascinating psychological and technical challenge than Jaylon Tyson.

The second-year wing finds himself at the crossroads of his basketball identity: can a natural scorer who averaged nearly 20 points per game in college transform himself into the defense-first role player Cleveland desperately needs?

Not even a full 24 hours after being drafted, Tyson spoke with Cleveland media and had already come to the understanding that defense would help him earn rotation minutes on a team that has reached the Eastern Conference semifinals in consecutive season.

But as Chris Fedor pointedly explained on the Wine and Gold Talk podcast, stating this intention is only the first step in a difficult transformation

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