NBA 2017-18: 5 Teams Most Impacted By Injuries 

#4 Cleveland Cavaliers

It is unsure if Derrick Rose will return this season after a series of ankle injuries this season.

The Cavaliers’ have had a rough start this season despite having one of the best lineups on paper with LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Kevin Love, Derrick Rose, and Isaiah Thomas. The problem is the Cavaliers are very injury prone this season, so they need to be careful.

After picking up the most injury prone player in the league in Derrick Rose, he seemed to be playing very well. But his ankle injuries keeps reoccurring and has left him out of a lot of games.The other big pickup over the offseason was Isaiah Thomas. The problem is the injury he sustained in the playoffs last season. Thomas is still recovering from surgery to fix a labral tear in his right hip, but he is expected to start playing in games in late December. Tristan Thompson has also been out with a left calf strain and is considered to be day-to-day. Lastly, Iman Shumpert had arthroscopic left knee surgery and surgery to repair a torn meniscus, which will leave him out for the next six to eight weeks.

The Cavaliers are holding their own with a record of 17-7 without two of their starting point guards, but with the amount of talent on this roster, it is hard to say they were really going to struggle without them. It didn’t look too good when they lost 93-114 to the Orlando Magic or 95-114 to the New York Knicks, but they have turned it around since then. They will just be that much better when their players return from injury.