That must change next season, and one analyst has given the Cavaliers a rather stern ultimatum. ESPN's Chris Herring recently ranked each Eastern Conference team in tiers, placing the Cavaliers in Tier 1, where he states anything short of the Finals is considered a failure.

As reported by Eric Nehm, Milwaukee’s Mark Sears missed Summer League opening night with a calf strain. Cleveland’s Craig Porter Jr. left six minutes into Thursday’s game with a hamstring injury and did not return. There are no official injury reports for Summer League, so we’ll find out closer to game time if those two are playing or not.

The NBA insider doesn't expect to see LeBron James returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers this summer, or any time soon

The Hornets will also open their preseason schedule at the North Charleston Coliseum taking on the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder led by league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on October 5th. The Thunder confirmed the game is coming to the Lowcountry on Friday.

There were a few viable options for the 10th spot, but let’s go with one from the 2016 championship team. Tristan Thompson was the starting power forward throughout that postseason run.

A former Cavaliers legend has high hopes for his old team, setting the expectation for the team heading into next season.