Why Darius Garland isn't playing tonight for Cavaliers vs. Pistons with potential return date originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Cleveland Cavaliers have yet to be at full strength this season.

Both the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons may be without some of their key players in Monday night's matchup.

The Cavaliers assigned Garland (toe) to the G League's Cleveland Charge on Monday. Garland continues to work his way back from left toe surgery in June, and this move provides him an opportunity for practice reps as he nears a return for the Cavaliers.

Darius Garland says he has a return date in mind as the Cavaliers await their star guard’s long-awaited comeback.

Cavaliers fans have been closely tracking every update on Darius Garland’s recovery from toe surgery, with recent reports of the star guard participating in live reps during practice sparking speculation about a possible early return.

The Cleveland Cavaliers took a gamble by trading for oft-injured guard Lonzo Ball in the offseason. The move, assuming Ball can capture some of his old magic, would give the Cavaliers another ball-dominant facilitator with good court vision and strong defensive skill sets.

Fans fiercely trolled Darius Garland for claiming the Cavaliers would have won the championship if he had remained healthy.

While Darius Garland recovers from his injury, the All-Star guard is solely focused on himself, with one player he studies closely.

The Cleveland Cavaliers were urged to trade Darius Garland by an anonymous NBA executive for a $78 million guard.

Cleveland comes into a matchup against Boston as winners of three games in a row. Wednesday's meeting is the first of the season between the two teams.

The biggest question for the Cavaliers at the start of the season is how their rotation will look with new players, plus Darius Garland and Max Strus sidelined