CLEVELAND — Just days ahead of the NBA draft, the Cavaliers picked their coach. Kenny Atkinson, an assistant with Golden State who helped Brooklyn rebuild before a puzzling departure, will be Cleveland’s new coach, a person familiar with decision told The Associated Press on Monday. Atkinson was one of at least six known candidates to interview with the team since …
LEVALLOIS-PERRET, France — Darius Garland’s smile is tighter. But they are an indicator of the difficulty Cleveland was having trying to get shots for not only Garland, Mobley and Donovan Mitchell, an All-Star who was with the Cavs last year, but also Max Strus — the 3-point-shooting wing they didn’t have last season.. With two fewer stars on the court, …
LEVALLOIS-PERRET, France — The place where Victor Wembanyama used to play his pro basketball games has a few rows of seats surrounding the court that fold into the wall, like a high-school gym. Coincidentally, the last game Cleveland played in the U.S. before flying to Paris for the NBA’s third regular-season game in the French capital was Sunday against Wembanyama’s …
