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Cavaliers' Altman Addresses Tough Offseason Calls that Need to Be Made After Knicks Sweep
Koby Altman must decide Harden’s option, Mitchell’s extension and Mobley’s future as Cleveland faces salary-cap limits after a four-game sweep.
- On Friday, Cleveland Cavaliers president of basketball operations Koby Altman said the front office faces difficult roster decisions after the New York Knicks swept the team in the Eastern Conference finals.
- Coach Kenny Atkinson managed 41 starting lineup combinations during the regular season, while the core four of Donovan Mitchell, Harden, Evan Mobley, and Jarrett Allen played in just eight games together.
- Harden holds a $42.3 million player option for next season, while Altman and owner Dan Gilbert must decide when to offer All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell an extension.
- Speculation surrounds Mobley as the Cavaliers weigh potential trade packages for Milwaukee Bucks All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, with the 24-year-old Mobley serving as the 2024-25 NBA Defensive Player of the Year.
- Altman emphasized the team must prioritize endurance and preparation to avoid repeating the Game 1 collapse against the New York Knicks during next month's critical offseason moves.
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Cavaliers' Altman addresses tough offseason calls that need to be made after Knicks sweep
Koby Altman’s midseason trade for James Harden was supposed to be the move that got the Cleveland Cavaliers back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2018.
·New York, United States
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‘Not a place where we need to blow this up’: What Cavs’ Koby Altman said during his end-of-season recap
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Cavs president of basketball operations Koby Altman spoke with a mixture of pride, disappointment and urgency for a little more than 30 minutes Friday morning, recapping a tumultuous season that ended with a four-game sweep by the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals.
·Cleveland, United States
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