Kenny Atkinson Shares Touching Moment With Cavaliers Team After Winning COTY

"You know what this comes down to? Comes down to you guys, the players," Atkinson shared during a touching moment with his team following shootaround. "Koby [Altman] put an amazing team together. We're just thankful, man. Thankful to be a part of this group. Thankful for your sacrifices. It starts with the players."

With Atkinson at the helm, the Cavs pieced together a memorable 64-win season, that included incredible 15-0 start to the campaign. It also included a 16-game win streak after the new year.

64 wins goes down as the second most in franchise history as Cleveland easily secured the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. Atkinson was also responsible for turning the Cavaliers into an offensive juggernaut, with the league's top offensive rating of 121.0.

Cleveland's first-year head coach beat out former Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff, who helped turn the Piston into a playoff team after finishing with the worst record in the NBA one year prior, and Ime Udoka of the Houston Rockets.

Atkinson joined star forward Evan Mobley in bringing home one of the NBA's top end-of-season awards. Mobley was named Defensive Player of the Year last week.

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