Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson is joining his peers in pleading for a shortened NBA schedule. On Monday night, before his team’s 116-95 victory over the Detroit Pistons, Atkinson went on a tangent about having a three-game-in-four-night stretch during the opening week of the regular season.
With all the Cleveland Cavaliers talk centred around injuries to the starters and how the role players are shouldering the responsibility, one player is quietly lacing them up and leading the way.
You would think that after the Cleveland Cavaliers’ convincing 116-95 win over the Detroit Pistons, coach Kenny Atkinson would be all smiles – well, not quite.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have just played their third game in four nights, and head coach Kenny Atkinson strongly believes that it’s time for the NBA to revisit the idea of trimming the schedule.
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
The Cavaliers just completed their first back-to-back, their third game in four nights, and coach Kenny Atkinson believes that stretch says plenty about a bigger issue across the NBA.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have had some truly fun seasons during their “core four” era, but it’s no secret that they haven’t had enough playoff success for a group as talented as this one.
Cleveland Cavaliers forward De’Andre Hunter made his 2025-26 season debut on Sunday night in the wine-and-gold’s home opener, and immediately, the Cavs took notice.
Nine years ago, Kenny Atkinson took over as Brooklyn Nets head coach and lifted the team out of the NBA basement and into the playoff picture. Following the failed Kevin Durant-Kyrie Irving era, the Nets find themselves entrenched in another rebuild.
Kenny Atkinson praised the Brooklyn Nets for how much trouble they gave his team last year before tipoff this evening. With Cleveland eyeing a Larry O’Brien and the Nets eyeing ping pong balls, they gave Cleveland more than any game preview expected, especially in November, when Brooklyn nearly ended their perfect start to the season.
After an informative film session on Thursday afternoon, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson felt better about his team’s season opener. Sitting down with ClutchPoints and two other reporters inside the Baruch College gymnasium, Atkinson delivered a complete diagnosis of the Cavs’ 119-111 loss to the New York Knicks.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are in their second season with Kenny Atkinson as the head coach. Atkinson won 64 games in his first season with the Cavs, but he is still not viewed as one of the best coaches in the league by Bleacher Report writer Lee Escobedo.
Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson spoke about Donovan Mitchell before the start of the regular season. The Cleveland Cavaliers were the best team in the Eastern Conference last season after finishing the campaign with a 64-18 record.
Finally, the 2025-2026 NBA season got underway with Cleveland Cavaliers fans excited to see their team that has massive expectations to win the NBA title entering their season-opener against the New York Knicks.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, on their road back to the top of the NBA, have relied heavily on Donovan Mitchell. He’s always been an All-Star level player but in 2025, he made All-NBA first team, which shows how far he’s come.
The Cleveland Cavaliers open their season tonight in New York in what feels like the first championship-or-bust season of the core four era. But how will the rotation shake out with key contributors Darius Garland and Max Strus sidelined by injuries?
Cleveland Cavaliers starting forward De’Andre Hunter has been officially listed as questionable for the team’s season opener against the New York Knicks on Wednesday.
The Cavaliers may be without another key rotation player when they tip off the season at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. Forward De’Andre Hunter is questionable after banging knees with a Pistons player in last week’s preseason finale.
Donovan Mitchell discussed how Kenny Atkinson wants him to deliver at a different level for the Cleveland Cavaliers. A lot of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ hopes to compete for the NBA championship rely on the performance of Donovan Mitchell next season.
Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson has no hard feelings toward his assistant Alex Sarama, who is officially going to the WNBA as the head coach of the Portland Fire.
Cleveland Cavaliers fans collectively held their breath when De’Andre Hunter held his knee early in the first quarter during the team’s 118-100 preseason win over the Detroit Pistons.
Coach Kenny Atkinson can finally exhale — and so can his Cavaliers. Cleveland wrapped up its preseason with a 118-100 home win over the short-handed Pistons, finishing exhibition play at 1-3.
The Cavaliers still haven’t notched a preseason victory under Kenny Atkinson, but that’s about the only thing missing right now. Cleveland fell to the host Bulls again on Thursday night, 119–112, though several key names looked just about ready for Oct.
When Stephen Curry came into the league, many were aware that he was a terrific shooter, but no one envisioned him taking his game to the next level and becoming one of the all-time greats.
Winning a championship in the NBA is about more than building a team or managing minutes throughout the regular season. The Cleveland Cavaliers are learning that lesson the hard way.
Bickerstaff was up for the NBA's Coach of the Year award, but on Monday night it was announced that the award went to Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson.
On Monday, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson won the NBA's Coach of the Year award. However, based on recent history, that's hardly a cause for celebration.