Cavs star Donovan Mitchell came back out of locker room and sat on bench one last time after game — and season — ended. (Pic: @TheKennyRoda)
Sam Amico
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Sam Amico
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Senior NBA writer HoopsWire.com. Formerly Fox Sports, SI, CBS. More: @WireHoops.
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- The greatest coach’s challenge in NBA history.
- 1918 - Toronto wins Stanley Cup 1919 - Stanley Cup canceled 1993 - Toronto wins World Series 1994 - World Series canceled 2019 - Toronto wins NBA Finals 2020 - ...
- Despite 97 percent vaccination rate, NBA has already at least equaled last year’s total number of players/coaches entering COVID protocol.
- Replying to @TheDunkCentral and @TheNBACentralCan’t say I disagree. But given what LeBron thinks of LaVar, Bronny will probably now play at Harvard and major in chemistry with a minor in Spanish.
- Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson: “Was that a great basketball game? Forget who won and who lost. Great for the game. Playoff atmosphere, pure competition. It was just a great game for the league, for the fans.”
- What the Cleveland Cavaliers are doing right now is just ridiculous. Go into LA, beat LeBron and Lakers on second night of road back-to-back. They just carve you up, take your heart. Happy New Year.
- Lakers’ LeBron James on if it was weird facing Warriors without Steph Curry and Klay Thompson: “I played in the Finals without Kyrie and Kevin. So, no.”
- Replying to @MarkWoodleyTVPerhaps sadly for you, you have now become far and away my favorite weather reporter.
- Yes, Kelly Olynyk still gets booed heartily in Cleveland. Cavs fans know their history.
- Security cameras being set up in front of LeBron’s Los Angeles home today so that the home can also be monitored by police in his current hometown of Bath, Ohio. Perhaps announcement not far off.
- Several NBA coaches plan to ask media relations staffs to revoke credentials of basketball writers who interview LaVar Ball, league sources tell AmicoHoops. Ball was critical of Lakers coach Luke Walton in comments made to ESPN.
- Replying to @TheDunkCentral @GilsArenaShow and @ClutchPointsThis show has the absolute worst takes in basketball history and that’s hard to do lol
- One former Michigan player in NBA tells me: “John Beilein’s system would work in NBA. He’s an excellent coach; they should’ve loved playing for him. But you have to have players who value winning, winning players, and they don’t.” #Cavs
