The rebuild in likely the next few years for the Cleveland Cavaliers will be mostly predicated on the steady development of young players getting a considerable minutes-share. Key young pieces such as Collin Sexton, Cedi Osman and Ante Zizic project to be a big part of that sort of thing, along with at least one of the team’s two first-round draft picks in the 2019 NBA Draft.
For Cleveland in the near future, though, their young pieces will need to be developed over time by the next head coach, and according to a number of reports since Cleveland reportedly mutually parted ways with former head coach Larry Drew (who went 19-57 last season, per Basketball Reference), it seemed (as our own Corey Casey detailed) that the Cavs were looking for a younger, would-be-first-time head coach (at the NBA level at least) to help bring young players along and create a winning culture.