INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- The reigning Eastern Conference champions officially turned the page and started penning the next chapter of Cavaliers basketball on Monday afternoon.
LeBron James is gone. So, too, is the luminous spotlight that followed him and the Cavaliers daily. Media day, an annual event that used to be chaotic and overwhelming, was more mellow. The roster has fresh faces -- an ideal blend of champions, veterans and hungry youngsters that are eager to usher in this new era and, yes, prove the naysayers wrong.
For the first time since 2014, the championship talk has been silenced, replaced with a new credo that head coach Tyronn Lue unveiled to his team hours after the practice courts cleared in preparation for the team's first official get-together on Tuesday morning.