The Cleveland Cavaliers did not have the 2018-19 season they would have hoped for on the surface, but they did have plenty of positives in relation to their young pieces gaining valuable experience. Nonetheless, the team and head coach (for most of this season at least) Larry Drew mutually parted ways Thursday, according to a recent report from The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
Drew was the acting head coach after the Cavs reportedly fired previous head coach Tyronn Lue just six games into this season (the team was 0-6 at the time), and as WKYC’s Ben Axelrod noted, for the then-assistant to agree to be the head man for a team that was seemingly launching its full-rebuild, Drew had a “second year” added to his contract.