For the first time since his arrival in 2022, Cavs star Donovan Mitchell didn’t spend media day sidestepping questions about his future.
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“It was kind of funny watching everybody say that this is how I’m feeling, but I knew,” Mitchell said, terming the decision a weight off his shoulders. “I don’t want to call it a looming cloud. Every loss is like, ‘What’s going to happen next?’ It’s refreshing. I’m glad that we’re here and I’m excited to be here. You know where you’re going to be, where your feet are. It’s just a calming vibe. I can come in here now and breathe. It’s way more peaceful. I know where home is. I’m happy here.
Mitchell’s new contract was a monumental moment in franchise history — one part of Cleveland’s summer, which focused primarily on internal improvements and retaining its most important players. “I’m very familiar with Kenny and what he brings to the table — player development and ways to make a group better,” Mitchell said. “I think for us, watching him lead and even through the month that I’ve been here so far, you just see the energy, the passion behind it, but also the experience, the strategy.”
On Tuesday afternoon, the Cavs will hold their first training camp practice at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida — the start of the Atkinson era. Not only will the team get a better feel for the stylistic changes Atkinson is planning to make but it’s an opportunity to keep enhancing the chemistry built during player-organized workouts that Mitchell helped coordinate in New York and then in Cleveland shortly after Labor Day.
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