ESPN.com · May 23, 2024
Sources: Cavaliers fire coach J.B. Bickerstaff after playoff exit
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Despite the franchise's first berth in the Eastern Conference semifinals in six seasons, the Cleveland Cavaliers dismissed coach J.B. Bickerstaff on Thursday morning, sources told ESPN.
Bickerstaff ushered the Cavaliers through a rebuild, winning 99 regular-season games in the past two seasons, but the franchise now embarks on a search that they hope will land them a coach to take them deeper into the Eastern Conference playoffs.
After replacing John Beilein as interim coach in 2020, Bickerstaff had a 170-159 (.517) record in five seasons with the Cavaliers.