The Cavaliers have rebuilt the bench and the coaching staff, but they have refused to address the core's lingering flaws.
Building a title contender has been the Cleveland Cavaliers' objective since acquiring Donovan Mitchell in 2022, but as new iterations of the teams' supports have come and gone, one thing has remained unchanged.
Cleveland set the franchise's second-best record in the regular season with 64 wins and 18 losses. The Cavaliers held the Eastern Conference's top seed entering the postseason but failed to capitalize on their momentum and fell short in the second round for the second straight playoff run.