The Cleveland Cavaliers keep avoiding the idea of being concerned amid a brutal 15-12 start to the 2025-26 NBA season. There are a ton of emotions swirling in Northeast Ohio right now. Simply changing the word does not dismiss the overall sentiment of those feelings.
"It's upsetting," Donovan Mitchell said on Sunday night. "It's stuff that we can control. ... We're also not making shots, which sometimes affects our defense, which isn't great. I'm not going to use the word concern, like I told you all before, but it's upsetting. That's a team thing."
Mitchell explained the Cavaliers needed a 'relentless mental push' to get themselves to a point of delivering 100 percent on the floor.