The feeling around the league for 2025-26 season has been that the Cleveland Cavaliers are under a tremendous amount of pressure to perform and deliver results, or face the consequences. The latter notion is just not something that has been the feeling behind closed doors.
That is the read on the situation from Fred Katz of The Athletic, at the very least. The NBA insider reassured that most of the speculation surrounding the Cavaliers' future is coming from the outside. Cleveland is being afforded wiggle room with the immediacy of the overall goal for the franchise.