What's next for the Cleveland Cavaliers after firing JB Bickerstaff?

The Cleveland Cavaliers are making a change in leadership.

GM Koby Altman announced Thursday the team has decided to fire JB Bickerstaff and look elsewhere for a new head coach. Bickerstaff had been the Cavs coach since 2020 and compiled a 170-155 overall record.

Bickerstaff took over a rebuilding Cavaliers team and led them to the play-in game in 2022, the first round of the playoffs in 2023, and to the team's first playoff series win without LeBron James since the early 1990s in 2024.

Reports came out after the season ended that Donovan Mitchell and Bickerstaff didn't see eye to eye. The development of Evan Mobley & Darius Garland hadn't happened as quickly as many fans would have liked under his tutelage. And Jarrett Allen and Mobley never seemed to fully figure out the offensive side of things together as a big man duo.

Next up for the Cavs: identifying a candidate to replace Bickerstaff who can lead the Cavs to the promise land. Some names could include Kenny Atkinson, Chris Quinn, Sam Cassell, Dave Joerger & James Borrego.

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