Overview
- After his midseason trade, James Harden asked the Cavaliers to hold hotel ballroom walk-throughs on days without shootarounds.
- Coaches tape a court on the ballroom floor and guide slow walk-throughs of sets, coverages, and opponent tendencies.
- With Harden in the lineup, Cleveland is 18-6 and 50-29 overall, and Heavy reports the league’s most efficient offense during that stretch.
- Head coach Kenny Atkinson said Harden fit the Cavs’ pass-and-cut style with minimal changes to the system.
- Donovan Mitchell said he doubted the hotel sessions at first but now values the mental reps, and the team plans to keep the routine into the playoffs.