The Cleveland Cavaliers may have stumbled onto something truly special, and it all started with a plate of food and a conversation — no iPads, no PowerPoints, just Donovan Mitchell and Kenny Atkinson hashing out the future with a saltshaker as their pick-and-roll screener,

Atkinson knew the Cavs could be great when he took the coaching job last summer. But first, he needed to win over Mitchell.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are off to a scorching start under new head coach Kenny Atkinson, but star guard Donovan Mitchell isn't taking credit for the

Cleveland Cavs All-Star Donovan Mitchell and head coach Kenny Atkinson’s meeting laid the groundwork for what we see in a 17-1 team despite the assumption that the All-Star had a say in firing former Cavs coach J.