ESPN star Stephen A. Smith blasted the Cleveland Cavaliers for deciding to keep Kenny Atkinson as head coach.

Jared Bednar decided to take a page out of Kenny Atkinson's book and started talking about analytics after getting swept.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Before addressing the Cavs’ decision to retain Coach Kenny Atkinson, here’s a little history lesson: Atkinson was hired in the summer of 2024. He replaced J.B. Bickerstaff, who took the Cavs from a 22-50 record in his first season (2021-22) to records of 44-38,

The Cleveland Cavaliers are planning to retain coach Kenny Atkinson after his team was swept by the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals, The Athletic's Joe Vardon and ESPN's Shams Charania reported Tuesday.

Kenny Atkinson will return next season as the Cleveland Cavaliers coach, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Tuesday.

After mounting criticism and a brutal playoff exit, the Cavaliers have reached a surprising decision on head coach Kenny Atkinson.

Kenny Atkinson had one of those moments on Sunday. The Cleveland Cavaliers are down 3-0 in the Eastern Conference Finals to the New York Knicks. No team in NBA history has ever come back from that kind of deficit.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Coaching tenures in the NBA are built on instability masquerading as progress. One season, a coach is standing on a stage holding the Coach of the Year trophy. The next, he is packing boxes while executives convince themselves the voice in the locker room has gone stale.

Atkinson, who has been the head coach in Cleveland for the past two seasons, guided the Cavaliers back to the conference finals this year for the first time in eight years before their postseason run came to a screeching halt against the NBA Finals-bound Knicks.