The Cleveland Cavaliers, led by stars LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving, reportedly held a players-only meeting after former head coach David Blatt was fired, according to Brian Windhorst and Zach Lowe of ESPN.com.
The meeting went from "an airing of grievances" among the players to "an agreement that has been a basis for the Cavs' recent strong play."
It followed general manager David Griffin informing the team of the decision to fire Blatt on Jan. 22 and promote then-assistant Tyronn Lue. Griffin reportedly asked veteran James Jones to organize and facilitate the meeting.
"It was like ripping off a scab," a team source told Windhorst and Lowe. "And it was exactly what needed to happen, I think it was what [Griffin] was hoping for."
Irving went into more details on the specifics of the meeting, per Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report:
As we had our talk about a week ago after all the changes, we sat down and addressed what we needed to address. Coming in, we're not worried about shots, not worried about people being ...
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