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Cavs Frontrunner for Head Coaching Vacancy Revealed
It’s been a hectic couple of weeks for the Cleveland Cavaliers and their front office. After making the playoffs and getting to the conference semifinals for the first time since 2018, they decided it wasn’t good enough.
Cleveland parted ways with J.B. Bickerstaff and is looking to find a new lead man for the organization. The can also offer Donovan Mitchell a massive extension after the NBA Finals and want to keep their star player happy with the head coach.
After interviewing a few different candidates, one certain person has emerged as the frontrunner.
James Borrego’s Candidacy With Cavaliers Has ‘Momentum’ https://t.co/cTRUkqFG57
— RealGM (@RealGM) June 10, 2024
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst appeared on Get Up on Monday morning and discussed the Cavs vacant position. It sounds like James Borrego to Cleveland is gaining some traction.
“Other candidates that they’re interested in, are moving on elsewhere. So James Borrego, who they interviewed about 10 days ago, he’s getting momentum in Cleveland. He’s expected to interview there early this week as a potential leading candidate developing with the Cavs.”
– Brian Windhorst
Borrego is currently the top assistant for the New Orleans Pelicans and is known for being an offensive-minded coach, something that Cleveland is looking for.
Borrego was also the former head coach of the Charlotte Hornets, logging a 138-163 record.
The Cavs felt that Bickerstaff couldn’t connect with the players in the locker room despite their success on the court. Borrego may take a different approach while having a great basketball mind and management could be looking to have the 46-year-old take over.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Make that a trio of commitment in the Class of 2027 this week for the Louisville football program.
Cleveland (Oh.) Brush defensive end Munir Lewis announced Wednesday that he has committed to the Cardinals. He’s the third commit in the last four days for UofL, Bradenton (Fla.) Cardinal Mooney defensive lineman Kaleb Exume committing on Sunday and Tampa (Fla.) Carrollwood Day two-way athlete Brooklyn Maxey doing so on Monday.
Lewis chose Louisville out of a top seven that also consisted of Ohio State, Michigan State, Illinois, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech and Purdue. He also held offers from Cincinnati, Minnesota, Wisconsin plus several others, and made multiple visits to UofL’s campus – including this past Friday for the spring game. He’s set to return for an official visit this May.
The 6-foot-5, 245-pound defensive end is regarded as the 23rd-ranked prospect in the state of Ohio, the No. 50 edge rusher in the Class of 2027, and the No. 592 recruit in the nation, per the 247Sports Composite.
Lewis was an explosive force for Brush as a junior this past season. He collected 55 total tackles, 13.5 for loss, nine sacks, four pass breakup, a forced fumbles and over 20 quarterback pressures. He helped Brush finish the 2025 season with a 6-4 record.
Lewis is the 12th commitment in Louisville’s 2027 recruiting class, which is on pace to be the best in school history. he joins a class that not only ranks as the best class in the ACC, but the No. 8 class in the nation, per the 247Sports Composite. Four of their commitments are regarded as four-star prospects by the composite.
He’s also the latest in a budding pipeline to the state of Ohio, which has been championed by Executive Director of Football Personnel and Recruiting Vince Marrow. Five of Louisville’s 12 commitments in the 2027 cycle are from the Buckeye State, with three hailing from the Cincinnati area and the other two coming from Cleveland.
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