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Koby Altman On Max Strus’ First Season With Cavaliers
Max Strus was the Cleveland Cavaliers’ key addition last offseason. The Wine and Gold knew that they needed more shooting and floor spacing after this weakness was exposed against the New York Knicks in the postseason.
Those needs led them to Strus who made a name for himself in the league as an excellent three-point shooter. Cleveland went on to acquire him from the Miami Heat in a three-team trade.
Strus had a solid regular season averaging 12.2 points (career-high) while shooting 35.1 percent from the floor on 6.8 attempts a game. However, he did leave some to be desired in the playoffs averaging just 9.5 points while shooting 34.7 percent from behind the arc.
President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman spoke about Strus’ impact last season and revealed that he’s the first person who thinks he can have a greater impact next season and that he’s not content with where the team finished the season.
“Max had the best year of his career statistically. If you ask him, he thinks he can do better,” said Altman at Friday’s media availability. “He thinks he can shoot better. There are things he wants to do better from a playing standpoint.”
While Altman stressed that Strus wants to be better moving forward, he did provide the Cavs with some unaccepted playmaking ability that was a welcome addition.
“I didn’t know about the playmaking,” continued Altman. “We thought we were getting a basketball player. We didn’t know that he was going to have the best year of his career from a statistic standpoint — passing, rebounding, and defense.”
Strus having this mindset after a statistically good season is the exact mentality the Cavs need to have as a team if they want to get farther in the playoffs.
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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