Cleveland, OH
When Will The Cavaliers Hire Their Next Head Coach?
For the first time in nearly five years, the Cleveland Cavaliers are searching for their next head coach. This isn’t a process the front office wants to rush and it shouldn’t be. Whoever they bring in will have the important task of bringing this group to the next level.
But when could Cleveland hire their next coach? Koby Altman, Cleveland’s President of Basketball Operations, shed a little light on this during his end-of-the-year media availability last Friday.
“I think we’d love to have a coach in place for the draft,” said Altman. “I think that might be even… that’d be probably too aggressive of a timeline. It’s when we come up with the right decision for who’s the right match for this group. And if it has to drag on a little longer, it does.”
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The NBA Draft is from June 26-27th this year. If Cleveland ends up following this “aggressive” timeline, then the Cavs could have someone in the position within the next three to four weeks.
It may not be a straightforward answer, but finding the right person for the job appears to be much more important to Altman than following a specific timeline.
He continued,” This is such an important decision for us. Like I said, we haven’t had a search in a half-decade, so we need to get back together as a group and really talk about criteria, the specific questions, who we want from a cultural standpoint, create a list and then really dive deep into those candidates, get to a finalist. But I wouldn’t say it’s something that we need to rush.”
The Cavs already have a few names at the top of their list as numerous reports indicate to.
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said on Tuesday that the Wine and Gold currently have two names at the top of their list.
”I definitely think Kenny Atkinson and James Borrego are at the top of the list,” said Windhorst.
This lines up with a report from The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd who said on Sunday that Atkinson appeared to be Cleveland’s current top candidate.
Shams Charania of The Athletic also reported that Atkinson and Borrego were contenders the moment that J.B. Bickerstaff’s dismissal was announced.
Both Atkinson and Borrego were head coaches in the past which could meet the “certain criteria” that Koby Altman alluded to last Friday.
It appears Cleveland will take their time to make sure they find the best fit for the future.
Cleveland, OH
3 teens shot in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Several teens were shot on Cleveland’s West Side on Tuesday afternoon.
The shooting happened around 4:05 pm in the 310O block of West 46th.
When officers arrived on scene, they found three teens shot: two 15-year-old males and a 16-year-old male.
They were all taken to MetroHealth Hospital in unknown conditions.
Check back with 19 News for the latest in this story.
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Cleveland, OH
Gas prices surge, impacting Northeast Ohio delivery drivers and small businesses
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Gas prices continue to soar, hitting drivers’ wallets hard. Delivery drivers who rely on their cars for work face added expenses.
Kevin Tran hops on his bike every day to make money through DoorDash. He empathizes with his fellow food delivery workers who are paying surging gas prices.
“It’s a strain not only on their cars and mileage but just their everyday expenses,” Tran said. “They won’t get paid until they use up their own money to spend for gas.”
He has not owned a car in close to a decade because of how expensive it can be.
“The last time I remember paying for gas it was probably the better part of $2 and even then for myself that seemed like an expense that I wasn’t willing to pay for,” Tran said.
According to AAA, Monday’s national average for a gallon of gas was $3.95. That is 24 cents higher than last week and $1.02 higher than last month.
A 19 News crew found a gallon was $3.99 at a gas station in Cleveland off West 150th Street.
“You see it’s $60, so it is what it is and at this point I guess you have to do what you got to do,” one driver said.
For small businesses like A Slice Above in Strongsville, they rely on their delivery drivers to help serve customers.
Higher prices at the pump can potentially impact the bottom line.
“Delivering for the drivers that’s some thing I’ll probably have to add a little bit later but also my vendors who deliver to me will start charging me more for deliveries,” Don Bersacola, the shop’s owner, said. “That happened 10, 15 years ago. They added a delivery fee to my produce, my meats so when they deliver they’re going to start charging me more so then I have to eventually but I don’t like to do that because consumers are hurting right now so you can’t just pass everything on to them.”
Despite the rising costs for fuel, he plans to keep his prices steady.
“I’ve been here 33 years so I’ve been through a lot so I can hold on for quite some time, I think,” Bersacola said. “Some of the smaller, newer ones maybe not so but I’m pretty confident.”
For drivers, there is no end in sight for when gas prices might drop back down.
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ICE agents support Cleveland Hopkins International Airport TSA operations
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Cleveland Hopkins International Airport confirmed there are “federal partners on-site” on Monday.
“These personnel are supporting TSA operations in a non-screening role, including assisting with passenger flow and divesting,” Cleveland Hopkins stated. “They are not conducting identification checks or screening passengers.”
Airport operations and passenger travel are not impacted by the federal agents’ presence at this time, Cleveland Hopkins said.
Cleveland Hopkins encourage travels to “proceed as usual and arrive as recommended for their flights.”
Leaders from both sides of the aisle have weighed in.
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