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#pounditThursday, March 28, 2024

Cavs coach responds to JR Smith’s tanking accusations

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Larry Drew is offering a rebuttal to JR Smith’s recent inflammatory remarks.

Addressing reporters on Friday, the Cleveland Cavaliers coach took some time to respond to Smith’s public comments accusing the team of tanking. Drew said that his team was “playing hard” and had no quit in them, per Kyle Goon of Southern California News Group.

The Cavs are the worst team in the league at a dismal 2-14, but LeBron James’ departure and Kevin Love’s extended injury absence probably have a lot to do with that. Still though, Cleveland has lost seven of nine games since Drew took over as coach for the recently-fired Tyronn Lue, and there is little reason for optimism from here.

As for Smith, he and the Cavs will clearly be going their separate ways, so the two sides have little to lose from this media back-and-forth.

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