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Cavaliers Face First True Challenge Of Season Ahead Of Training Camp, Koby Altman Arrested
NBA training camps won't start for another couple of weeks. At this point, teams are patiently waiting to fully get back into the swing of things as the basketball world remains silent.
Not for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
They made headlines earlier on Saturday morning but for all of the wrong reasons. President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman was charged with operating a vehicle while impaired.
Cleveland released a short press release following the incident:
"We are aware of an incident involving Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman. We are currently gathering more information and have no further comment at this time."
Altman is the head executive in the organization making this a big deal. Those in this role should be viewed as leaders and as trusted personnel throughout the organization and this is not the type of behavior that reflects that title.
It will be interesting to see how and if the players respond to this.
Altman joined the Cleveland organization in 2012 and worked his way up to general manager in 2017 following the departure of David Griffin. He was named head of basketball operations in 2022 following a rebuild centered around Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, and Jarrett Allen.
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Altman's group made the playoffs for the first time since 2018 last season but lost to the New York Knicks in five games.
Cleveland will already be under pressure to succeed this season as questions over Donovan Mitchell's future in Cleveland continue. This is not the way that the organization would have wanted to start such a pivotal season.
