Report: Waiters kicked out of Cavaliers practice last week; Deng thinks team's 'a mess'
The Cleveland Cavaliers are a mess.
A recent pole suggested that if the city had to lose a sports team, 80% of fans voted it be the Cavaliers. Their star player, Kyrie Irving, reportedly wants out and newly acquired veteran Luol Deng is appalled with the organization and it's player's lack of professionalism.
In an article written Saturday by the New York Daily News, Deng reportedly told a close friend that, “the stuff going on in practice would never be tolerated by the coaching staff or the front office back in Chicago. It’s a mess."
It was also reported that second-year shooting guard Dion Waiters was kicked out of practice last week but suffered no consequences as a result. Several players also were reportedly partying in New York the night before they played the Knicks.
When asked prior to Saturday night's game in Houston about the accusations, coach Mike Brown didn't offer much of a response.
Mike Brown says NYDN report about Waiters getting kicked out of practice, general locker room dysfunction is "in-house matter." #Cavs
— M.S. Boyer/J. Valade (@PDcavsinsider) February 1, 2014
Cleveland have lost seven of it's last 10 and sit 11th in the Eastern Conference.