After deviating from their original practice plans on Thursday, the Cleveland Cavaliers came back indoors on Friday, the fourth day of training camp at IMG Academy.

Cavs head coach Kenny Atkinson explained that they were initially supposed to return to the court following a track session to condition. Instead, Donovan Mitchell pleaded his case for the wine and gold to pick up the bats and gloves in the spirit of the MLB postseason.

“These are the decisions you make as a coach when your star player comes to say, ‘Hey, we want to play baseball,'” Atkinson said Friday. “I said, ‘Okay, we can play baseball, but if we're not gonna come over to the gym, we're gonna have to practice longer tomorrow.' It was amazing. We got more out of the baseball than what we ever would've gotten comin

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