The Cavaliers are taking holding training camp away from their practice facility at Cleveland Clinic Courts in Independence to a whole new level on a different continent.<\/p>\n
After two years of holding training camp in Bradenton, Fla., the Cavs this year will train from Sept. 30-Oct. 5 at The Embassy in Andalusia in Fuengirola, M\u00e1laga, on Spain\u2019s Costa del Sol, the team announced on Sept. 3.<\/p>\n
According to the Cavaliers news release, \u201cThe Embassy is a purpose-built, high-performance basketball training center designed to provide professional athletes with an environment focused on performance, preparation, recovery, and privacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe facility was designed by former Spanish national team players and World Champions Berni Rodr\u00edguez and (former Cavalier) Jos\u00e9 Calder\u00f3n and features approximately 1,500 square meters of professional basketball infrastructure, including two FIBA\/NBA-standard courts, a high-performance gym, rehabilitation and physiotherapy areas, recovery resources and audiovisual technology to support scouting and tactical preparation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cavaliers finished fourth in the Eastern Conference in 2025 with a record of 52-30, but they advanced to the conference finals for the first time since 2018. They were swept by the Knicks, who went on to beat the Spurs in the\u00a0NBA Finals.<\/p>\n
\u201cTraining camp is where the foundation for a season is built, and The Embassy provides our players, coaches and staff with an exceptional environment to begin that work,\u201d Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman said in a statement. \u201cThe facility has established itself as a destination for elite basketball talent and performance, and having Jos\u00e9 Calder\u00f3n, who has been instrumental in its development, as part of our organization makes this an especially unique opportunity for our team.<\/p>\n
\u201cCombined with the resources and expertise surrounding Cleveland Clinic\u2019s growing presence in athlete performance and innovation, we\u2019re excited to bring our group together in a setting designed to help us prepare, connect and build the habits and chemistry that will carry us into the season ahead. It\u2019s also an exciting opportunity to experience the culture and passion for basketball in Spain.\u201d<\/p>\n
In other news, the Cavs announced they signed center Khalifa Diop.<\/p>\n
Diop, a native of Senegal, is 6-foot-11, 231 pounds. The Cavaliers selected him with the 39th pick in the 2022 draft. He spent the past three seasons with Saski Baskonia of Spain\u2019s Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. In 2025-26, the 24-year-old appeared in 47 total games (38 starts) for Baskonia and averaged 3.8 points on .670 shooting from the field, 4.2 rebounds and 0.7 blocks in 16.4 minutes per game. He helped Baskonia capture the 2026 Copa del Rey title, the club\u2019s first in 17 years, after also contributing to the team\u2019s 2023 EuroCup championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cavaliers are taking holding training camp away from their practice facility at Cleveland Clinic Courts in Independence…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,305,193,3846,165,6,66],"class_list":["post-826666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-basketball","tag-cavaliers","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-clevelandcavaliers","tag-latest-headlines","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117204088500723890","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}