CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers plan to retain coach Kenny Atkinson even after the team was swept Monday night by the New York Knicks, two league sources told The Athletic.Atkinson guided the franchise to its first appearance in the conference finals since 2018 and first without LeBron James on the roster since 1992, but there was some question coming out of the series about potential changes Cleveland might make. Instead, no major changes to the front office or coaching staffs are now expected, per those sources.Atkinson, 59, has coached the Cavs for two seasons and has three seasons remaining on his contract. He won 116 regular-season games and was NBA Coach of the Year in 2025, but the team is 13-14 in the playoffs under him, and several of his decisions at crucial moments this postseason came into question.Cleveland needed two Game 7 victories to reach the conference finals. After getting by a depleted Toronto Raptors roster in the first round, the Cavaliers had a chance to close the series out against the top-seeded Detroit Pistons in six games, but were crushed at home before taking Game 7 in Detroit. They were swept in the conference finals by the New York Knicks, but the series began with Cleveland building a 22-point lead in the fourth quarter of Game 1, only to blow it while Atkinson held onto timeouts and left top defensive player Dean Wade on the bench when the objective was to protect a lead.