Cleveland Cavaliers ban hoverboards

Cavaliers ban hoverboards after team meeting.

The hoverboard is a hot commodity right now. Remembering back to the NBA finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers decided to have a little fun and ride these hoverboards around the stadium.

In typical J.R. Smith-shooting guard for the Cavaliers-fashion, he was the initiator of the hoverboard in Quicken Loans Arena. Smith rode the hoverboard into the locker, prior to the matchup with the Golden State Warriors.

When Smith rode the hoverboard into Quicken Loans, it came as a way for athletes to get around the stadium in style. After Smith made the hoverboard the cool thing to do, the Indiana Pacers had a few dropped off at Bankers Life Field house in joining the craze.

Even Jodie Meeks has jumped on the bandwagon.

With so many athletes falling into the hoverboard craze, why would the Cavs want to keep them out?

According to Chris Haynes of Cleveland.com, as reported in Bleacher Report the motorized scooters were banned after a the Cavaliers held a team meeting.

After a somewhat shaky start to the season, Lebron James-small forward of the Cleveland Cavaliers-wanted to make sure the team is performing at the same level as a season ago. James called a team meeting where the Cavs attempted to change how things were going. The team decided to push a more serious mantra in hopes of making an NBA finals run again. This meant banning even simple things like hoverboards.

Removal of hoverboards isn’t the only sign of the Cavs attempting to get serious. They also quit the introduction routine to be more focused on the game and opponent on hand. These drastic changes may, or may not be working for the Cavaliers, but it is interesting to see a team banning things that seem like harmless fun.

H/T Bleacher Report