ATLANTA -- LeBron James continued to take the high road about the Cavaliers' trading away of six players, including Isaiah Thomas.

The Cavs won without those guys on Friday, and without their replacements, beating Atlanta 123-107.

"There's no shade on anybody," James said, after his 10th triple double of the season and second in as many games.

James spent enough time seething over what his old teammates (and some of his current ones) did to the Cavs while they were here. Why kick them on their way out?

A new chapter in Cavs' history turns its first page Saturday when the three 25-year-olds -- Larry Nance Jr., Jordan Clarkson, and Rodney Hood -- and veteran point guard George Hill join the team for practice.

That's assuming that Thomas and Channing Frye, Jae Crowder and Iman Shumpert all pass their physicals before Cleveland hits the court this afternoon. The trades aren't completed until those physicals are passed.

There are 28 games left before the playoffs start. Coach Tyronn Lue, James, and the rest of the Cavs still standing after Thursday's trades must find a way to incorporate new teammates without the benefit of a training camp.

Game 1 of this new era is against the Boston Celtics -- for whom Kyrie Irving plays and who leads Cleveland by 6.5 games for first in the East.

Lue said that first practice is "going to be a walk-thru, just trying to teach the new guys the plays and what we're trying to do defensively. Then just kind of go from there."

Go from there. That's what the Cavs have to do in this truncated season. There's less time remaining than when former general manager David Griffin traded for J.R. Smith, Shumpert, and Timofey Mozgov in January of 2015. Less than when Griffin fired David Blatt and promoted Lue in 2016.

Less than when Griffin traded for Kyle Korver in January of 2017. Korver bombed away on Friday for 30 points and seven 3-pointers.

"We're going to practice tomorrow and we'll start incorporating these new guys," Korver said. "There's going to be a chunk of games where we're just going to have to figure it out. We're going to have to figure out what works and what lineups work. It's not ideal to do this right before the All-Star break, but it's what we've got and we're going to do our best."

There's not much reason to dwell on the goings on from Friday. The Cavs won and picked up a game on Boston. Otherwise, the lineup and shortened rotation Lue used against the Hawks was a bandage about to be torn off.

Lue's told us that Smith and Hood will probably start, and Hill's going to be the point guard. It means Clarkson will likely run the second unit, and Jose Calderon (who started Friday and scored 11 points) goes back to watching.

Cedi Osman started his first NBA game on Friday too. Lue said that wouldn't continue, but Osman would remain in the rotation. He scored 16 points and showed all the reasons the front office, coaches, and many teammates love him -- by flying around and throwing his body all over the place on both sides of the court.

"I thought Cedi was great outside of his free throw shooting (2-of-7)," Lue said. "Just his energy, rebounding the basketball. He had three steals, getting to the basket, getting to the free-throw line. His energy is infectious and he played well tonight."

Osman was 6-of-9 from the field and 2-of-5 on 3s. Osman said he (actually, he said "we," but the 22-year-old rookie doesn't quite yet speak for, say, James) used Friday's performance to show his new teammates "how we play and how we're going to play.

"Who knows if they were playing the same type (of game) on their teams, on their previous teams," Osman said. "So I think they will fit perfect. They're great players and we will win."