Tag: Cleveland Cavaliers
LeBron James and Kyrie Irving of the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers are the top two vote-getters overall, while Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors lead all Western Conference players in the first fan returns of NBA All-Star Voting 2017 presented by Verizon. Source: NBA.com
Sources: Atlanta and Cleveland are finalizing terms on Korver deal, with Mike Dunleavy Jr., likely moving onto a third team through Atlanta. via Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical Cavs are making a separate deal with Blazers. They will trade their 2017 1st to get their 2018 first back, sources said. via Brian Windhorst of ESPN […]
The trade deadline isn’t just about improving a roster, sometimes it is about moving off some ending contracts and roster housekeeping.
The Cavaliers came into Wednesday’s game against the Chicago Bulls with their best record through 33 games (26-7) since 2008-09 (27-6). However, after a 106-94 loss, LeBron James admitted that progress has stalled on the defending champions’ quest for another title. Injuries certainly haven’t helped. Kyrie Irving missed his third straight game (hamstring tightness), Kevin […]
Russ Westbrook, James Harden and the Warriors are getting headlines, but don’t sleep on LeBron James.
The injury bug already reared its ugly head this season for the Cavaliers, taking down J.R. Smith’s thumb, Chris Andersen’s Achilles, and to a lesser extent, Kyrie Irving’s hamstring and Mike Dunleavy’s ankle in its path. Following the Cavs’ 90-86 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday, Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue revealed his team […]
Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving exited Thursday night’s 124-118 win over the Boston Celtics in the final minute with cramping in his right hamstring, and he had to watch from the sidelines as Cleveland eked out a nail-biter after his team led by 18 points to start the fourth quarter. “Just tightened up, that’s all,” Irving […]
In this week’s edition of ‘The Shop, the guys discuss George Karl’s comments, top East PGs, CLE-GS, etc.
Richard Jefferson should’ve been called for a foul on the game’s final play Sunday and LeBron James should’ve been whistled for a technical for hanging on the rim, the league’s officiating report indicated Monday. The league reviews all calls and non-calls in the last two minutes of close games. “It changes absolutely nothing,” James said […]
Below is the league’s assessment of officiated events that occurred in the last two minutes of last night’s games which were within five points at the two-minute mark (and during overtime, where applicable.) 00:03.1 Foul: Personal Richard Jefferson Kevin Durant LATR shows Jefferson (CLE) makes foot to foot contact with Durant (GSW) that affects his […]
