LeBron James ‘Very Emotional’ About Kobe’s Last Season

(LeBron) James admitted Monday that seeing (Kobe) Bryant play out his final season has touched him. “Anytime I even watch his games, even when I’m not playing him, it’s always, like, very emotional just knowing it’s his last hurrah,” James said after the Cavs’ 120-100 win over the Sacramento Kings. “And he’s done so much, […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Coach Lue Says David Blatt Supports Him

Much was directed at the Cavaliers for dumping a coach whose team was sitting atop the Eastern Conference standings and who had complied an 83-40 record in roughly season and a half.Tyronn Lue has heard plenty of criticism over the handling of David Blatts’s ouster as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. “Me and Blatt […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Cavs’ Love Out With Bruised Left Thigh

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love missed his first game of the season because of a bruised left thigh. Love was injured while boxing out for a rebound in the third quarter of Friday’s loss to Boston and didn’t return. He was on the floor for several moments before being helped to the locker room. Source: […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA PM: Trade Talks Starting To Heat Up

With the NBA trade deadline rapidly approaching, the rumor mill is starting to heat up.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Cavs Held Players Only Meeting After Blatt Firing

The Cleveland Cavaliers have been invigorated over the past week following game plan changes by new coach Tyronn Lue, but it hasn’t been the only event that has positively affected the team. Following a meeting called by general manager David Griffin to inform the team that coach David Blatt had been fired, Cavs players held […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Van Gundy: Fate of Cavs Falls on GM Griffin

Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy only had Tyronn Lue as a player for a short period of time in the 2008-09 season. But that short stint while both were with the Orlando Magic told Van Gundy that Lue would be a good coach one day. So in Van Gundy’s mind, the onus falls on […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Cavs’ Lue Shocked by Love All-Star Snub

New Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue says Kevin Love’s All-Star snub is unprecedented for a first-place team. “I just thought, in this league it’s always been about winning and winning has always been rewarded,” Lue said before the Cavs’ shootaround Friday morning in preparation for their game against the Detroit Pistons. “Being No. 1 in the […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Cavs May Rest Jefferson Until After All-Star Break

Richard Jefferson recently switched to wearing LeBron James’ signature Nike sneakers. The choice in footwear didn’t have anything to do with No. 24 on the Cleveland Cavaliers wanting to be like No. 23. The reason the 35-year-old small forward opted for the LeBrons over the Nike Zoom HyperRevs he had been wearing is function over […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA’s Best/Worst Case 2016-17 Cap Projections

Salary cap guru Eric Pincus looks at the best- and worst-case cap projections for each NBA team.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021