Cavaliers

LeBron James is ready to start playing with Isaiah Thomas. Though the 5’9″ point guard has become something of a forgotten commodity from the Kyrie Irving trade, the Cleveland Cavaliers know what they have in him—James included. Thomas has no timetable for his return from a hip injury, but he and James have, per Cleveland.com’s [...]

Kevin Love isn’t unconditionally enjoying his move to the center spot. But he’s not not enjoying it either. As he told reporters, per Cleveland.com’s Chris Fedor, he’s still in the figuring-shit-out stages of the switch: “It’s been a little bit of a change for me,” Love admitted. “I still find myself spacing a little bit wanting [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers planned to play a Kyrie Irving tribute video on opening night, when the point guard visited Quicken Loans Arena for the first time as an opponent. They never did. And why not? Well, that much is up for debate. Here’s one potential reason, per Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: According to team spokesman Tad [...]

As if you needed anymore evidence the Boston Celtics’ acquisition of Kyrie Irving over the summer was ridiculously unique. But here’s some more anyway. Per the Boston Globe‘s Adam Himmelsbach, Celtics assistant general manager Mike Zarren relayed the story of what happened the first time he phoned the Cavaliers to inquire about Irving’s availability: [tweet https://twitter.com/AdamHimmelsbach/status/920051246001721344] [...]

So maybe the Cleveland Cavaliers don’t miss Kyrie Irving after all. Sure, losing him is big in the grand scheme of things—especially if they were hoping to use him as a safety net in the event LeBron James leaves next July. The Cavaliers also cannot tout too many of their blessings following that trade. They [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers could be incredibly low on Kyrie Irving now that he’s a member of the Boston Celtics. They aren’t, of course. But they could be. As head coach Tyronn Lue said when asked how the Cavaliers would defend their former point guard on opening night, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: How are the Cavs [...]

Kyrie Irving spent six years with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He went to three NBA Finals with them. He won a championship with them. He orchestrated an awkward departure from them and best-ever candidate LeBron James. It would be understandable if he was nervous about facing them, in Cleveland, on opening night as a member of [...]

No surprise here, the newest Cavalier signing and reunited second banana to LeBron James, Dwyane Wade will be starting at shooting guard for the Cavaliers this season. [tweet https://twitter.com/mcten/status/917464951526174720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] According to Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com, Rose will start at point guard with Thomas’s absence, but will leave the game early and come back in with [...]

Tristan Thompson appears to be taking the news that Kevin Love will replace him as the Cleveland Cavaliers’ starting center really well. Like, really, really, really ridiculously well. His response to the move, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: “I’m going to go for Sixth Man of the Year, put myself in position to do that,” Thompson [...]

Tristan Thompson may want to get himself used to the idea of coming off the bench. In the aftermath of a wonky offseason, which ended, basically, with the arrival of Dwyane Wade, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue is considering using Kevin Love as the starting center, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: Kevin Love could be named [...]