Cavaliers

Kevin Durant isn’t worried about LeBron James leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers in free agency next summer. Because he doesn’t think it’s going to happen. In the second part of his appearance on The Bill Simmons Podcast, Durant not only said he thinks James will stick in Cleveland, but that he’s told this to the four-time MVP. Here’s the excerpt, [...]

With his smallish stature at 5’7″, Isaiah Thomas has been doubted his entire life on a basketball court and as such has played with a huge chip on his shoulder his entire career. He was the last pick of the 2011 NBA Draft and was essentially allowed to walk from the Kings after a season [...]

The past week has been about as juicy and newsworthy as it gets for the NBA in late August. After the earth-shattering, blockbuster trade between the Cavaliers and Celtics last week was agreed to that would send Irving to the Celtics in exchange for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Brooklyn’s 2018 1st Round Pick and Ante [...]

Hopefully the $140 million renovation of Quicken Loans Arena isn’t one of the selling the points the Cleveland Cavaliers planned to use on LeBron James when he enters free agency next summer. Because it’s not happening. From the Associated Press (via ESPN.com): The team had hoped to upgrade the 22-year-old downtown facility with more dining [...]

The trade saga between the Cavaliers and Celtics has become more and more cloudy and complex as the clock is ticking for them to finalize the mega blockbuster deal that is set to send Kyrie Irving to the Celtics in exchange for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and Brooklyn’s Unprotected 2018 1st Round Pick. [...]

Most people believe the Cleveland Cavaliers did well to flip Kyrie Irving for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and the Brooklyn Nets’ 2018 first-round pick. They might stop short of saying the Cavaliers won a trade in which they coughed up a 25-year-old superstar, but the prevailing thought in the basketball world is that, [...]

The Milwaukee Bucks placed quite the premium on acquiring Kyrie Irving before he was shipped off to the Boston Celtics. According to Arizona Sports 98.7 FM’s John Gambadoro, Milwaukee dangled Rookie of the Year Malcolm Brogdon, Khris Middleton and a pick in exchange for the All-Star point guard: [tweet https://twitter.com/Gambo987/status/900390542009262080] Some variation of this trade [...]

Kyrie Irving’s trade request did not prevent some Cleveland Cavaliers players from hoping he’d still stick around. The actual trade should, though. (Sorry.) From ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: As the Cavs sat on Irving’s trade request for more than six weeks, the stalemate led some around the league to wonder if Cleveland were willing to enter [...]

While the trade that did occur between the Cavaliers and Celtics was as blockbuster as it gets and unprecedented in some ways, there was one other trade offer that was on the table that would have been exponentially more insane: Kyrie Irving for Klay Thompson. [tweet https://twitter.com/LegionHoops/status/900414858989936640] This was first reported by ESPN’s Marc J. [...]

As one super sidekick leaves town another one may be returning. Amidst all of the craziness surrounding the mega blockbuster trade between the two top teams in the eastern conference with Kyrie Irving being swapped for a pretty awesome package featuring Isaiah Thomas, some more good news may be on the way for the Cavs: [...]