Cavaliers

It is no secret that the Cavaliers are in dire need of a back up point guard or ball handler with some more experience and ability to run the show when LeBron James and Kyrie Irving aren’t in the game. Although we have run the gamut of potential trade targets the Cavaliers could or already [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ search for another playmaker—and thus a way to quiet LeBron James’ pleas and demands for one—is soldiering on as the NBA nears its Feb. 23 trade deadline. One of their latest treks into the rumor mill included inquiring about the Philadelphia 76ers’ T.J. McConnell. Not surprisingly, though, the Cavaliers’ overtures were rebuffed, [...]

According to a report from ESPN’s Marc Stein on Saturday, the Cavaliers are interested in acquiring Shelvin Mack or Jameer Nelson to shore up their back up point guard position. [tweet https://twitter.com/NEOSportsInside/status/825377186429419520] Stein noted that the Jazz reserve guard Shelvin Mack is “definitely available” in trade talks. The Cavs would be able to fit him [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have the highest payroll in the NBA at around $127.5 million—roughly $14.2 million past the luxury tax threshold. That’s apparently not enough for LeBron James, according to ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst (h/t ProBasketballTalk): Tension between LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ leadership is centered on payroll spending, multiple sources told ESPN. James and [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are in the midst of their worst stretch of basketball since the first half of LeBron’s first season back in Cleveland in 2014. They have lost six of their last 10 games and hit a new rock bottom for them after losing 124-122 to an 18-27 Pelicans team that was without their [...]

Remember a few months back when Cleveland Cavaliers threw a big Halloween house party? Remember how multiple players shared pictures on social media and there were more than a few references to the Cavaliers coming back from the dead and a 3-1 deficit to beat the Golden State Warriors to win the 2016 NBA title? [...]

At 35, Jose Calderon doesn’t factor into the rebuilding Los Angeles Lakers’ plans—immediately or otherwise. And while there have been no reports to date that the team is working on buying out the final year of his contract, FOX Sports’ Chris Broussard implied it’s a possibility, and that Calderon could end up with the reigning-champion [...]

Acquiring Kyle Korver isn’t enough for LeBron James. He still wants the Cleveland Cavaliers to trade for a point guard. From ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: As the Cleveland Cavaliers finalize a deal to acquire sharpshooter Kyle Korver from the Atlanta Hawks on Friday, LeBron James declared that the work is not done for the defending champions. [...]

The defending champions clearly have a few chinks in their armor in their pursuit of a title defense this season, the lack of a veteran back up point guard for Kyrie Irving, and more recently, a way to compensate for J.R. Smith’s production and catch-and-shoot ability with him slated to miss several months. They found [...]

Rajon Rondo? On the Cleveland Cavaliers? Playing with LeBron James? No. Surely not. No, no, no, no, no. Hell no. Okay, maybe. From Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: Seated on the Bulls’ bench for the third consecutive game was Rajon Rondo, a former All-Star who signed a two-year, $27 million deal in the offseason to come to [...]