If only the Cleveland Cavaliers had $20-plus million in cap space, then LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, now of the Chicago Bulls, would be teammates again. Never mind that the Cavaliers still haven’t re-signed J.R. Smith, who is a few million dollars cheaper and roughly four years younger. LeBron, it seems, would have pushed Cleveland [...]
October 13, 2016
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The Cleveland Cavaliers signed veteran guard Toney Douglas on Monday and J.R. Smith sent out a subliminal tweet letting us all know his frustration. [tweet https://twitter.com/cavs/status/782971912280563712] Minutes later, Smith tweeted the following: [tweet https://twitter.com/TheRealJRSmith/status/782986717028638721] The NBA season is about to start and the Cavs have yet to sign Smith to a contract. After helping them [...]
October 4, 2016
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Similar to last season, J.R. Smith is looking for an NBA deal well into the Summer. At the conclusion of the 2014-14 season, he opted out of the deal with the Cavs; a move that ultimately cost him about $5 million. He opted out during the 2016 playoffs with the Cavs again, but that was [...]
September 20, 2016
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LeBron James’ deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers is (finally) done. Now it’s J.R. Smith’s turn. Technically, anyway. There hasn’t been much talk about him nearing a deal with the Cavaliers. Smith was believed to be seeking $15 million per year in his next contract, per Cleveland.com’s Chris Fedor. Cleveland apparently countered with an offer in [...]
August 19, 2016
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The Cleveland Cavaliers are going Hollywood. Sources confirmed to Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon that LeBron James will host his usual pre-training camp workouts from Los Angeles some time in September: LeBron James will host his annual pre-training camp workouts for his Cavaliers teammates in Los Angeles in September, multiple sources told cleveland.com. Since James returned to [...]
August 16, 2016
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LeBron James remains one of the NBA’s many unsigned free agents, but he won’t stay that way for long. Actually, that’s a slight lie. He might. He could stay unsigned for two months, two weeks, two days, two minutes. We don’t really know. When he finally does put pen to paper on a new deal, [...]
July 19, 2016
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Get ready: We have officially reached the “Dwyane Wade is thinking about leaving the Miami Heat to join forces with LeBron James on the Cleveland Cavaliers” portion of the NBA’s 2016 offseason. There’s this: [tweet https://twitter.com/LuxJetGroup/status/750152536842129409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] And then there’s this, from the Huffington Post’s Jordan Schultz: [tweet https://twitter.com/Schultz_Report/status/750307445004787712] It’s not tough to imagine James and [...]
In order to keep some semblance of normalcy, a salary cap in the NBA exists. If not, it’d be tough to have a league when every player feels he’s worth every penny on Earth. But in the case of LeBron James, there should be no financial ceiling. It’s impossible to put a figure on what [...]
June 29, 2016
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All you Kevin Love trade suitors just need to chill. The Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t trading him—or, for that matter, any other parts of their current core. Not according to general manager David Griffin, per Marc Stein of ESPN.com: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/747197674609319936] Never say never, David. Which you didn’t. Teams are always listening to trades. There are [...]
June 27, 2016
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Kevin Love is an NBA champion. But that doesn’t mean his future with the Cleveland Cavaliers is suddenly safe. Per the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney: But the fact that Love’s name comes up is a testament to the number of teams that recognize he could be his old All-Star self if he did not have [...]
June 21, 2016
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