Cavaliers

LeBron James tallied a triple-double during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Game 1 loss to the Indiana Pacers. On most nights, that would be enough to pick up a victory—or at least keep his team within striking distance until the final buzzer. But it wasn’t. The Cavaliers artificially hung around before fading away during the tail end [...]

Kendrick Perkins must be the greatest locker room guy of all time. According to a report from ESPN, the Cavaliers have signed Kendrick Perkins to fill their 13th and final roster spot for the final game of the regular season against New York and for the postseason. [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/983497183990337537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Perkins averaged 8.7 points and 7.1 [...]

Tyronne Lue is back on the Cleveland Cavaliers’ sideline, and he’s already making questionable decisions. Leading into his team’s matchup with the Washington Wizards on Thursday, Cleveland’s head honcho told reporters that Jeff Green would be in the starting lineup…for the rest of the season…including the playoffs. He justified his answer thusly, per Cleveland.com’s Joe [...]

Tyronn Lue left during the Cavaliers victory over the Bulls in Chicago on Saturday night and has missed time here and there over the last few weeks due to illness. Apparently that health issue is more serious than was previously thought as Lue is taking a medical leave of absence according to Adrian Wojnarowski of [...]

Oh, how things have changed for the Cleveland Cavaliers. It used to be that Kevin Love was the odd All-Star out—the less important of three A-listers, the one who needed to make the most sacrifices, the name most likely to crop up in offseason and midseason trade rumors. But here we are, almost four years, [...]

The Cavaliers are meandering along around .500 at this point, trading wins with bad teams and loses with decent teams as they maintain their status in the middle of the eastern conference playoff standings at 38-28. LeBron James is feeling out his new teammates and doing so while continuing to seemingly reach new heights as [...]

Hear that? You know, that loud, dulcet buzzing? It’s fans of the Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets and every other potential LeBron James suitor, humming along to the music in their ears that began playing on Sunday night, after the Cleveland Cavaliers lost their fourth game in five tries. This latest letdown came [...]

The NBA news cycle never takes any days off. Not even during the Oscars. And not even when the subject matter is more than a half-year old. Enter Kyrie Irving’s trade to the Boston Celtics last August. According to actor Lil Rel Howery, the All-Star point guard found out about the deal while filming the [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers lost more than the game when they fell to the Denver Nuggets over the weekend. They lost Tristan Thompson for a while, too. From ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson suffered a sprained right ankle in the Cavs’ 126-117 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday and will miss “multiple games,” the team announced Sunday. [...]

Joel Embiid wasted little time in using the Philadelphia 76ers’ victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night to his advantage. On the heels of his team’s 108-97 deconstruction of the reigning Eastern Conference champs, the expert-Instagrammer subtly began his public courtship of LeBron James: [tweet https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/969435565472010240] Is this tampering? It feels like tampering. Even [...]