Cavaliers

Despite leading by as many as 23 points, the Cleveland Cavaliers needed all 48 minutes to put away the Orlando Magic on Thursday night. And afterward, LeBron James wasn’t so much relieved as exasperated. As he told reporters, per Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: “We want to play better and we know we have the ability to [...]

And now, we bring you more anecdotal evidence that the Cleveland Cavaliers are in a psychological slump. At 2-8 since Christmas, with a bottom-10 offense, bottom-three defense and bottom-three net rating, the Cavaliers are feeling the weight of their own expectations being undermined by their inadequately built roster. And at times like these, they can [...]

First, before I dive into how I believe the Cavaliers can improve and make the moves necessary to save their season, let me clarify the headline, as long as you have LeBron James you are a contender. The Cavaliers will be in the thick of things come playoff time, but as long as they are [...]

Plenty of NBA teams are expected to remain idle through the Feb. 8 trade deadline. The Cleveland Cavaliers are not one of them. From The New York Times‘ Marc Stein: One trusted source pulled me aside at the NBA G League Showcase last week in suburban Toronto and insisted that the Cavs will “definitely” swing at [...]

The Cavaliers are in the midst of another swoon during the 2017-18 season. After a rough 5-7 start, they rallied to win 19 of 21 games at one point and everything seemed to be back on track. Ever since Christmas Day, and especially since the return of Isaiah Thomas, the Cavaliers have been struggling mightily [...]

Four games into his return from a hip injury he suffered last season, Isaiah Thomas isn’t worried about the mixed results. On the contrary, he expected them. As he told reporters, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: “I knew it was going to be like this,” the Cleveland Cavaliers point guard said after practice Sunday. “I have no legs. [...]

Much like the 2017 off-season, the 2017-18 NBA season has been a roller coaster for the Cavaliers. A 5-7 start led to mass hysteria around the league as talking heads and basketball fans around the country wondered if the Cavaliers and the second LeBron era in Cleveland were toast. Fast forward to a 19 wins [...]

Isaiah Thomas wants to get paid this summer when he enters free agency. He’s been thinking about this next contract for a while—almost, it seems, since he signed his last one, a four-year, $27 million deal with the Phoenix Suns in 2014. Unfortunately for him, though, it doesn’t look like he’ll be needing a Brinks [...]

As the Los Angeles Clippers continue to sneak back into the Western Conference’s playoff picture, the DeAndre Jordan trade rumors are dwindling in number and persistence. But that doesn’t mean they’re entirely gone. On the contrary, teams continue to monitor Jordan’s situation in Hollywood. And the Cleveland Cavaliers are one of them. But, according to [...]

More and more keeps trickling out about the most controversial off-season in quite some time in which a team that was coming off an NBA Finals appearance and a year removed from an NBA title, traded their 25-year-old star point guard and dealt with rumors all summer that the best player in the league would [...]