The Cleveland Cavaliers have apparently realized they won’t be winning anything in the aftermath of LeBron James’ departure anytime soon. Extending Kevin Love over the summer without trading any of the veterans inferred a different plan. The Cavs, the thinking went, wanted to contend for a playoff berth. Maybe they still do. But according to [...]
October 24, 2018 admin Blogs Nothing gets the frustration juices flowing quite like a loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Hence Dwyane Wade and Channing Frye (basically) calling out the Cleveland Cavaliers’ starters on Sunday, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: “It’s no secret we’re starting games off awful,” Dwyane Wade said after scoring a season-high 25 points as a reserve. “Terrible. And [Atlanta] got [...]
November 6, 2017 admin Blogs Count on Channing Frye to put the Kevin Love trade rumors in perspective. From ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: “As a teammate, I don’t feel sorry for him,” Channing Frye told ESPN. “Who cares about rumors? We love him. We know what he does for this team. He’s a Banana Republic model. … Dude, he’s fine. He’s [...]
February 6, 2017 admin Blogs The Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t just trade for Channing Frye so that he could drain threes. He’s apparently an expert pep-talker, too. Kevin Love did not have good outings in Games 3 and 4, both losses, against the Toronto Raptors. He shot a combined 5-of-23 from the field, and head coach Tyronn Lue wasn’t able to [...]
The 2016 postseason has been good to the Cleveland Cavaliers thus far, as they are 8-0 and have swept their way into the eastern conference finals for the 2nd consecutive season. LeBron is playing like LeBron, Kevin Love is showing what the Cavs were missing after his injury in Round 1 of the 2015 playoffs [...]
May 9, 2016 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek One word and one word only can sum up the 2015-16 NBA Trade Deadline – weak. Maybe, very weak. We saw that one coming though, right fellas? It’s always a game of ‘he said, she said’ after the deadline passes, so we’ll never truly know who was actually close to being on the move. There [...]
February 18, 2016 admin Offbeat Channing Frye is on the move. The serviceable, versatile big man is headed from Orlando to Cleveland. After getting handled by the Warriors several weeks back, Cleveland realizes that they can’t hang with the eventual Western Conference champs. That’s evident by way of a team in first place firing their head coach and taking steps [...]
February 18, 2016 Anou Enright Rumors Channing Frye is apparently a hot commodity. According to the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney, interest in the Orlando Magic’s 32-year-old stretch big is high: Now, league sources tell Sporting News, changes could be coming to the Magic’s promising young roster ahead of this month’s trading deadline. Already, the team has received multiple inquiries on big [...]
February 2, 2016 admin Blogs When the Orlando Magic hired head coach Scott Skiles over the summer, it was under the guise that he would try to win as many games as possible, as soon as possible. The Magic have responded by putting themselves on pace to nearly double last season’s win total and flirting with a playoff birth. They [...]
January 22, 2016 admin Blogs Rudy Gobert won’t be swallowing shots at the rim for the Utah Jazz for a while. Make the appropriate sad faces whenever you please. The news came swiftly and unexpected Wednesday night, with the Jazz releasing a statement that outlined the indeterminable terms of Gobert’s absence: After sustaining a left knee injury during today’s practice [...]
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