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Kyrie Irving won’t be ready when the season starts on October 27th in Chicago. The injury to his knee has forced the Cavs to take a very slow approach to his readiness, and to make sure that he is completely healed when he returns. He stated recently that he also has plans to alter his […]

At long last, Tristan Thompson has re-signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers just minutes ago. We reported just minutes ago that Thompson agreed to a full, 5-year deal, but how much was it worth? RELATED: BREAKING: Cavs Re-Sign Tristan Thompson To A 5-Year Deal Worth How Much?? Thompson took to Instagram to talk about and send […]

Tristan Thompson has been a restricted free agent since July 1, and has been unable to come to an agreement with the Cleveland Cavaliers on a contract extension. That is, until today. That’s right, Thompson FINALLY signed a 5-year, $82 million deal with the Cavs today, reported first by Chris Haynes of NEOMG. RELATED: Is […]

Anderson Varejao may be one of the better power forwards in Cleveland Cavaliers history; he’s also among the most oft-injured. No thanks to four season-ending injuries in five years, the Brazilian bundle of energy has only managed to play a measly total of 172 games over the past five seasons. But now, he’s entering the […]

Last week, multiple news outlets including Cavs Nation reported that the Cavs had reportedly taken the 5-year, $80 million contract offer away from Tristan Thompson amid the contract holdout. Larry Coon, a CBA and salary cap guru who’s take on contract situations is very well regarded by peers and fans alike, participated in a Q&A […]

“Never before have I had middle-aged women, or older women, or people of color, approach me in these numbers.” The phrase “LeBron James” can take over any conversation, drive away any doubt of greatness, bring profits to any business and even make any organization a philanthropic one. James’ influence serves communities around the world, but […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers find themselves in a great position right now as the team is stacked from top to bottom for the upcoming 2015-2016 season. The position of focus right now is the point guard position. Kyrie Irving, Mo Williams, and Matthew Dellavedova compose the formidable point guard trio of the Cavaliers. Irving is a […]

The NBA.com annual general managers’ survey was conducted over the past couple of weeks, and it has revealed that the Warriors haven’t earned the respect of the GM’s and that they still believe in the Cleveland Cavaliers. The general manager’s voted for who they thought would make it out of the East, who would make […]

With Kyrie Irving and Iman Shumpert out, Kevin Love admits that it’s up to LeBron James and himself to be the “next men up” for the Cleveland Cavaliers. RELATED: LeBron James Foresees Rough Start To The Cavs’ Season Love has had two games to test out his surgically repaired shoulder but these two games were […]

Fans have had little to be excited about this preseason as the Cavs started their preseason at 0-6, but were able to get a win last night against the Mavericks. LeBron James sat out that game as well as the game before that in Toronto as he nursed a back injury he suffered and received […]

After carrying the whole weight of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the last NBA Finals, LeBron James’ body needed a break. RELATED: LeBron James Foresees Rough Start To The Cavs’ Season He went on a typical LeBron James offseason which featured a few international promotions and a movie premiere in between, but the first true breather […]

Tristan Thompson is about to end his fourth month as a restricted free agent; he and the Cavs have reportedly not even been talking about a contract extension. Without Thompson, the Cavs officially have 13 players on the roster. Cleveland is expected to choose one of the remaining training camp guys as they have all […]

Find all of today’s top plays and highlights on the next page below! All of this preseason, the Cavs have struggled to put together a solid all around game for four straight quarters. And all preseason long, it resulted in loss after loss. If there’s any time to lose all your games and still feel […]

Jared Cunningham lost the ball, but he gets it back from the offensive player and throws down the reverse dunk. RELATED: Top 10 Greatest J.R. Smith Career Dunks

Delly drives, draws the defense, and dishes to Richard Jefferson, who dishes to J.R. Smith for three RELATED: VIDEO: J.R. Smith Swishes Half-Court Shot And Wins Military Member $30,000

Iman Shumpert joined the Cavaliers broadcast crew tonight in the second quarter to talk about breast cancer awareness and his recovery from wrist surgery. RELATED: 13 Things You Didn’t Know About Iman Shumpert

Cunningham starts the fast break after a Dallas miss and finds a running Kevin Love for the tough fast break basket. RELATED: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Kevin Love

Kevin Love can’t reach for a loose ball and Dallas begins the break, but J.R. Smith finds the ball in the middle of a pass and steals it away, setting Love up for the wide open dunk. RELATED: Top 10 Alley Oop Dunks of 2014-15 Season

The Cleveland Cavaliers have struggled to win a game this preseason. They’ve come close and held big leads, but in the end, the Cavs second and third units were simply unable to squeak out victories despite dealing with injuries. While players have been in and out of the lineups, Mo Williams, Richard Jefferson, Jared Cunningham, […]

Find all of today’s top plays and highlights on the next page below! The Cleveland Cavaliers came to Canada winless but with much excitement as they knew they were facing the Toronto Raptors with added reinforcement. After months of being sidelined, All Star power forward Kevin Love finally returns to fold for the Cavaliers. LeBron […]

Matthew Dellavedova takes the pass from Mozgov, pump fakes to send the defending DeMarre Carroll flying by, and then drives towards the hoop. He then finds Mozgov with the beautiful alley oop pass for the dunk. RELATED: Top 10 Alley Oop Dunks of 2014-15 Season

Matthew Dellavedova takes the Timofey Mozgov screen, and then crosses over when Lowry trips, and hits the wide open three-pointer. RELATED: Kyrie Irving Best Crossovers of the season

Anderson Varejao loses the ball on the drive, but Kevin Love saves the loose ball back to Andy with a beautiful behind the back pass for the floater. RELATED: 5 Reasons Why The Cavs Need Kevin Love

Kevin Love immediately makes his impact felt as he grabs the defensive rebound, outlets to Delly at half-court, and Delly sets up Mozgov with a beautiful alley oop pass for the slam. RELATED: Top 10 Alley Oop Dunks of 2014-15 Season

Kevin Love, in his first appearance on the court in over six months, looks like he hasn’t missed a step.

Larry Nance played seven seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers and averaged 16.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 2.5 blocks per game in 34.6 minutes per game. Nance’s son, Larry Jr. plays for the Los Angeles Lakers after being drafted in the first round of the 2015 NBA Draft. It hasn’t taken long for him […]

The NBA’s Opening Night will not only feature our hardwood heroes’ return to the court, but also the courageous comeback of a pillar in the league’s broadcast family. Craig Sager will be working the sidelines once again after receiving clearance from doctors to return home. His son, Craig Sager Jr., announced to the world the […]

Kyrie Irving has been working out with the Cavs over the past couple of weeks, and many fans were hoping he would be ready for the season opener despite reports that he would be taking his time to return to the court. According to Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal, however, Irving still doesn’t […]

As the Tristan Thompson contract fiasco drags on, LeBron James’ involvement, however you want to label it, gets revealed as more personal. James has made it clear that he will not get in between the Cavaliers’ front office and Thompson’s camp as they try and iron out a deal. To his credit, he’s remained true […]

With high expectations surrounding the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 2015-2016 campaign, LeBron James felt the need to level all the hype. The team boasts of arguably one of the deepest lineups in the league but the big question is when will we see that roster complete. Not for the first few months of the season and James […]

Kyrie Irving is less than a year removed from introducing his first shoe with Nike, the Kyrie I’s, but they are already one of the best shoes for basketball that you can find out there. Irving has a new mentor in town, and his name is Mo Williams. As a former Cavalier and long-time NBA […]

Jared Cunningham has come full circle. The athletic guard out of Oregon State University was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2012 NBA Draft as the 24th overall pick. However, the team made the pick for the Dallas Mavericks who have already agreed to package their first rounder, Tyler Zeller for Cleveland’s picks. It […]

John Schumann of NBA.com has a very wise mind when it comes to analyzing the game of basketball. On the Cavs’ 2014-15 team preview, Schumann joined NBA TV to talk about the weaknesses of Cleveland’s defense despite reaching the East reaching the NBA Finals. “The Cavs were the lowest-ranked defensive team to the make the […]

The long awaited return of Kevin Love to the basketball court is over. According to David Blatt and Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal, Love will be making his preseason debut on Sunday against the Toronto Raptors. #Cavs Kevin Love will play Sunday at Toronto, David Blatt said. — Jason Lloyd (@JasonLloydABJ) October 16, […]

LeBron James has always been a relatively healthy basketball player. In his first 12 years (from 2003-2015), James missed just 57 games. Before the 2011-12 season, where James sat out 20 games mostly to rest (and won an NBA Championship), James really hadn’t had any issues with injures. As we all know, however, Father Time […]

The NBA is full of talented guards at both the point guard and shooting guard spots. With that being said, there’s no denying that the NBA’s best backcourt duo belongs to the NBA Champion Warriors, but who’s right behind them? Former Indiana Pacer Reggie Miller was a color analyst for Thursday’s game between the Golden […]

A major development has occurred in the Tristan Thompson contract saga. Apparently, this news, or assumption, came from Larry Coon. Who’s Larry Coon? Well, he’s basically a CBA and salary cap guru who’s take on contract situations is very well regarded by peers and fans alike. Coon participated in a Q&A where he got to […]

Find all of today’s top plays and highlights on the next page below! The Cleveland Cavaliers welcomed Timofey Mozgov and J.R. Smith back into the fold in their preseason battle with the Indiana Pacers. The team went up against Paul George, Monta Ellis, and George Hill sans LeBron James who sat out the game as […]

J.R. Smith catches the ball in the corner, drives towards the free throw line, and crosses Paul George over, making him fall in the process, and hits the jumper to complete the beautiful play. RELATED: Kyrie Irving Best Crossovers of the season