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There are several teams battling for the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft, but it doesn’t seem like it will matter. Why? Because Duke Blue Devils phenom Zion Williamson, the consensus top prospect in the draft, will only play for the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to a source close to the star. The […]

Cavs rookie Collin Sexton began this season with quite a bit of expectations on his shoulders. Due to injuries in the team’s rotation, he was thrust into the starting lineup just 11 games in. He struggled to find a rhythm at first, as a lot of first-year players do. However, he’s managed to rebound in […]

Cleveland Cavaliers rookie guard Collin Sexton’s name was not among the various rookies called up to showcase their talents at the Rising Stars Game as part of All-Star Weekend in Charlotte. However, the No. 8 overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft used the snub as motivation to show the rest of the league why […]

Most of the rookie chatter this season has been about Dallas Mavericks rookie sensation Luka Doncic and Atlanta Hawks spitfire rookie Trae Young. However, Collin Sexton has pieced together a pretty solid debut campaign for the Cleveland Cavaliers as well. According to Reddit Cavs on Twitter, the Young Bull has the 13th-best scoring average by […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers will be without All-Star power forward Kevin Love on Saturday against the LA Clippers. The Cavs announced Love is dealing with shoulder soreness. .@kevinlove out today in L.A. with left shoulder soreness. @dnwaba0 will get the start. — Joe Gabriele (@CavsJoeG) March 30, 2019 In 21 games this season for the Cavs, […]

Cleveland Cavaliers star Kevin Love has nothing but praise for Collin Sexton, even claiming that the Cavs rookie will likely make the All-Rookie First Team. Love shared that he talked with Sexton after the first-year guard wasn’t included to the Rising Stars game roster during the All-Star weekend. The Cavs forward told Sexton that he […]

After the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 NBA Finals, Cavs point guard Kyrie Irving facetimed Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant from the locker room. Bryant is one of Irving’s mentors. Kobe Bryant says Kyrie Irving called him to say thanks for the advice and that what he told him […]

With seven games remaining in the 2018-2019 season, the Cleveland Cavaliers currently sit at 19-56, the third-worst record in the NBA. This gives them identical odds at landing a top-four draft pick as the two teams below them in the standings; the New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns. As of now, the lowest Cleveland can […]

Cavs point guard Collin Sexton has established himself as one of the best players from the 2018 NBA Draft. As most rookies do, he struggled to find a rhythm at first. Now, however, his talent has become evident, and teams are including him in their scouting reports. Cavs head coach Larry Drew has played a […]

The San Antonio Spurs are set to recognize Manu Ginobili with one of the highest honors an athlete can receive. On Thursday night, Ginobili will see his No. 20 jersey lifted to the rafters inside the AT&T Center. In light of this great honor, several current players around the league are showing their respect, including […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers were the recent recipient of some good news, as they are now officially set to retain their first-round pick for the upcoming draft. The Cavs will not be sending over their pick to the Atlanta Hawks, and they are now in possession of two first-round picks for June: Cavaliers, who will receive […]

During his time with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kyrie Irving had his share of highlight-reel moments. He and LeBron James formed a potent duo that helped the Cavs win their first NBA title in franchise history in 2016. But as great as Irving was in Cavs Wine and Gold, he also had his share of Shaqtin’ […]

Following the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 116-106 loss to the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night, Kevin Love was asked by The Athletic’s Joe Vardon about whether or not former teammate and current Celtics guard Kyrie Irving will be welcomed by the fans when he plays another game in Cleveland someday: “I know he’s been hurt, I know he’s […]

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love issued an apology to his teammates, per The Athletic’s Joe Vardon, following his terrible performance in the Cavs’ loss to the Boston Celtics Tuesday night. “I didn’t give the guys what I should have. I came in at halftime and apologized for it. I thought my effort was a lot better […]

Most casual NBA fans can name a few of the players on their respective teams. Some die-hard fans know even more about their favorite organization. However, there is one two-year-old Cavs fan who can recite his team’s entire roster on a whim, including their numbers. The little boy’s name is unknown at this time, but […]

Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Brandon Knight may no longer be the impact player he once was and may have been just a throw-in in a trade this season, but that does not mean he still can’t have an effect on a ballclub. Since Knight arrived in Cleveland at the Feb. 7 deadline, Cavs rookie Collin […]

When Milwaukee Bucks guard George Hill faced his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, he saw some remarkable improvement from rookie Collin Sexton. Per Tim Bielik of Cleveland.com, Hill — who dropped 17 points in their 127-105 win over the Cavs — said that Sexton has developed into his own. He even praised the young guys […]

Milwaukee Bucks point guard George Hill has no hard feelings with his former Cleveland Cavaliers teammates. The Cavs traded Hill to the Bucks on Dec. 7 as part of a three-team trade involving the Washington Wizards. The veteran guard, who started for Cleveland in the 2018 NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors, says he […]

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Cedi Osman has shown a lot of flashes in his second year for the Cavs. The league has definitely taken notice of his vast improvement from his rookie campaign, and no less than Los Angeles Lakers superstar and former teammate LeBron James has praised Osman for his accomplishments this season: #Lakers’ LeBron […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Collin Sexton has had a very good rookie campaign, but lately, he has been particularly impressive, averaging 22.6 points per game during the month of March. Cavs big man Kevin Love has noticed the change in Sexton as the season has progressed, noting that the first-year floor general has gotten more confident […]

The 2018-19 Cleveland Cavaliers are one of the worst teams in the NBA, as their 19-54 record indicates. Despite this, the Cavs are still a gritty bunch, proving to be no pushovers. Center Tristan Thompson praised everyone on the roster, and said that he’d give everybody an “A” for the character they have shown this season. […]

It has got to be tough to go from making the finals four years in a row to battling for the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, but that is the position in which the Cleveland Cavaliers find themselves this season. In spite of the Cavs’ struggles throughout the year, big man Tristan Thompson […]

Cleveland Cavaliers reserve Jordan Clarkson achieved two milestones during his team’s match-up against the Los Angeles Clippers tonight. With his 10th point off the bench tonight, @JordanClarksons has just passed @CampyRussell (1,210 in 1975-76) for the most points by a @cavs reserve in a single season. Clarkson has also reached 1,000 career assists with his […]

When LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second time, everybody thought that they still have enough pieces to at least make a decent run in the playoffs. After all, they still have the majority of the players who were part of the team that made it to the Finals last season. However, a […]

Despite the fact that he is currently dealing with an unspecified illness, it appears that Cleveland Cavaliers star Kevin Love is set to suit up for the Cavs on Friday as they take on the Los Angeles Clippers. Cavs inisder Chris Fedor broke the news via Twitter: #Cavs Kevin Love (illness) did not participate in […]

A prominent sports commentator in Greece said the decision by David Blatt to forfeit a recent game with Olympiacos, his current team, was made because the former Cavaliers coach “has Jewish blood inside him.” Vangelis Alexandris, who made the racist remarks in an interview last week, had a nearly 50-year career as a professional basketball […]

After a rough start to his rookie season, Cavs point guard Collin Sexton is on a role. Over the past seven games, Sexton has set a Cleveland record by scoring 23 or more points in each of them. The last player to do this was Tim Duncan back in 1998. During this stretch, Sexton is […]

Since LeBron James’ departure last summer, the Cleveland Cavaliers have struggled to remain competitive. They have one of the worst records in the league this season, and are once again bound to get a high lottery pick in this June’s draft. However, there have been a few bright spots for the Cavs this season, and […]

Cleveland Cavaliers rookie point guard Collin Sexton has been on an absolute tear of late. He has been scoring the basketball at will, and as it turns out, his Cavs teammates had a lot to do with the rapid improvements he has undergone over the past weeks, particularly in his shot selection. Sexton himself pointed […]

It might be a bit late, but Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Colin Sexton is starting to live up to the expectations. Sexton, the eighth overall pick in last year’s draft, has struggled to adjust his game in the NBA. There were a lot of people who initially saw him as a bust, and some of his […]

Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Larry Drew praised Collin Sexton’s recent performances and said that the Cavs rookie is getting better and better each day. According to Marla Ridenour of Ohio.com, Drew said that the 20-year-old guard is putting on some really good performances against good teams. Sexton, the eighth overall pick in the 2018 NBA […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers will have a full stable of frontcourt options available on Wednesday night against the Milwaukee Bucks. Whether that will make Larry Drew’s Cavs team any more successful trying to slow down the Bucks remains to be seen. According to Spencer Davies of Basketball Insiders, Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson and Larry Nance, Jr. […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are only 18-53 on the season, but Cavs power forward Larry Nance Jr. says the team’s record doesn’t indicate how good the club really is. Nance says now that the team is healthy, other teams around the league are starting to see how good the Cavs can be: “We’ve just been plagued […]

Cavs forward Larry Nance Jr. has been sidelined for five consecutive games. The Akron native suffered what the team is calling a “chest contusion” in a game against the Miami Heat on March 8. He was admittedly dealing with a fair amount of pain from the injury, but it sounds like he’s nearing a return. […]

Cavs head coach Larry Drew took some time to praise the growth of Collin Sexton and Cedi Osman following Monday night’s 126-119 victory over the Detroit Pistons. At 18-53 overall, Cleveland won’t be making it to the playoffs this season. The team is clearly in rebuild mode, but despite that fact, Drew believes his young […]

Former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Damon Jones finally brought light to the details of the infamous soup incident in which J.R. Smith tossed a bowl of hot chicken tortilla soup his way, resulting in a game’s suspension. The longtime NBA player detailed the exchange with ESPN’s David Jacoby of Jalen & Jacoby, recounting what took place […]

Going into the 2018-19 NBA campaign, rookie point guard Collin Sexton knew he was going to get a significant opportunity with the Cleveland Cavaliers due to the fact that the roster looked very different from a year ago. Gone was LeBron James, and gone were the Cavaliers’ title hopes (and playoff hopes) with it. As […]

Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star power forward Kevin Love still believes in Carmelo Anthony. Anthony, who hasn’t played in an NBA game since Nov. 8, has been on the open market since Feb. 1 after the Chicago Bulls waived him. The Melo experiment with the Houston Rockets didn’t work out, as Houston parted ways with him after […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers will not have the services of All-Star power forward Kevin Love when they host the Detroit Pistons on Monday. Love is dealing with a sore back. Cavs head coach Larry Drew said Love took a very tough fall this past Saturday against the Dallas Mavericks. #Cavs coach Larry Drew said @kevinlove out […]