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LeBron James and J.R. Smith took the loss to the Boston Celtics the hardest. Not because of the opponent or because it was a loss, but rather because of the way they lost. Giving up a five point lead in the final 18 seconds and a four point lead in the final eight seconds of […]

While LeBron James is the undisputed leader and face of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Anderson Varejao may be the team’s heart and soul. The veteran center has stuck it out with the Cavs over the years and professed his loyalty to the team many times already. This season Varejao is having career lows of 2.4 points […]

Today marks another national holiday for everyone in the U.S. Well, not really, but Super Bowl Sunday is essentially treated as a holiday, with family and friends gathered together to watch the NFL’s Super Bowl trophy. With the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers take center-stage in Santa Clara California, everyone will be watching. RELATED: […]

‘Tis the season to be all eyes on Twitter with all the trade talks that are happening around the league. The deadline for player transactions is fast approaching and general managers are engulfed in a tedious game of poker among each other. RELATED: Without David Blatt, What Will Happen to Timofey Mozgov? In Cleveland, the […]

Click “Next” at the bottom of the page to see all the highlights from tonight’s game! After two consecutive losses, the Cavs got back to their winning ways tonight with a 99-84 win over the New Orleans Pelicans at the Q. It was a convincing win that the team needed after a heartbreaking loss at […]

It is now safe to say that LeBron James is a great defender. He is a superb on-ball defender with his length, strength, and athleticism while utilizing his high basketball IQ to be equally adept in commanding his team on the defensive end. We have seen James manhandle the opponent’s best player defensively multiple times […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers fell to the Celtics on a heartbreaking buzzer beating three-pointer by Avery Bradley last night. The Cavs were up five with about 18 seconds to go and simply could not close the game out defensively. Multiple errors down the stretch allowed Boston to steal a game at Quicken Loans Arena. After the […]

Click “Next” at the bottom of the page to see all the highlights from tonight’s game! The Cavs fumbled away a win at home tonight, losing at the buzzer to the Boston Celtics by the score of 104-103. Down by two, and with the ball out of bounds under their own basket, the Cavs allowed […]

J.R. Smith was expected to be invited to participate in the NBA’s Three-Point Shooting Contest at All-Star Weekend next week. When the NBA announced who would participate last night on Inside the NBA, it was clear the NBA made some kind of mistake, as Smith was not chosen to be a contestant in the contest. […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are reportedly one of the most active teams on the trade market right now, searching for any players or deals that will help them win now. Cleveland is looking for a wing defender who can also hit the outside shot consistently to back up Iman Shumpert and J.R. Smith. Brian Windhorst reports […]

In case you haven’t noticed or heard, the Cleveland Cavaliers are back to their usual pregame tradition of player introductions. In late November, LeBron James decided that the Cavs were going to stop doing so, in favor of huddling with his teammates to mentally prepare for the game. RELATED: Should The Cavs’ Non-Participation In Starters […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have in front of themselves one of the deepest, if not the deepest, point guard rotation in the NBA. Obviously, Kyrie Irving leads the way followed by the much-improved Matthew Dellavedova. Meanwhile, on one corner of the Cavs’ bench sits Mo Williams. RELATED: Has Mo Williams’ Role Changed More Dramatically Than Expected? […]

For a little over a year, seven-footer Timofey Mozgov has been the starting center (most of the time) for the Cleveland Cavaliers. The team acquired Mozgov in a trade with Denver last January for a couple of future first rounders. A person who had a large impact on that acquisition was former Cavs head coach […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers fell last night to the Charlotte Hornets in what was considered a disappointing defeat considering the Hornets were without Kemba Walker and Al Jefferson. The loss snapped a five game winning streak for the Cavs, who are looking to hit their stride before the All-Star break and gain much needed momentum heading […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers take on the Charlotte Hornets tonight, and LeBron James talked a little about Carolina Panthers’ quarterback Cam Newton. RELATED: LeBron Gets Crazy Excited For Packers-Cardinals Game “He’s a rare talent. Obviously his size, his speed… It’s a rarity at the position and then his height as well. There’s not many guys that […]

For over a decade, Cleveland Cavaliers swingman J.R. Smith has struggled to attain a clean image. He’s never choked a coach or anything similar to that. But his focus on the court and commitment to his craft were questioned a lot of times. Smith is a very talented basketball player, make no mistake about it, […]

It’s only been a little over a week since David Blatt was fired as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and rumors that LeBron James was the cause circulated in an instant. Even a minority owner of the Miami Heat came out and claimed that James tried to have Heat coach Erik Spoelstra fired […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers took an 11 point lead into the half at 60-49. Another great 24 minutes of basketball on both ends had the Cavs looking like they were on their way to another relatively easy win. And then the second half started, and within three minutes, the 11 point lead had dwindled down to […]

LeBron James is one extremely proud daddy these days. His two sons, LeBron Jr. and Bryce Maximus are both thriving in their respective levels as basketball players. RELATED: LeBron James’ Son Mimics The King’s Silencer Celebration Their most recent display of skills was at the Ohio Showcase tournament where both of them played for the […]

The recent firing of David Blatt put the Cleveland Cavaliers, once again, under public scrutiny due to the circumstances surrounding the move. A lot were said about the organization and their leader, LeBron James. RELATED: Breaking Bad Habits: A Chemistry Lesson by Coach Lue Six games have passed and the Cavs have won five straight […]

Kevin Love has been playing extremely well over the past couple of games as the Cavs adjust to new head coach Tyronn Lue’s methods. Love has averaged 18.8 points, 9.0 rebounds, three assists, one steal, and 1.25 blocks per game over the last four. He caught some attention in early January after a photo of […]

Mario Gotze, the star soccer player for Bayern Munich was asked to select his most exciting athletes to watch outside of football. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were two names that came up from the tennis side of things, and then Gotze shifted towards the basketball side of things, and named his favorite NBA players. […]

For all his success as a basketball player and as a businessman, one has to wonder what else can someone as gifted as LeBron James do once he hangs up his sneakers. Will there still be more challenges that he may consider conquering? If there is one thing that James is immensely proud of, it’s […]

Click “Next” at the bottom of the page to see all the highlights from tonight’s game! The Cavs earned a hard-fought overtime road win tonight in Indiana, as they defeated the Pacers 111-106. The Cavs put five players in double-figures, and came out on fire once again as they improved to an eastern conference best […]

LeBron James has recently come under fire after reports came out of nowhere that he was the cause of David Blatt’s firing. Everyone from the media to fans were criticizing the most criticized player the NBA has ever seen. That’s nothing new James spoke with members of the media ahead of the Cavs game against […]

The thing that separates a collection of excellent players from an excellent team is the bond and comradery that the players share. A sense of community takes a long time to foster; that is why you see European soccer clubs recruiting groups of players from academies who already have spent time playing together and why […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers boast of their tight chemistry within the team. They celebrate the success of every teammate. They have a unique handshake for one another. So, everything is cool in Cleveland. But when you are over seven feet, loves to play loud music, and speaks with friends in Russian more often than what’s normally […]

Richard Jefferson entered the picture in Cleveland to be LeBron James’ backup. After almost three months of regular season play, he has proven to be an upgrade over last season’s reliever wing in the retired Shawn Marion. Unlike Marion, Jefferson owns a very reliable shot from beyond the arc and he has made a living […]

On Saturday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers rolled through their the San Antonio Spurs 117-103, but that’s not what really caught everyone’s eye. LeBron James was wearing a different style of shorts than his teammate, and instead of getting caught by the referees and being issued a technical foul, James was able to slip out of […]

Click “Next” at the bottom of the page to see all the highlights from tonight’s game! The Cavs kept rolling as they beat the Spurs 117-103 on Saturday night to collect their fourth straight win. They improved their home record to 19-3 and their overall record to 34-12. The Cavs started off hot, dropping 37 […]

LeBron James and Kanye West are two pop culture icons of today’s generation. But aside from that, there is also one very interesting correlation between them that we can easily charge to pure coincidence. RELATED: Inside Look At LeBron James’ 30,000 Sq. Ft., $9.2 Million mansion Stephen Douglas of The Big Lead wrote about the […]

Click “Next” at the bottom of the page to see all the highlights from tonight’s game! The Cleveland Cavaliers went into the Palace of Auburn Hills tonight and defeated the Detroit Pistons by the score of 114-106. The final score does not reflect how one sided this game was, as the Cavaliers were up by […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers had a great outing in Detroit tonight, but at the end of the first half, they allowed an easy layup. LeBron James was not happy with ending the half that way, and he let Tristan Thompson know. Thompson seemed to have missed pr was late to a rotation which led to the […]

Bill Simmons, a podcaster who was also an editor-in-chief of Grantland and a former columnist over at ESPN, has been playing with some trades on his newest podcast recently. Most of them are fake, but fun trades to draw up. But an interesting one for Cavs fans is one that he posted on Twitter last […]

Retired NBA veteran Donyell Marshall holds the league’s single game record for most three point field goals with 12 – tied with Kobe Bryant. He did it in March of 2005 while playing for the Toronto Raptors. Obviously, a performance of that magnitude deserves to be included in his greatest games list. Interestingly, he also […]

The NBA All Star reserves have been announced and the coaches selected for the Eastern Conference’s frontcourt players. Unfortunately, Cavs power forward Kevin Love was not selected by the NBA’s coaches, as they instead went with Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat, Andre Drummond of the Detroit Pistons, and Paul Millsap of the Atlanta Hawks. […]

When LeBron James became a member of the Miami Heat, the keys to the city were given to him by Dwyane Wade and it resulted in two championships and four finals appearances in as many years. The veteran Miami superstar knew that he had to defer to James. With the latter back in his home […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are going to exhaust all possible trade options this trade deadline, just like they did early last year when they acquired J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert, and Timofey Mozgov. RELATED: The Big Reason Why The Knicks Traded J.R. Smith And Iman Shumpert The Cavs have recently decided to run the ball more under […]

In the Cavs last game against the Phoenix Suns, Cleveland made a big run in the third quarter that saw a pair of highlight dunks from LeBron James. Here’s one of the dunks: an off the backboard alley-oop from J.R. Smith to the King. pic.twitter.com/1z0pwwLymB — Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) January 28, 2016 RELATED: LeBron James’ […]