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Over the weekend, Cleveland Cavaliers marksman J.R. Smith decided to purchase Mother’s Day flower arrangements for every mom in the same neonatal intensive care unit as his daughter, Dakota. As most NBA fans know, little Dakota was born nearly five months prematurely back in February. Since then, she has been showing signs of progression. In […]

The NBA’s defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers have several role players on their roster. Some are scorers, others are facilitators. When it comes to enforcers on the team, that honor belongs to Dahntay Jones. Jones, 36, isn’t just an enforcer, though. As Joe Vardon of cleveland.com reports in his recent article, the savvy defender has also […]

With 18.7 seconds remaining in last night’s Game 1 matchup of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, Cleveland Cavaliers forward and enforcer Dahntay Jones was ejected as a result of two consecutive technical fouls. With the game well in-hand, Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue elected to give Jones, known to be an enforcer of sorts, some playing […]

Somewhat hilariously, Cavs veteran Dahntay Jones got ejected from Cleveland’s Game 1 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday. Jones had only played for a few minutes before getting ejected and since he picked up two technicals, he will have to pay a sizable fine in relation to his salary. But Jones doesn’t have to […]

Wanting to add some more veteran experience at the end of their bench, the Cleveland Cavaliers signed Dahntay Jones for the postseason right before the end of the regular season. The Cavs did the same thing last season and since Jones proved to be an excellent teammate then, Cleveland brought him back this year. Jones […]

Yesterday afternoon, Cleveland Cavaliers GM David Griffin announced that Dahntay Jones, a player most fans of the team will remember from his integral role in last season’s championship run, had been officially inked to a deal. Jones isn’t just a versatile basketball player, he is also an honest human being; he isn’t afraid to speak […]

Yesterday, word came down the wire stating that the NBA’s defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers were planning to sign Dahntay Jones and Walter “Edy” Tavares. Shortly after 4:00 p.m. EST today, the Cavs made it official. Most Cavs fans will remember Jones, a 36-year-old 6’6″ swingman, from last year’s run for the Larry O’Brien trophy. Over […]

Yesterday, word came down the wire stating that the NBA’s defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers had decided to waive defensive specialist DeAndre Liggins. Initial reports indicated that the Cavs had intentions of filling their newly-created open roster spot with Dahntay Jones. Today, ESPN’s Chris Haynes confirmed that the Cavs will indeed sign the 36-year-old veteran. Cleveland […]

Prior to yesterday’s 126-125 overtime loss to the Atlanta Hawks inside Philips Arena, Cleveland Cavaliers GM David Griffin made the decision to waive shooting guard and defensive specialist DeAndre Liggins. Chris Reichert, editor at The Step Back, reports that the Cavaliers, who have just two games remaining in the regular season, will fill their newly-created […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers, among other teams, had the extremely difficult roster decisions to make earlier today. Trimming a roster to 15 men can be a daunting and (at times) personal task for NBA general managers around the league. As the 5:00 PM EST roster deadline drew near this evening, ESPN’s Chris Haynes reported that the […]

Over the past couple of days, the Cleveland Cavaliers have waived Cory Jefferson, Jonathan Holmes, John Holland, and Markel Brown, trimming their 20 man roster down to 16 players. That’s four players that had a legitimate chance to make it past training camp and into the championship roster. Unfortunately, the Cavs still have a very […]

First it was Dahntay Jones, and now it’s LeBron James responding to questions regarding “locker-room talk.” There has been a whirlwind of drama surrounding the Republican presidential campaign over the past week after a disgusting video of former Access Hollywood host Billy Bush interviewing Donald Trump leaked where the 2016 Republican presidential candidate essentially self-promotes […]

He claims it’s “locker-room talk,” but Dahntay Jones has a very different view on Donald Trump’s recent statement. There has been a whirlwind of drama surrounding the presidential campaigns over the past couple of days after a disgusting video from of a Billy Bush interview with Donald Trump leaked where the 2016 Republican presidential candidate […]

Some Cavs fans may have noticed Dahntay Jones nestled between Kevin Love and Richard Jefferson in LeBron James’ Instagram video of the team’s workouts as well as in a recent group photo posted by team members on Instagram. LeBron James posts the Cavs workouts this morning on Instagram pic.twitter.com/zaJW4iPHuC — Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) September 22, […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers players gathered together in Santa Barbara, California this week to begin the team’s voluntary workouts. With training camp set to begin next week, the guys gathered together this week to get a head start on preparations for the regular season. LeBron James took to Instagram this morning to show off his squad’s […]

On Sunday afternoon, the Cavs let go of free agent veteran forward Dahntay Jones. Jones had been with the team since April 13th and was on an unguaranteed contract that became fully guaranteed today, July 31st. By waiving Jones, the Cavs saved the 1.6 million that Jones would have been guaranteed to make today, per […]

Another roster news came out of General Manager David Griffin’s office just a while ago as the team has announced that they are parting ways with one of their players. RELATED: LeBron James convinced Justin Bieber to turn down $5 million performance at the RNC According to ESPN’s Marc Stein, Dahntay Jones has been released […]

Dahntay Jones was fined and issued a suspension after the groin hit to Bismack Biyombo at the end of Game 3. The league announced the suspension Sunday morning, and LeBron James came out and said that he would pay Dahntay Jones’ fine, per Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com LeBron James said he intends to cover the […]

Dahntay Jones came into the final few minutes of Game 3 and was matched up with Bismack Biyombo. In what should have been an easy end to a game came out to be pretty controversial. Jones’ fist to the groin area of Biyombo warranted a suspension from the league on Sunday morning, and although there’s […]

In Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Toronto Raptors came out and gave the Cavs their first loss of the postseason. In garbage time of the game, the Cavs inserted their third string players while the Raptors kept their starters in. If you haven’t been following this series very well, Bismack Biyombo has […]

Just before the start of the 2016 NBA Playoffs, the Cleveland Cavaliers have signed Shooting Guard/Small Forward Dahntay Jones to their 15th and final roster spot. The 35-year-old veteran journeyman is touted for his defensive presence and shooting stroke, and is officially being brought on due to concerns about the health of defensive specialist Iman […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have begun their final day of the NBA regular season with a spalsh, as they have filled their final roster slot by signing 6′-6″ free agent Shooting Guard/ Small Forward Dahntay Jones. Jones played 43 games with the Grand Rapids Drive in the NBA D-League, averaging 15.7 points on 54.6% from the […]