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All signs are pointing towards a breakout season from Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland in 2021-22. To further validate such a claim, a group of NBA executives expressed their high expectations from the Cavs playmaker. Garland topped a recent poll among front office decision-makers, conducted by HoopsHype.com, on their best breakout candidate in the upcoming […]

Collin Sexton’s future with the Cleveland Cavaliers has been discussed heavily over the past few months. The 22-year-old combo guard has been linked to several trade rumors during the offseason, but by the looks of it, Cavs head coach J.B. Bickerstaff believes that Sexton will play a key role for his team for years to […]

Darius Garland is one of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ most promising players, and Ricky Rubio aims to help him maximize his potential. As such, the Cavs veteran plans to replicate what he did for Devin Booker and Donovan Mitchell during his time with the Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz, respectively. Rubio recognizes the Cavs’ starting point […]

Ricky Rubio broke into the basketball scene as an 18-year-old wunderkind for Spain in international competitions. Fast forward to today, he’s considered as one of the senior citizens of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Rubio was traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Cavaliers last August in exchange for Taurean Prince, and when the veteran playmaker looked […]

LaMarcus Aldridge has returned. DeAndre Jordan is now a Laker. But still, Ben Simmons remains to be a member of the Philadelphia 76ers. The Cavs have now emerged as a true contender in the race to sign the Sixers want-away star, and it looks like Darius Garland could play a key role in Cleveland’s pursuit. […]

It was earlier reported that the Cleveland Cavaliers have entered negotiations with Collin Sexton over a contract extension. It looks like the Cavs are willing to splash the cash on their young guard, which at this point, could be telling of Darius Garland’s future with the team. According to Chris Crouse of FortyEightMinutes, there is […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ offseason has been very busy with the upcoming NBA Draft along with several trade discussions, keeping Koby Altman on his phone virtually 24 hours a day. But amid all these precursors to change, one thing has remained constant on the Cavs’ side—the statuses of Darius Garland and Isaac Okoro. According to Sam […]

Darius Garland is having a wonderful offseason and it keeps getting better. The Cleveland Cavaliers point guard parlayed an impressive sophomore campaign with his inclusion to Team USA’s Select Team. But with the absence of Devin Booker, Khris Middleton, and Jrue Holiday due to the NBA Finals, Garland will now be running alongside the senior […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are in an interesting place right now. After yet another disappointing season, the Cavs continue to search for their identity as they look to develop into a formidable threat out East in the coming years. According to team insider Chris Fedor of cleveland.com, the Cavs may have already found their cornerstone superstar […]

Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Isaac Okoro finally had his career game when they hosted the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. Although the Cavs lost in overtime, the 20-year-old swingman still made history of his own as he put up impressive numbers on the floor. Okoro became the seventh rookie in the league to tally a 30-point […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are in the midst of a three-year rebuild that’s going nowhere, and now they’ve hit an impasse: the team has lost the Eastern Conference rebuilding race. Every year there has been something for the Cavs to be optimistic about, whether it be the growth of a particular player, new arrival, or some […]

Monday night was as confusing as it could have been for Kevin Love and the Cleveland Cavaliers in their game against the Toronto Raptors. Love, the former NBA champion who is supposedly the captain and spiritual leader of the Cavs, threw a tantrum on the court and basically abandoned ship. Trust us, it wasn’t the […]

Darius Garland and the Cleveland Cavaliers are likely not going to the playoffs this season. They’re bound to be eliminated soon, as they’re five games behind 10th place with just 13 games left on the schedule. However, the Cavs should be excited about their future, as they have a plethora of young players that have […]

Kevin Love has only been active for 15 games this season. But he is having a profound impact on a young Cleveland Cavaliers roster. Point guard Darius Garland said Love’s presence has totally changed the complexion of the offense and makes the Cavs harder to guard. Garland also said Love’s rebounding has made a big […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers might not be making the playoffs this year, but they have a bright future ahead of themselves due to their young backcourt. Darius Garland and Collin Sexton are proving they have the potential to become a dominant force in the NBA. They each bring something unique to the table, and the chemistry […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers potentially played their best game of the season after destroying the Chicago Bulls 121-105 on Wednesday night. The game was never in question, as Cleveland took a commanding 34-12 lead in the first quarter. Chicago was never able to recover. During the game though, Cavs rising star Darius Garland made history with […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are currently ranked in 13th place in the Eastern Conference. Holding a 20-37 record with just 15 games left, it’s not likely they make the postseason this year. Since LeBron James and Kyrie Irving departed from the organization, the Cavs have been struggling to say the least. This season might be over, […]

Say what you want about the Cleveland Cavaliers, but dammit if they aren’t resilient. Led by their blooming tandem of guards Collin Sexton and Darius Garland, the Cavs have been making their home in the NBA’s basement, but are a scrappy team for it. The problem this season is that scrappy won’t cut it, or […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland just threw one of the best passes you’ll see all season long to Cavs backcourt buddy Collin Sexton, as the legend of SexLand continues to grow. Check out this insane quarter-of-a-court bounce pass from Garland that was right on the money (h/t ClutchPoints on Twitter): Darius Garland DIME to Collin […]

With their loss to the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night, the 2020-2021 NBA season is all but over for the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavaliers are currently 20-36 with 16 games remaining, which puts them 13th in the Eastern Conference. The league’s new play-in mini-tournament has kept the Cavs in the playoff hunt this long, as […]

Cleveland Cavaliers second-year guard Darius Garland had a night to remember on Monday. He torched the San Antonio Spurs for a career-high 37 points as he led the Cavs to a 125-101 win over coach Gregg Popovich’s side. Garland has such a memorable performance on Monday that he has matched a long-standing franchise record that […]

At the start of the month, the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves and climbed to 10-11. Since then, the Cavs have lost eight straight, including a 129-98 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Monday. With a 10-19 record, they now sit in 13th place in the Eastern Conference after a promising start. Cleveland […]

Things are looking up in Cleveland (aka SexLand). With the exciting emergence of the young backcourt of Collin Sexton and Darius Garland and the leadership of first-year head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, the Cavs suddenly look like one of the more promising teams in the league. But, outside of LeBron James — who happened to be […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have yet to establish themselves as a danger from the perimeter. In fact, the Cavs have been hesitant to shoot the three-ball, period. Cleveland ranks dead-last in the NBA in both three-pointers attempted and three-pointers made. The Cavs are also 20th in three-point percentage. J.B. Bickerstaff’s team hardly even hunted perimeter jumpers […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have passed the quarter point of the 2020-2021 NBA season, and sit at 10-11 through 21 games, owning the seventh playoff seed in the Eastern Conference. The season has been quite eventful this far for the Cavs, and there is plenty more to come. Here are five takeaways from the team’s first […]

The not so endearing “Sexland” nickname is starting to grow on Cavs guard Collin Sexton. The 22-year-old playmaker, who shares the rather vulgar moniker with his backcourt mate Darius Garland, admitted he wasn’t on board with it at first but is starting to embrace it as well. “It’s definitely the thing now, with DG coming […]

Tristan Thompson of the Boston Celtics knows that second-year guard Darius Garland is one of the more exciting pieces for the upstart Cleveland Cavaliers team. The Vanderbilt product has battled injuries early on in this NBA season, but the buzz around him with the Cavs is undeniable. Garland gets support from an ex-teammate and his […]

Collin Sexton returned to play in the way we all expect an injured player to: dropping 42 points in a double overtime victory. Okay, that’s not typical, rather it’s extraordinary. Furthermore, that explosion for the Cavs came against a Brooklyn Nets team debuting its new big three of Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving. […]

Cleveland Cavaliers fans have mostly taken to labeling their backcourt of Collin Sexton and Darius Garland as “Sexland.” But the two Cavs guards seem split on the nickname. Cavs forward Larry Nance spoke about the inception of the nickname during an interview with Michael Pina of Sports Illustrated. The moniker first gained mainstream popularity when […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are dealing with a multitude of injuries and their statuses for Friday’s game against the New York Knicks have been revealed. According to Sam Amico of FortyEightMinutes, the Sexland duo will be out on Friday with Collin Sexton and Darius Garland sidelined with injuries. Collin Sexton, Darius Garland still listed as out […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland will reportedly remain on the sidelines due to a shoulder sprain. He is expected to be out for up to a week, but he’ll be reevaluated daily, per the Cavs. Garland recently suffered the injury during the game against the Atlanta Hawks in which he had a season-low eight points, […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ three-game winning streak to tip off the 2020-2021 NBA season was fun, but the past two games have brought everyone back to reality. It turns out that the Cavs aren’t actually legitimate NBA Finals contenders, and are closer to another top-five draft pick than they are the eighth playoff seed in the […]

A Collin Sexton-Darius Garland duo is on the rise with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Larry Nance Jr. gave the Cavs’ dynamic guards the perfect nickname. Via Twitter, Nance shared the nickname he gave to the duo of Sexton and Garland. The two have been tearing it up and have been instrumental in the Cavs perfect 2-0 […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Collin Sexton is getting plenty of praise for his start to the 2020-2021 NBA season, and rightfully so; he’s averaging 27 points per game through three contests, and has lead the Cavs to a 3-0 record out of the gates. However, second-year point guard Darius Garland has also been playing very well, […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers blew out the Philadelphia 76ers (sans Joel Embiid) on Sunday, 118-94, one night after a double-overtime win over the Detroit Pistons. Andre Drummond and the Cavs now sit atop the Eastern Conference at 3-0. Yes, it’s extremely early, but nobody saw this coming. The Cavaliers have been bolstered by the promising play […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers tipped off the 2020-2021 NBA regular season with a 121-114 victory over the Charlotte Hornets. It was a great return to the court for a team that hadn’t played since March, and even missing some key pieces, the group showed some real promise. It’s important to remember that the Hornets are one […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ young backcourt of Darius Garland and Collin Sexton enjoyed a promising season debut on Wednesday night. Sexton dropped 27 points and five assists, while Garland added 22 points, six rebounds, and six assists in the Cavs’ 121-114 victory over the Charlotte Hornets at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. The two combined to shoot 16-of-29 from […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers enter the 2020-2021 NBA season with lots of question marks about the team’s future, along with some talented young players who are eager to prove themselves. The rebuild is still in full effect, but it’s time to start showing results. Here are three goals the Cavs should shoot for this season. 3. […]

So far, the 2020 preseason has not gone particularly well for Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland. The sophomore guard, despite showing up to camp with a leaner body, has played sloppily in Cleveland’s tune-up contests, committing 11 total turnovers across the two wins over the Indiana Pacers. “Need to cut back on the turnovers, shots […]