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With the 2018 NBA playoffs nearly around the corner, the Cleveland Cavaliers are trying to find themselves after adjusting on the fly through a myriad of injuries and plenty of roster adjustments. With all the injuries, the Cavs’ starting unit has been in flux since their roster changing trades. Many bench players, like Kyle Korver […]

Last year, Isaiah Thomas was one of the best players in the NBA. The 5-foot-9 point guard scored nearly 29 points per game while finishing fifth in the MVP voting. Thomas led the Boston Celtics to the best record in the Eastern Conference. In the playoffs, the now-Los Angeles Lakers guard faced a variety of […]

The mind of LeBron James is a impenetrable fortress that even some of the league’s brightest minds can’t fathom. James is simply unpredictable, which is a good thing on the court, but a sometimes trouble features away from the hardwood. Of course, since the beginning of the decade, James has been engaged in a serious […]

Throughout the 2017-18 NBA season, one raging question was whether or not the Cleveland Cavaliers would trade away the 2018 Brooklyn Nets first-round draft selection that they received from the Boston Celtics in the infamous Kyrie Irving trade along with Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, and Ante Zizic. We now know where the Cavaliers stood after […]

It’s been almost three weeks since the trade deadline, but the stories about the deals that were made by the Cleveland Cavaliers continue to pop up. More recently, former Cavs point guard Isaiah Thomas was interviewed on ESPN’s E:60 where he said that the Cavs were in panic mode which is why they made those […]

After the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Kyrie Irving to the Boston Celtics for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, and the Brooklyn Nets 2018 first round draft pick, the thought process was it would take time for them to come together. Despite the 5-7 start followed by a 13-game winning streak, the Cavaliers were patiently waiting […]

The trade deadline saw a complete change of identity for the Cavaliers. Gone were some of their most lauded off-season additions: Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Derrick Rose, and Dwayne Wade. Gone were two members of the 2016 Championship squad: Channing Frye and Iman Shumpert. In return, the Cavaliers picked up Akron-born Larry Nance Jr., Rodney […]

Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James has a post-trade message for Isaiah Thomas. “I want Isaiah to get his bounce back, get his spring back, get healthy,” James told Tom Reed of The Athletic during Friday’s shoot-around in Atlanta. “Being out seven months is difficult for anybody. I just feel like he was playing behind the […]

Having already been traded thrice in his career, it is very understandable that Isaiah Thomas is not fond of it and prefers to stay longer with a team. Now that he is once again being included in some trade chatter about potentially being dealt by the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Cavs guard made his thoughts about […]

Isaiah Thomas has been the most vocal critic of his team during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ skid. After Tuesday’s game in which the Cavs gave up a 21-point lead to the last-place Orlando Magic, Thomas implied in a comment that the coaching staff weren’t making any in-game adjustments. Coach Tyronn Lue simply responded with “That’s not […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers blew another big lead on Tuesday night to the Orlando Magic, something that has become all too familiar with this team this year. The Cavs had a terrible third quarter letting Jonathan Simmons light them up, and in the fourth quarter when the adversity was highest, they shut down again, scoring only […]

After an embarrassing 120-88 drubbing at the hands of the Houston Rockets, it’s officially time for the Cleveland Cavaliers to panic. Shots aren’t falling, defense is a complete afterthought, and Tyronn Lue is trotting out lineups like Isaiah Thomas – Derrick Rose – Dwyane Wade – Kyle Korver – Jeff Green. The dysfunction surrounding the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers just suffered a nasty loss to the Houston Rockets — a 120-88 thumping to be exact — and Isaiah Thomas had some things to say about it. The Cavaliers point guard that was brought in a trade for Kyrie Irving has seen firsthand, both on and off the floor, that the Cavaliers […]

Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Isaiah Thomas has not panned out during his time in Cleveland thus far. His defense has been terrible, he has not been as good at the offensive end as others believed he would, and he has reportedly caused some locker room problems. All of a sudden, Cleveland’s splashy free agent doesn’t […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers may have an Isaiah Thomas problem. The Cavaliers traded for Thomas in the offseason, giving up Kyrie Irving to get him. Irving, remember, was drafted by the Cavaliers and won a championship with LeBron James just a couple of years ago. Now, Irving is gone, and Thomas is in Cleveland. The team […]

Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Isaiah Thomas feels that his conditioning is not at 100 percent yet. As most hoops fans know, Thomas, now 28 years of age, suffered a hip injury while playing with the Boston Celtics during last season’s Eastern Conference Playoffs. Thomas’ ailment kept him on the sidelines for nearly seven months. After […]

Before winning two straight games, the Cleveland Cavaliers found themselves in unfamiliar territory as they lost 10 of their previous 14 games. There were a lot of factors that added to their woes, but Isaiah Thomas believes that one of the ongoing problems is that the Cavs are not playing to their strengths. The two-time […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ Isaiah Thomas was so surprised to see Channing Frye make a rare follow-up dunk that he thought it was Jeff Green who made the play. It’s hard to fault Thomas on this one as Green is the younger and more athletic of the two Cavs players. 🚨 @Channing_Frye putback! 🚨 https://t.co/BzJ68900Wr — […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have been a mess all season. Although they are currently ranked third in the Eastern Conference with a 28-19 record, the team has struggled all season and has failed to live up to their expectations as perennial championship contenders. To begin, the Cavaliers are one of the worst defensive teams in the […]

Even in victory, the Cleveland Cavaliers can’t seem to run away from controversy. During Friday night’s 115-108 win over the Indiana Pacers — which was only their fourth in 14 games — Cavs teammates Kevin Love and Isaiah Thomas had a curiosity-inducing moment. RT @skalakattack: Kevin Love just grabbed that rebound and handed it to […]

From November 7th to December 21st, the Cleveland Cavaliers won 20 games and lost just two. But since their loss to the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day, the Cavs have looked completely different. Over their last 14 games, the Cavs are just 3-11, with two of those wins coming against the NBA’s worst team […]

After losing six of their last seven games, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue made a starting lineup change by inserting Tristan Thompson for Jae Crowder. Although it is just one game, the Cavaliers came away with a 115-108 win over the Indiana Pacers. As the Cavaliers look to build upon the win against the […]

Ater the trade between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers was completed last summer, it appeared as if the Cavs were the winners of that deal. But Jae Crowder has not come close to playing as he did in Boston, the Brooklyn Nets’ first-round pick that the Cavs got in the deal will not fall […]

Another unfortunate injury hit the NBA, as one of the league’s best big men, DeMarcus Cousins of the New Orleans Pelicans, has suffered a season-ending Achilles tear — arguably the worst injury in sports. It was at the last eight seconds of the fourth quarter during Friday night’s meeting with the visiting Houston Rockets. Cousins […]

In lieu of his team’s recent struggles, Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Isaiah Thomas decided to send out an inspirational message to his followers on Twitter. “I will NEVER fold,” Thomas said in his tweet. “I’m built for this! Make sure y’all have that same temperature when we turn this around and everything start clicking! I […]

The 2017-18 NBA season has been nothing but drama for the Cleveland Cavaliers even before the season even began. Former Cavaliers star guard Kyrie Irving got things rolling by requesting to be traded because he “did not want to play in LeBron James’ shadow any longer” and things kept rolling from there. After two shaky […]

With all the struggles the Cleveland Cavaliers are having lately, they decided to have a team meeting recently where the players discussed different issues that they may have. One of them was about Kevin Love leaving a game early and skipping practice last Sunday because he was ill. Some of his teammates questioned it, and […]

When the Cleveland Cavaliers acquired Isaiah Thomas from the Boston Celtics in the 2017 offseason, they knew it was going to be a while before the crafty ball-handler was well enough to play, as he was still recovering from a hip injury. After enduring seven months of rehabilitation, Thomas made his Cavs debut on Jan. […]

For Cleveland Cavaliers guard Isaiah Thomas, he thinks that Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant is the best ever, which he recently stated during a sneaker shopping video from Complex. The Cavs’ star guard talked about how he loves Bryant’s shoes and also added that he wears them to pay tribute to the Lakers great. […]

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are already benefitting from the arrival of Isaiah Thomas. He’s averaging a smidge over 16 points per game in just seven games played this season, per Basketball-Reference. In time, that number and the rest of them should jump as he gets in better basketball shape and finds his rhythm […]

Trouble is definitely flowing through the cold air in Northeast Ohio. The Cleveland Cavaliers left themselves and their fans with yet another night to forget. Saturday’s 148-124 beating at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder was a new low for the team’s disastrous stretch, as it tied the franchise record for points allowed. Everything […]

Isaiah Thomas may have just returned from injury, but even he can feel what is wrong with the defense of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs suffered a blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at home on Saturday. The team tied a franchise record for points allowed by an opponent. The Thunder scored 148, so […]

It seems as though the Cleveland Cavaliers are on the mend. Point guard Isaiah Thomas recently made his return after missing seven months of action due to a hip injury. And now, according to several reports, Derrick Rose could be well enough to participate in Thursday’s home game against the Orlando Magic. Rose and Thomas […]

Isaiah Thomas has played in only five games thus far this season, as the Cleveland Cavaliers have gone an unexpected 1-4 with him on the floor, which has led to a great deal of frustration for the 5-foot-9 dynamo. The Cavs floor general expressed the need for in-game reps to rev back up into basketball […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Isaiah Thomas no longer wants the Boston Celtics to honor him with a video tribute at TD Garden on Feb. 11. Thomas has sent out a tweet Tuesday that he hopes would punctuate the brouhaha that started when retired Celtics great Paul Pierce expressed his disappointment over the idea that he has […]

Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Isaiah Thomas and Minnesota Timberwolves marksman Jamal Crawford are close friends. In fact, the two Seattle legends will tell you that they are best friends. After hearing the news that Thomas had been traded from the Boston Celtics to the Cavs during the 2017 offseason, Crawford was in disbelief. “I was […]

When the Cleveland Cavaliers acquired Isaiah Thomas in their offseason deal with the Boston Celtics, they knew it would be a while before the crafty ball-handler would be well enough to play, as he was still recovering from the hip injury he sustained in last season’s Eastern Conference playoffs. The former Washington Huskies stand-out made […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers may be in serious trouble, and Isaiah Thomas could be at the center of it. After Monday’s loss to the Golden State Warriors, several of the Cavaliers players were in foul moods in the locker room, appearing to have no answers for what has gone on with them over the past several […]

After losing their first matchup this season on Christmas Day, it was expected that LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will be fired up for their rematch with the Golden State Warriors on Martin Luther King Day. It did not take long for their stars to make their presence felt on the night, as the […]