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If you watched the epic, seven-game NBA Finals last year between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors, you’ll probably agree that the turning point of that series was after Game 4. LeBron James and Draymond Green got into a scuffle near the top of the key, and the result was a technical foul on […]

The title-defense season of the Cleveland Cavaliers is now three-games-old. The team, especially the Big Three has been on fire lately, giving us a great opportunity to nitpick on the defending champions’ performance by focusing on a few observations. Obviously, the sample size is very small but credit needs to be given where it’s due; […]

The Cavs survived another slow second half to win tonight at The Q, this time dispatching the Orlando Magic by the score of 105-99. Playing in the second night of a road/home back-to-back, the Cavs showed no signs of fatigue in the first half as they raced out to an early 20-point lead, but struggled […]

During game seven of last season’s finals series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors, Kyrie Irving drained a three-pointer with 53.1 seconds left in the game and gave the lead for good to the Cavs, and the championship. In honor of his clutch play and to pay tribute to the greatness the 24-year-old […]

The Cavs held off their familiar eastern conference foe Toronto Raptors tonight for their first road win of the season, winning by the score of 94-91. The Cavs jumped out to a quick lead and held off multiple attempts by the Raptors to take command of the game for their second straight win to start […]

Kyrie Irving has mastered that side-step three pointer from the wing, and he displayed the move once again hitting a three-pointer over Kyle Lowry.

Opening night in the NBA is upon us, basketball fans. Tomorrow night, the Cleveland Cavaliers will finally receive their 2016 championship rings in a pre-game ceremony before taking on the New York Knicks. However, they’ll be a bit short-handed for their long-awaited season opener. In a post-shootaround interview with the media at Cleveland Clinic Courts […]

When Kyrie Irving re-signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers two years ago, the person right beside him when he placed his signature on the dotted line was none other than his father, Drederick Irving. Losing his mother at an early age made the bond between father and son extra special and tighter. Drederick has been Kyrie’s […]

When Kyrie Irving drained that one three-pointer on top of Stephen Curry within the final minute of Game 7 in the finals, it sent a wave of ecstasy all the way to Northeast Ohio. The shot was amazing and risky at the same time. With the game tied, the ideal basketball mind would have wanted […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers played their final preseason game, meaning their next official NBA game will be on ring night on October 25th. One of the biggest goals for the home opener, as well as the entire season, will be for the team to stay healthy for the grueling postseason run. RELATED: LeBron James rejects Kelly […]

Stop LeBron. Stop Kyrie. Those simple words came from Kyle Lowry, during his interview with NBA.com’s David Aldridge, when asked about what the Toronto Raptors must do in order to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in a playoff series. It’s easy to understand where he’s coming from. In last season’s Eastern Conference Finals, LeBron James was […]

With the Cavs only having two point guards on the team, it’s fairly clear how the rotation will work itself out: Kyrie Irving will start and Kay Felder will man the backup point guard position behind him. During Sunday’s practice, coach Tyronn Lue confirmed the backup point guard job belonged to Felder, according to Joe […]

It’s the preseason and the worst case scenario for every team is having their players injured. For Kyrie Irving, it would be a nightmare to have a deja vu of last year wherein he was forced to sit out the early part of the season while recovering from knee surgery. The champion point guard and […]

LeBron James had to pick up laundry after Saturday night’s game. You read that correctly. LeBron James, who returned home just two years ago and led the Cavs to an NBA Championship a couple months ago, was picking up after teammates after Saturday night’s preseason victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Report: LeBron James to sit […]

Tonight, the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers are set to face the Atlanta Hawks inside Philips Arena for a Peach State show-down. The event has been dubbed the “Unity Game”. Players from both teams have prepared videos that will be aired throughout tonight’s game explaining what unity, inclusion, and civil rights mean to them. RELATED: […]

Kyrie Irving played his first NBA preseason game tonight after missing the Cavs opener against the Orlando Magic. Irving did not wait to get to work, putting the nasty moves on Sixers’ rookie Dario Saric and hitting the step back jumper.

Kyrie Irving has been much more active on Snapchat since winning the NBA Championship. From his daily workouts to his singing and music routines in the car, Irving has been entertaining Cavs fans incredibly well off the floor this summer. Irving took to Snapchat earlier this week and busted out into full Alicia Keys mode […]

The Cavs and their players got together for the Wine & Gold Scrimmage on Sunday afternooon, which featured some notable NBA stars sitting out to rest that early on. During the scrimmage, Irving threw an off-the-backboard alley-oop to Iman Shumpert, who threw it down with authority. Sheesh, @ImanShumpert! If you missed this Shumpman Slam in […]

Hall of fame and seven time NBA world champion Robert Horry has stated he believes LeBron James can pass some of the all-time greats, and end up with perhaps the second most championships of all time. Horry collected seven historic championships during his time with the Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, and the Los Angeles […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors are entering a special time in each franchise’s history. Both won championships against the other in the past couple of years, both ended long championship droughts, both think they have the best player in the world, and both teams’ fanbases hate the other. During the Warriors Media Day […]

The Shot. Kyrie Irving’s dagger three pointer which immortalized him in Cleveland sports lore. It also allowed the Cavaliers to become part of NBA Finals history as they orchestrated the biggest comeback that the league has seen in the biggest stage. RELATED: Kyrie Irving reveals how “The Shot” in Game 7 of the NBA Finals […]

For Kyrie Irving, the whole thing changed with one of the biggest shots in NBA history. As Irving dribbled and side-stepped for three, little did 24-year old Kyrie Irving know that his life was about to change completely. He would have slept in if it wasn’t for his fans trying to catch another glimpse of […]

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 […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers finished the 2015-16 regular season with a 57-25 record, and did so surprisingly without the services of Kyrie Irving for the first 24 games of the season. Although they went a solid 17-7 without him, Irving took the Cavs to the next level once they got things clicking in the postseason. RELATED: […]

Over the past couple of days, Sports Illustrated has been rating the top 100 players in the NBA right now, and so far, four Cavaliers cracked the 100-11 rankings. J.R. Smith, Tristan Thompson, Kevin Love, and Kyrie Irving were all included from the Cavaliers roster, and many were wondering just where SI would rank LeBron […]

Training camp is almost upon us, and that means players are starting to get back into game shape for the grueling 82-game season. Kyrie Irving and Iman Shumpert have been doing some separate workouts over the past couple of days, but the two got together for a workout this morning. Before the workout started, Irving […]

Training camp is almost upon us, and that means players are starting to get back into game shape for the grueling 82-game season. Kyrie Irving and Iman Shumpert have been doing some separate workouts over the past couple of days, but the two got together for a workout this morning. Before the workout started, Irving […]

The other day, Sports Illustrated released a list of the top 100 players featuring just the players ranked 100-51. The list featured two Cavaliers in J.R. Smith and Tristan Thompson. RELATED: Norris Cole and Mario Chalmers enter Cavaliers roster conversations On Wednesday, SI ranked players from 50-11 and Kyrie Irving fell in that group. Irving, […]

This summer has ben an incredible summer of celebrations for Cavs fans everywhere. Not only did the Cleveland Cavaliers franchise win their first ever sports title, but they did it in historic fashion coming back from a 3-1 deficit against the Golden State Warriors. Some people will never let it go, and understandably so. RELATED: […]

It’s the dead of the offseason, but we’re just a few weeks away from the regular season. Teams are now regaining focus on the task at hand, whether it may be to improve and make the playoffs or try to defend the first championship in their franchise’s history. As a professional athlete, distractions come in […]

It’s a narrative that we thought was put to bed in the Finals: Kyrie Irving is terrible on defense. When he outplayed Stephen Curry on both sides of the ball, helping bring the Cavs back from 3-1, it felt like Irving turned a corner. Really, after Steve Blake beat him off the dribble in the […]

NBA 2K17 is very close to it’s mid-September release date, and that means players as well as fans can get ready for the video game. RELATED: Odd NBA 2K17 ratings for Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, & rest of Cavaliers leaked Although these aren’t confirmed, some of the overall ratings have been released, and although they […]

Last night, a photo was leaked apparently showing some of the player ratings for highly anticipated NBA 2K17. It looks alright if you just skim over the numbers, and it even shows that LeBron James is a 96 and Kyrie Irving is an 89. Take an in-depth look and you’ll see some weird grades that […]

Tristan Thompson had an incredible season for the Cleveland Cavaliers in what turned into a championship season. We all know Thompson as our incredible offensive rebounder, but looking deeper into the stats shows us that he boasted the highest offensive rating in the NBA for the 2015-16 season. Is that shocking? If it is, it’s […]

NBA players have to pose for photoshoots all the time, and when they gets endorsement deals from clothing companies, they do even more modeling for those photoshoots. When Kyrie Irving recently posted a photo of him posing with the caption “Live It,” McCollum was impressed and seized the opportunity by asking Irving if he could […]

Recall, at the time of LeBron James‘ return, the Cavaliers‘ first home pregame hype video connected the initial “dream team” from “all walks of life” with glimpses of high school mixtapes to circle back to the kid from Akron. Looking back from the now successful quest of assembling a diverse, championship-caliber roster, Cleveland gave up […]

Kyrie Irving has been called using different monickers over the years and one of them was “The Bus Driver”, with names such as Brandon Knight and Stephen Curry leading the list of those he has taken to school at some point. Fittingly, Nike came up with the latest edition of the swashbuckling Cavalier’s signature sneakers, […]

It was the shot heard around the world. Between the legs, step back, dagger three-pointer from Kyrie Irving that sealed the championship for the Cavaliers. After stunning the crowd, Kyrie turned and looked over to the Cavs bench with no reaction, no emotion. Steely-eyed, it looked as if he knew the ball was going into […]

The mechanics of Kyrie Irving are silly, like a yo-yo on a string. He’s capable of placing the ball in every spot and move it in every direction. With his understanding of space and deception of speed, Irving is arguably the most difficult assignment to defend on the Cavs in tandem with LeBron James. Thanks […]