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It may be unlikely, but the Cleveland Cavaliers have at least shown some interest in trading for Timberwolves star Jimmy Butler. While Butler is looked at by many as a rental, as he will be an unrestricted free agent after the season and will demand a max contract, bringing him to Cleveland could have a […]

In the eyes of Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue, his team has a Kyrie Irving type of player in the form of Cavs rookie Collin Sexton. For Lue, Sexton has the same steely nerves that Irving possesses and displays especially in intense and clutch moments of a game, per Chris Fedor of The Cleveland […]

When the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics shook the NBA with a blockbuster deal last year that sent Kyrie Irving to Beantown and Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, and a draft pick to The Land, the Cavs got a sizeable trade exception worth $5.8 million – or $5,811,114.00 to be exact. The Cavs […]

Much of the future of the Cleveland Cavaliers was mired in mystery from the beginning of last season until this July. LeBron James ended the suspense when he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers, leaving the Cavs to fend for themselves for at least the next four seasons. His departure marks an end to the […]

No one in Cleveland is complaining about the last four years for the Cavaliers. LeBron James returned home and led the team to four straight Finals appearances, one of which resulted in a shocking 3-1 NBA Finals comeback over the Golden State Warriors. Things turned out well for the city and the franchise. But if […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers Big 3 from 2014-2017 is down to just one. Kyrie Irving requested a trade and was sent to the Boston Celtics in 2017. LeBron James delivered on his promise and headed to sunny Los Angeles in 2018. Kevin Love signed a four-year extension with the Cavs after both of those moves were […]

A few professional sports teams are as well known as the team’s owners. The Dallas Cowboys and Jerry Jones. Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins. The list goes on and on. When it comes to the NBA, the most infamous owner is Dan Gilbert of the Cleveland Cavaliers, […]

Last summer with the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Kyrie Irving to the Boston Celtics it sent shockwaves through the NBA. LeBron James tried to get the Cavs to hold onto the former Duke Blue Devil, but only when it was too late. According to Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com, who was appearing on 92.3 The Fan Cleveland, James […]

Kyrie Irving and LeBron James had a rocky relationship when the two played together for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Most of the talk up to this point has been about Irving not liking James, even not being a fan of the latter coming back to the Cavs in the first place. Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com, via […]

As LeBron James made his way to the Los Angeles Lakers after four seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers to follow his interrupted seven-year earlier stint, three reporters that have covered him extensively sat down for a roundtable discussion on The Bull & Fox Show in 92.3 The Fan radio. Jason Lloyd of The Athletic, Joe […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have been spurned by LeBron James once before. The post-James era was marked by high draft picks and abysmal win-loss records. They’re trying to avoid that same fate if James decides to take his talents elsewhere, yet again. According to Jordan Zirm of ESPN Cleveland, Brian Windhorst believes that the Cavaliers have […]

With the No. 8 overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers selected Collin Sexton — a 19-year-old point guard out of the University of Alabama. Shortly after the Draft, the Cavs announced that Sexton will wear the number two on his jersey, which seems to have ruffled a few feathers, as they […]

After a long and frustrating season, the Cleveland Cavaliers were finally able to bring the Kyrie Irving saga to a close. The biggest piece of the trade, the 2018 Brooklyn Nets draft pick, landed eighth overall and the Cavs selected Alabama point guard Collin Sexton. While Sexton may not have been the sexiest pick, as […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ longtime intrigue with the 8th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft was in full effect last night, as they selected Alabama guard Collin Sexton in the first round. With murmurs around the league that the Cavs were also high on Michael Porter Jr., the Wine and Gold elected to acquire the explosive […]

No one was more shocked than the Cleveland Cavaliers when star guard Kyrie Irving requested for a trade last summer. Fellow All-Star Kevin Love admitted that he has asked numerous ‘what ifs’ questions if Irving had opted to continue donning the wine and gold. Love pointed to the fact that with Irving, they climbed back […]

LeBron James was never on board with the Kyrie Irving trade, but perhaps what hit him the worst this offseason was the horrible timing after the Cleveland Cavaliers had been soundly defeated in a 4-1 loss in the NBA Finals. James was immediately ready to reload, hitting the gym only days after the loss — […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers team that went through a grueling three rounds in the playoffs before earning a spot in the NBA Finals is arguably the worst since LeBron James returned to The Land in 2014. This would not have been the case had the Cavs retained Kyrie Irving instead of trading him to the Boston […]

While Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue gave Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge his due props for pulling off several big-time trades during his career, others said what was likely in the minds of players and executives. According to Jason Lloyd of The Athletic, an unnamed Cavs player had a few choice words to say about […]

This time last year, the Cleveland Cavaliers were steamrolling their way to another NBA Finals appearance. Fast-forward to this season and they have done it without the services of point guard Kyrie Irving. There is no doubt that Irving played an integral role in Cleveland’s title runs over the past several years. According to Ben […]

Although they’re no longer teammates, J.R. Smith and Kyrie Irving still share a friendship. As most fans know, Smith and Irving were members of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 2016 championship-winning squad — a group that defied the odds in the NBA Finals, topping the Golden State Warriors in unprecedented fashion (down 3-1). These two earned their […]

As the Cleveland Cavaliers begin their quest for a fourth straight NBA Finals berth, the team is borderline unrecognizable from the squad that fell to the Golden State Warriors in five games last June. Most notably, All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving is no longer with Cleveland. He’s now, obviously, with the Boston Celtics. But the […]

All it took was one loss in the playoffs for Cavs fans to start thinking about what could have been last offseason. ESPN reporter Brian Windhorst who has covered the Cavs for the entirety of LeBron James’ career dropped an interested tidbit while on ESPN’s The Jump today, reporting (via Reddit user u/hammerific): “If the […]

In what has felt like three seasons within a season, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ regular season came to a close this week. While the Canton Charge callups tried their best against the New York Knicks, the team’s 110-98 loss wrapped up the Cavs’ record to 50-32. This Cavs’ season has been rife with drama even before […]

Since LeBron James returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers prior to the 2014-15 NBA season, they have won one championship in three consecutive NBA Finals appearances. However, after the Kyrie Irving trade and an inconsistent regular season, there may be a level of uncertainty about extending their streak. As the Cavaliers prepare for the first round […]

The Boston Celtics are currently the No. 2 seeded team in the Eastern Conference standings. However, their path to success this season has been strewn with complications, including an injury to Gordon Hayward on opening night and now Kyrie Irving’s ailing knee. Now, with less than five games remaining in the regular season and Irving […]

Injuries have ravaged the NBA from top to bottom this season. On opening night, Gordon Hayward turned his ankle 180 degrees. Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has been in and out of the lineup with plenty of nagging injuries. Even the Cleveland Cavaliers have been dealing with their fair share of injuries, with the […]

For all the insane statistics LeBron James has put up and the astounding job the 33-year-old specimen has done to keep the Cleveland Cavaliers’ head above the water this season, it would take just one negative postseason occurrence to outweigh all those positives from The King, according to ESPN personality, Stephen A. Smith. During Monday’s […]

The 2017-18 Cleveland Cavaliers have been a unique team throughout the season. There was constant drama after Isaiah Thomas came to town, inconsistency on both offense and defense, and their former star Kyrie Irving was cruising with the Boston Celtics. Besides all of this, the Cavs weathered through the never-ending storm. Another thing the Cavs […]

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 […]

There were a number of interesting dynamics going into the 2018 NBA All-Star Game over the weekend. However, the most notable may have been the reunification of Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James and Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving. The Cavs star made headlines when he announced his selection of Irving in the game’s new draft […]

This year’s edition of the All-Star Game was played under a new format, where the two top vote-getters from each conference was named the captains of their respective teams. What followed was a draft between them which gave these two players a chance to pick their own teammates who they think can make their teams […]

With seconds to go in the fourth quarter of the 2018 NBA All-Star Game, LeBron James received a pass from Kyrie Irving in the lane for a layup. It was a sequence that was all too familiar to Cleveland Cavaliers fans as the former teammates were able to collaborate one more time on a play […]

In the first half of the 2018 NBA All-Star Game, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving were seen seated together, laughing uncontrollably, and unmindful of the events transpiring on the court. If these two were really at each other’s throats during the summer supposedly because of discussions behind the scenes, then everything is water under the […]

When the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Iman Shumpert and Channing Frye at the trade deadline on February 8th, they trimmed the number of players left over from the 2015-2016 NBA champion Cavaliers to just four. Because of what they helped to accomplish, these players will forever be fan-favorites, no matter where they play. What are these […]

David Griffin stepped down from the Cleveland Cavaliers after a contract extension couldn’t be reached last June, so he never had to deal with the saga between Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Just before that, however, he was as active as ever trying to facilitate trades for the Cavs. He appeared on Golic […]

It hasn’t been even a full eight months since Kyrie Irving was shipped to the Boston Celtics in return for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, and a highly-valuable Brooklyn Nets first-round pick, yet the former Cleveland Cavaliers point guard didn’t scratch off a potential reunion with his ex-running mate LeBron James. As a guest in Jimmy […]

The divorce between LeBron James and former partner-in-crime Kyrie Irving was more than meets the eye, as the 25-year-old floor general had already made up his mind after a loss in the 2017 NBA Finals. Irving requested a trade only a few weeks after the Cleveland Cavaliers had finished the season with a 1-4 loss […]

The moment Kyrie Irving requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers, it sent shockwaves throughout the entire NBA. There was confusion as to why Irving wanted to leave and whether or not it had to do with LeBron James. It turned out that Irving wanted his own team, and also just a change of scenery […]