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It’s hard to deny that the recent arrival of Lauri Markkanen has put a further dent in Kevin Love’s future with the Cleveland Cavaliers. As such, it comes to no surprise that Love appears to have one huge regret over the Cavs’ recent dealings. Cleveland shipped off Larry Nance Jr. to the Portland Trail Blazers […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers made headlines on Friday after news broke of a blockbuster deal centered around Lauri Markkanen. The 24-year-old will now make his way to the Cavs via a sign-and-trade deal with the Chicago Bulls, which will also involve Larry Nance Jr. being shipped out to the Portland Trail Blazers. As it is, however, […]

The NBA rumor mill is already buzzing and we’re not even finished with the postseason yet. The Portland Trail Blazers have been making their rounds on social media, as many speculate the front office will look to make a blockbuster trade. To boot, Damian Lillard is reportedly not pleased. Could the Cavs actually trade for […]

It has been an … interesting few weeks for Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love. The Cavs big man recently had a temper tantrum during a game, apologized for said tantrum, attempted zero shots in a game and admitted to a desire to one day play with Damian Lillard on the Portland Trail Blazers. It was […]

Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum says Cleveland Cavaliers star Kevin Love is just a good-hearted human being. Love donated $100,000 for all Cavs team workers after the NBA suspended the season due to COVID-19. A bunch of team owners and players followed suit, including the Blazers and McCollum. During an interview with David […]

The trade deadline is fast-approaching and it seems Cleveland Cavaliers star Kevin Love won’t be going anywhere in the next few days. Besides the lack of traction due to the hefty $90-plus million left in his contract, Love reportedly wasn’t “all that enthralled” with a potential return to Oregon to play for the Portland Trail […]

Cavs All-Star Kevin Love has heard his name tossed about in trade rumors over the past few seasons, yet he has remained in Cleveland. Some of these trade rumors have claimed that he would end up with the Blazers, but Portland is reportedly feeling skeptical about the chances of such a deal transpiring. Via Sam […]

The Kevin Love era with the Cleveland Cavaliers might be nearing its end. Love had already been a noteworthy name in trade discussions. But the likelihood of a trade has seemingly increased following a reported outburst at Cavs general manager Koby Altman following a shootaround on Saturday. Via Shams Charania and Joe Vardon of The […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are reportedly eyeing Kevin Love from the Cleveland Cavaliers, while the Phoenix Suns could be interested in making a move for the Cavs star. Speaking on the Woj & Lowe Trade Deadline Special, Zach Lowe said that the Cavs are looking to trade Love for a first-round pick plus some additionals. […]

Cleveland Cavaliers star Kevin Love has some competition. After posting a workout video of him lifting 500 pounds to strengthen his core muscle, the Cavs star received a challenge from new Portland Trail Blazer swingman Mario Hezonja. The 24-year-old one-upped Love by hitting 505 pounds for 10 repetitions. Furthermore, Hezonja called out Love and told […]

Despite being recently offloaded by the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Portland Trail Blazers’ Rodney Hood still had nothing but good things to say about his former Cavs team. Now part of the Blazers following a trade that sent Nik Stauskas, Wade Baldwin, and a couple of second-round draft picks the other way, the 26-year-old Hood shared […]

The Cavs have made a trade ahead of this season’s deadline, sending Rodney Hood to the Portland Trail Blazers for Nik Stauskas, Wade Baldwin IV and two future second-round draft picks. As part of the deal, Cleveland has also decided to release Kobi Simmons from his 10-day contract, the team announced. With the incoming additions […]

Rodney Hood made headlines on Super Bowl Sunday when news broke that the Cleveland Cavaliers had finally decided to ship him off to the Portland Trail Blazers. Despite spending only a year with the Cavs (Hood arrived in Cleveland on Feb. 8, 2018 via three-team trade from the Utah Jazz), this did not prevent the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to trade Rodney Hood to the Portland Trail Blazers for Nik Stauskas, Wade Baldwin IV and two future second-round picks, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Cavs are getting second-round picks in 2021 and 2023. The Cavs initially acquired Hood from the Utah Jazz at least year’s trade deadline in […]

The NBA trade deadline is just a few days away, and while the Anthony Davis situation is garnering all the headlines, the Cavs should be focused on finding a team that is looking to move on from a bad contract or two. The Portland Trail Blazers have a couple of players who could be on […]

Tristan Thompson of the Cleveland Cavaliers expects the Cleveland Browns to qualify for the Super Bowl next season, but CJ McCollum of the Portland Trail Blazers — a fan of the football club himself — tempered Thompson’s forecast. Via Twitter, McCollum tagged Thompson’s declaration as “super aggressive.” Though he’s iffy of the Browns’ chances at […]

Portland Trail Blazers star point guard Damian Lillard isn’t pleased that the NBA is forcing Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard J.R. Smith to cover up his “Supreme” tattoo. On Tuesday, the league announced they would slap a fine on the Cavs veteran if he didn’t cover up the “Supreme” tattoo which is on his right leg. Smith […]

The NBA is loaded with talent from across all 30 teams in the league. Some of them are hidden gems that can be harnessed given the right situation. Others are already superstars for their teams but may be on the lookout for a different environment. The Cleveland Cavaliers are looking for both diamonds in the […]

Kevin Love now has a chance to show that he can lead a team by himself — again. Following the departure of LeBron James this summer to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, Love is left as the only remnant of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Big Three of that featured him, James, and Kyrie Irving. Love […]

With the Cleveland Cavaliers in a 3-0 hole to the Golden State Warriors, things seem grim for the Cavs. Unless by some miracle, the Wine and Golders will finish in second place to the Warriors for yet another season. While the Cavs will go down swinging, the 2017-18 campaign will likely soon come to a […]

LeBron James is 33 years old and at that age, most NBA players seem to take a step back, but for James, he is like a fine wine, he is only getting better with age. C.J. McCollum seems to agree with the idea that he isn’t slowing down and talked about that with Adrian Wojnarowski […]

In what was the fifth outing of a five-game road trip, Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James posted a Herculean 35-point effort in a 113-105 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night. Following Thursday’s game, PR staffers from the Blazers issued their game logs. All of the notes checked out — except one. At […]

Last Tuesday, LeBron James caused quite a stir when he pulled off a windmill slam during a fastbreak against the Phoenix Suns. It left fans inside Talking Stick Resort Arena in awe as the Cleveland Cavaliers star was still able to complete it at 33 years old and even looked the same as how he […]

Shortly before 4:00 p.m. EST Thursday, news came down the wire stating that Cleveland Cavaliers big man Larry Nance Jr. will be held out of Thursday night’s game in Portland against the Trail Blazers due to a right hamstring injury. According to a report from Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com, Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue has […]

CJ McCollum is in Los Angeles for All-Star Weekend, and the other half of the Portland Trail Blazers backcourt spoke on a number of topics with Sporting News’ Sean Deveny Amongst the multitude of topics, McCollum took the discussion to the video were a Fox News anchor criticizes LeBron James for his comments. Just a clip […]

After a career season with the Boston Celtics, Isaiah Thomas was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers as part of the Kyrie Irving trade. Unfortunately, due to a hip injury, Thomas missed the team’s first 36 games, but they were able to go 24-12 led by LeBron James’ historic 15th season. With Thomas making his 2017-18 […]

Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James commented on Isaiah Thomas’ highly-anticipated return after Tuesday morning’s practice. As most hoops fans know, Thomas, 28, has been recovering from a hip injury he sustained in last season’s Eastern Conference Finals. After participating in several team practices without ill effects, including one with the Canton Charge, Thomas is finally […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers will face off against the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night inside Quicken Loans Arena, but it sounds like they could be without the services of four-time All-Star Kevin Love. According to a report from Chris Fedor of cleveland.com, Love, who is now listed as “questionable,” is dealing with a bit of […]

The highly anticipated debut of Isaiah Thomas for the Cleveland Cavaliers will finally happen on Wednesday when they face off against the Portland Trail Blazers. After the much talked about trade that landed the two-time All-Star in Northeast Ohio and some delays to his recovery, his return to action couldn’t come at a better time […]

On Monday afternoon, news came down the wire stating that Isaiah Thomas will make his long-awaited debut with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers. As most hoops fans know, Thomas, now 28 years of age, has been recovering from a hip injury he sustained in last season’s Eastern Conference Playoffs. […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers Christmas Day game was spoiled by their loss to the Golden State Warriors. Of course, the game did not come without its fair share of controversy. With the match coming down to the wire, there were at least three instances in which superstar forward LeBron James had been fouled, which ultimately cost […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard exemplified that well-known axiom Friday night when he acknowledged LeBron James’ otherworldly performance in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 130-122 win over the Washington Wizards. Bron looking different tonight — Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) November 4, 2017 What made Lillard hop onto Twitter and profess his amazement of James was the latter’s […]

Just when we thought that the NBA offseason had emptied its bag of tricks and surprises, the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers authored one of the most jaw-dropping transactions of the summer. As you have likely already heard, the Celtics pulled the trigger and traded spitfire guard Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, and […]

Being one of two teams to reach the highest possible level of competitive basketball and playing for the rights to be the best team in the NBA only to fall short of a sports championship should not be an embarrassment or something that should be frowned upon. When it comes to LeBron James, however, his […]

As the Golden State Warriors‘ championship parade was underway, Portland Trail Blazers forward Evan Turner took up on some chatter over Twitter, weighing in on whether Carmelo Anthony would be a good fit to play with and suddenly, the name Paul George came into question. Check out below: Them lbj and draymond tweets are low key […]

Draymond Green came out and made some pretty bold statements about the Cleveland Cavaliers a couple of days ago, stating that he doesn’t think they have much resistance in the Eastern Conference. The Golden State Warriors forward added that he only sees one team play good basketball while the rest just do something else and […]

As the NBA’s defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers prepare for tonight’s match-up against the New Orleans Pelicans inside The Smoothie King Center at 8:00 p.m. EST, they find themselves in a bit of a slump. The Cavs, who have lost four of their previous six games, have been dealing with a myriad of complications, including illness, […]

Tonight, the NBA’s defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers are scheduled to face the Sacramento Kings inside The Golden 1 Center at 10:30 p.m. EST. The Cavs, who are currently on a six-game West coast road trip, have lost their last two games (100-92 at Utah Jazz and 102-86 at Portland Trail Blazers). Cleveland’s lack of assists […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers recently aquired veteran sharpshooter Kyle Korver in a trade deal with the Atlanta Hawks. Now, two games into his stint with the NBA’s defending champions, what Korver’s role will be is still a bit unclear. In his first two games with the Cavs, Korver has scored just four points (2-10 from the […]