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Kevin Love is fresh off signing a four-year, $120 million extension with the Cleveland Cavaliers, securing his place as the new franchise player for the near future, assuring he will be the primary scoring option moving forward. This is Love’s most lucrative contract of his career, coming right in his athletic prime, as he nears […]

Forward Kevin Love has signed a four-year, $120 million extension with the Cleveland Cavaliers, topping out his overall deal at a five-year, $145 million contract, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Brian Windhorst. The five-time All-Star opted out of the 2019-20 season on his current five-year deal, allowing him to earn $24.1 million next season before […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Jordan Clarkson might finally get a chance to play for the Philippines’ national team. The Filipino-American’s name was added to the 18-man list of players who can represent the country for the Asian Games later this year, according to ESPN. “That’s true. We’re interested in inviting Jordan. But I think the one that’s arranging […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers still have many important decisions to make this offseason, but the most important may be what they end up doing with Kevin Love. He doesn’t fit with a team looking to tank for high draft picks, but by all indicators, the Cavs have no intention of trading him. There are many variables […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are now entering another era without LeBron James. Without the best player in the world in their team, head coach Tyronn Lue expects a more scrappy and team-oriented play from his Cavs squad. “Yeah, we’re going to have a training camp and everything,” Lue told Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald. “We’re […]

No matter what people think of Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love’s basketball performance over the years, he changed the landscape of sports with one article on The Players Tribune. The Cavs star revealed his struggles with his mental health, chronicling a time in which he suffered a panic attack during the NBA season. For that […]

When the Cleveland Cavaliers traded for Rodney Hood last season, the expectations were high that he could be a critical piece come playoff team. That wasn’t the case as he spent most of the playoffs riding the pine and there were questions if the Cavs would want him back. The Cavs offered a $3.4 million qualifying offer […]

Chicago Bulls guard David Nwaba is the latest name to pop up in the Cleveland Cavaliers radar, with the 25-year-old reportedly being eyed by the Cavs front office. In his piece for Cleveland.com, Joe Vardon has identified Nwaba as a potential addition to a Cavs squad desperate to find its identity after the departure of […]

The departure of hometown hero LeBron James has sent the Cleveland Cavaliers front office scrambling to put together a formidable team roster for the upcoming season. Two names have recently popped up in the Cavs’ radar in the form of unrestricted free agents Luke Babbit and Trevor Booker. As reported by Joe Vardon for Cleveland.com, […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers continue to fill out their training camp roster and one player they are after who could make it all the way to the final cut is David Nwaba. Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com reports that the Cavs and Nwaba’s camp hold mutual interest. Nwaba is an athletic shooting guard who does his work on […]

Kyle Korver’s future with the Cleveland Cavaliers remains in doubt, with rumors now circling that a swap between the Cavs guard-forward and Jerryd Bayless of the Philadelphia 76ers is being discussed. However, a source claims that a deal is anything but certain and that Korver remaining as a Cavalier next season still remains to be […]

The internet is a petri dish of all things weird, and Cleveland Cavaliers fans have done their part of adding to the limitless oddness of social media by introducing a new challenge – the #YoungBullChallenge. This is thanks to Cavs rookie Collin Sexton. Remember that semifinals game in the recently concluded NBA Summer League in […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith will never live down his Game 1 gaffe in the NBA Finals when he forgot the score and dribbled the ball out in the waning seconds with a chance to get a crucial win, shifting the entire series. The Cavs’ chances were essentially done. Unfortunately, that moment will follow Smith […]

Those first few days of Free Agency provided some wild results. LeBron James left for the Los Angeles Lakers, Demarcus Cousins signed with the champion Golden State Warriors, Kawhi Leonard rumors persist, and plenty of smaller signings kept the Woj and Shams tweets electric. Now that the dust has settled and the landscape cleared, the […]

Several teams around the NBA are said to be interested in free agent guard Yogi Ferrell, including the Cleveland Cavaliers and New Orleans Pelicans. Ferrell and the Dallas Mavericks agreed to the terms of a two-year, $5.3 million deal earlier this week, but for whatever reason, it sounds like he wants to explore his options […]

Kendrick La’Dale Perkins, aged 33, was released on Tuesday, July 17th, by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was born on November 10th, 1984, in Nederland, Texas. In his senior year at Clifton J. Ozen High School in Beaumont, Texas, Perkins averaged 27.5 points, 16.4 rebounds, and 7.8 blocks per game. Rivals.com ranked him as a five […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are considering adding another shooter to their team, according to a report by Sixers insider Jon Johnson.  In a separate update, Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer said, while citing sources, that Sixers are finding an angle with which they could send guard Jerryd Bayless to Cleveland in exchange for Cavs shooter […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers brought back veteran big man Channing Frye, though they are not expecting him to put the team on his back and carry the Cavs to the NBA Finals just like LeBron James did last year. Instead, Frye was signed largely for his experience and credential as a locker room stabilizer. Kevin Love, […]

On Thursday afternoon, the Cleveland Cavaliers officially signed Channing Frye. The veteran big man’s deal will reportedly be a one-year deal for $2.4 million to return to the city where he helped deliver a championship back in 2016. The 35-year-old brings experience, shooting, a familiarity with Cleveland and it’s fans, as well as a joyous […]

LeBron James might have moved on to the Los Angeles Lakers, but it’s pretty clear that he is still paying attention to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Late in the Cavs summer league game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Collin Sexton stepped up to defend Josh Hart and grabbed everyone’s attention with his intense defensive stance. It […]

Mike Gerrity, who started out part of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ video staff, has been promoted to the Cavs’ Director of Player Development and assistant coach. As reported by Dave McMenamin of ESPN: Mike Gerrity, who I've seen give the business to more than a few Cavs over the years in 3-on-3 games, has been promoted […]

Collin Sexton may not be the Summer League MVP (an award that ultimately went to the Los Angeles Lakers’ Josh Hart) but the teenager has been turning quite a number of heads and setting social media on fire with not only his gutsy play but also his on-court antics. The most notable of it being […]

Larry Nance Jr. did not have something to celebrate at the end of the 2017-18 NBA season, as he and the Cleveland Cavaliers were swept by the Golden State Warriors in the 2018 NBA Finals. He now has one reason to be happy, though, after wedding wife Hailey in Hawaii. Nance and Hailey got married […]

After four historical seasons led by now Laker LeBron James, Cavs fans are asking “what’s next?” Fortunately, it’s taken just a couple weeks for the future to become clear. Collin Sexton showed out in the Las Vegas Summer League Tournament. Backing down from no one, he rose to First-Team and carried the Cavaliers to the […]

Poor J.R. Smith. It’s been several weeks since the Hennessy-chugging, shirt-hating, Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard became the basketball equivalent of Bill Buckner when he made one of the biggest blunders in the history of the NBA. And now, she’s being roasted at the ESPY’s by Danica Patrick, of all people. Can you believe that?  You […]

Let’s face facts Cavaliers fans, losing LeBron James is a pretty major loss this offseason. Subtracting the greatest player of all time from a somewhat questionable supporting cast leaves Cleveland in a somewhat precarious situation, with several decisions that could hold significant consequences for Cleveland’s future. That said there is one decision that’s more important […]

Cap space is not something that Cavaliers fans have been accustomed to recently. Since signing LeBron James and trading for Kevin Love in 2014, Cleveland has been over the salary cap. Owner Dan Gilbert has willingly incurred the luxury and repeater taxes, and his sacrifice has paid off, as the Cavs made the NBA Finals […]

LeBron James is no longer with the Cleveland Cavaliers, but the NBA Summer League has shown that the future is still very bright. Cavs rookie Collin Sexton had an impressive Summer League and was named to the All-NBA First Team. The Las Vegas Summer League's All NBA First Team: Wendell Carter Jr. – #BullsJosh Hart […]

Center Kendrick Perkins will not be a fixture on the Cleveland Cavaliers’ sideline like he was during the playoffs last season. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Cavs have decided to waive the veteran big man. Perkins only appeared in one game for Cleveland last season and he did not appear in any playoff […]

Veteran leadership is one thing that the Cleveland Cavaliers have not lacked over the past four seasons. Players such as LeBron James, Mike Miller, Richard Jefferson, and Channing Frye have been steady hands in the many trying times during the Cavs’ NBA Finals runs. Despite receiving hardly any playing time during his two separate stints […]

On August 22nd, 2017, the Cleveland Cavaliers made a franchise-altering move. Cleveland traded All-NBA point guard Kyrie Irving to the Boston Celtics in exchange for a package consisting of Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, the Brooklyn Nets’ 2018 first-round pick, and Ante Zizic. Although moving on from their 25-year-old star wasn’t preferred, the the trade was […]

Collin Sexton, the eighth overall pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2018 NBA Draft, just received praise from Dan Gilbert — the Cavs’ majority owner. Via his Twitter account, Gilbert said: Hell of a run by @CollinYoungBull and the the entire @Cavs Summer League squad. These guys repped the franchise and the city of […]

All things considered, the NBA Summer League is something that’s equivalent to a glorified bunch of exhibition games, only with more cameras rolling and journalists watching the action. But don’t tell that to Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Collin Sexton, who seems to have zero awareness of what’s the difference between the gravity of a Game 7 […]

In lieu of Channing Frye’s return to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kevin Love decided to have a little fun on social media, albeit at the expense of LeBron James’ now-famous “I’m Coming Home” letter from 2014. Love is a quiet guy, for the most part. However, he has a great sense of humor. Instead of writing […]

After Sunday’s 82-68 victory over the Toronto Raptors, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Summer League squad is on their way to the semi-final round. Several players have stepped up for the Cavs in Las Vegas, including newly-drafted point guard Collin Sexton. The Cavs selected Sexton with the No. 8 pick in this year’s Draft, as most fans […]

In wake of All-Star forward LeBron James making the decision to join the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason, it has left the team to push toward reshaping their roster. One of those core pieces to the puzzle has been All-Star Kevin Love, who has continued to have a cloud of uncertainty floating over his future […]

Ante Zizic, who played sparsely during his rookie season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, is looking to make a huge jump during his sophomore campaign. How do we know this? Because he literally told the worst as much, naturally. “For me it was different,” Ante Zizic told Adam Himmelsbach of the Boston Globe. “But I was getting […]

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Larry Nance Jr. was a big addition by the franchise to try to help LeBron James last season, but with The King now gone, he wants to do even more to help. In an interview during a Summer League game (H/T Fear The Sword for the transcription), Nance spoke about improving is […]

After agreeing to a deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Channing Frye is officially the first piece of the franchise’s post-LeBron James rebuilding phase. Frye is nowhere near the caliber of the irreplaceable James, and the 35-year-old veteran himself more than understands this, as proven by his recent activity on social media. Cavs fans have very little to […]