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The Cleveland Cavaliers have waived shooting guard JR Smith, making him an unrestricted free agent, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. The Cavs were trying to trade Smith all the way up until the 5 p.m. ET waiver deadline on Monday. As an unrestricted free agent, Smith can sign with any team of his […]

Cleveland Cavaliers swingman JR Smith has agreed to move the guarantee date of his contract to July 15, giving the Cavs more time to find a trade partner for him. According to Brian Windhorst of ESPN, there is an option to further move the date to August 1 if needed. However, as part of the […]

Cleveland Cavaliers exiled shooting guard JR Smith could wind up with LeBron James on the Los Angeles Lakers once his situation with the Cavs is resolved, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. Smith is set to make $15.7 million next season. However, if the veteran guard is waived before June 30, Smith will only […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers could eventually benefit from JR Smith in the coming months, and the Cavs have some options in the offseason. The Cavs will likely get a lot of calls from teams about gauging their interest in trading Smith. According to Danny Leroux of The Athletic, Smith is a unique trade chip for the […]

Following LeBron James’ departure last summer, the Cleveland Cavaliers immediately began their rebuilding phase this season, breaking up the team that led them to the NBA Finals last year. The Cavs have already sent Kyle Korver to the Utah Jazz, Rodney Hood to the Portland Trail Blazers, and Alec Burks to the Houston Rockets. In […]

JR Smith reacted to Kyrie Irving’s decision to call and apologize to LeBron James following their infamous breakup in Cleveland last year, which eventually led to the Cavaliers’ downfall. Smith took to Twitter to express his thoughts on Irving reaching out to James. His tweet looked like a praise for Irving because of showing that […]

J.R. Smith wants out of Cleveland with one championship in his name. He will definitely be remembered well by Cavs and non-Cavs fans. What for? That is hard to say. After all, J.R. Swish has a lot of swish and miss moments in a Cavs jersey and that made him one of the most interesting […]

The fate of the Cleveland Cavaliers is going to be in the hands of the likes of veteran shooting guard JR Smith and All-star big man Kevin Love. With the franchise forming its LeBron James-less identity, it will be up to their more tenured cast to keep the former championship team afloat. With the playoff-hardened […]

Looks like the beef between Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith and Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart won’t be squashed any time soon. The two unhinged guards got into an altercation during their preseason showdown Saturday night. Tempers flared up after Smith got tangled up with Celtics center Aron Baynes. Smith did not like the fact that […]

Cleveland Cavs teammates Kevin Love and J.R. Smith are having some fun with the “Supreme” tattoo controversy and it appears that Love has joined his teammate getting a matching “tattoo” on his leg. JR Smith and Kevin Love have matching tattoos now 😂 pic.twitter.com/iaN6yzmpCr — NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) October 6, 2018 Kevin Love posted […]

Cleveland Cavs talent J.R. Smith has made it clear money is important to him, and he isn’t going to let Marcus Smart make him lose any of it. Smith and Aron Baynes got mixed up during the first quarter of a game, and Smart came up being Smith and shoved him. Smith kept his cool and […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith is still very much appreciative of former teammate LeBron James for leading them to the promised land in 2016. Smith, who was answering fan questions on Twitter, was asked of his favorite moment with the now Los Angeles Lakers superstar. 2016 chip life! Even some of the greats don’t have what […]

LeBron James might be gone from the Cleveland Cavaliers, but J.R. Smith still has his eyes on winning an NBA championship this year. After practice on Wednesday, he said just because people have come and gone this offseason, the goal hasn’t changed. “The regular season is to get ready for the playoffs,” J.R. Smith said via […]

Move over former Cleveland Cavalier LeBron James, Browns’ quarterback Baker Mayfield may be coming for your poster. At least, that’s what Cavs guard J.R. Smith seems to think. The LeBron poster in Cleveland was the stuff of legends. The speedy teardown of it after James took off to Miami was a metaphorical moment in Cleveland […]

The Cavs are in a weird spot to be in right now. Not because they aren’t part of must-see basketball anymore, but from being one of the dominant teams in the East, now they are expected to fade into obscurity. Not to knock on Kevin Love’s undeniable talent, but the Love era for the Cavs […]

Heading into this year, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a promising group of young players to develop. Collin Sexton, Cedi Osman, Ante Zizic and Larry Nance Jr. all probably have their best basketball ahead of them. However, the Cavs will enter this year with five players on their roster that are at least 30 years old. […]

JR Smith is one of the most entertaining personalities in all of basketball. He’s a larger than life figure at times and he’s always stylish on and off the court. Starting at 2:22, Smith begins to discuss some of his favorite pairs of sneakers. He attaches certain sneakers to specific memorable moments he has on […]

How much money is willing to pay for one of the most infamous jerseys of all time? The jersey that Cavs guard J.R. Smith wore during Game 1 of the NBA Finals has sold for  $23,548 according to TMZ, so it appears that someone was willing to pay a pretty penny. The score was tied […]

At the end of Game 1 of the NBA Finals J.R. Smith made one of the worst mistakes in Finals history. After getting a rebound on a missed free throw, instead of taking a shot with the game tied, Smith dribbled the ball out, and the game went to overtime. The Cleveland Cavaliers lost all […]

We’re only a day away from Game 2 of the NBA Finals and the internet refuses to move on from J.R. Smith’s brain fart moment in the dying seconds of regulation in Game 1 between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors. A tweet from TotalProSports superimposes a running Smith in several hilarious situations with […]

J.R. Smith put himself in the depths of NBA history on Thursday night, and not for a good reason at all. With 4.7 seconds left in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, George Hill had a chance to make two free throws and take a one-point lead. Hill made the first one, but the second […]

Last time out, we looked over the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Eastern Conference Title bout against the Boston Celtics. After an agonizing seven games, the Cavs were able to pull out the win against their long-time Eastern Conference rival. The reason it was so agonizing was the difference between the Cavs at home and on the road. […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers used a total team effort to beat the Toronto Raptors in four games, but now against the Boston Celtics, it’s back to LeBron James carrying the load for the Cavs. The rest of the team, besides Kevin Love, is not doing much to help. J.R. Smith sees it, and says if the […]

One of the scarier moments of Game 2 between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics happened near the end of the 4th quarter when Al Horford went up for an alley-oop. Horford was pushed in the back by J.R. Smith and Horford went to the ground. Marcus Smart had Al Horford's back. 😠 pic.twitter.com/Q18NctWeSD […]

Note: This contains spoilers for Avengers: Infinity Wars Last time out, we looked over the Cavaliers’ prehistoric tilt with the Toronto Raptors. After looking like LeBron James and a bunch of JV scrubs on offense against the Indiana Pacers, the Cavs were finally able to figure it out against the Raptors. During the series, the […]

Last time out, we looked over the Cavaliers’ biggest threat to their Eastern Conference dominance, the Indiana Pacers. Well, after an ugly, tightly-contested series, the Cavs were able to put the pesky Pacers away in game seven of the first round. With the series-clinching win, the Cavs had one day off to head up to […]

The first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs between the Indiana Pacers and the Cleveland Cavaliers has been brutal. Game one was tough for Cavalier fans to stomach, as the team looked anemic on offense. On defense, they looked sharp at times but were blown apart by Pacers All-Star Victor Oladipo. Heading into the second […]

Cleveland Cavaliers guard JR Smith is classified as a streaky shooter. When he’s on fire, every shot he makes is bound to swish the net. Yet when he’s cold, he’s cold as ice. There are nights where he can’t seem to find a bucket despite his seemingly smooth touch. But the playoffs are right around […]

With a career-long reputation of never being hesitant to hoist up a shot from anywhere on the court, it’s probably safe to assume that not many people see JR Smith as someone with a high basketball IQ. It sounds harsh, but it has to be accurate. After all, his approach offensively is simple: when in […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ struggles this season showed early. They opened with a 4-6 record through 10 games, and four of their first five defeats were by 17 or more points. Although it was mainly due to terrible team defense, it’s also no secret that J.R. Smith was a big part of that underwhelming stretch. In […]

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 […]

As the entire NBA prepares for the trade deadline, the Cleveland Cavaliers are making themselves players in it as well. With the team struggling to find its way, and with many of their key players not producing, the Cavaliers need to do something to shake things up. Now it appears that they are trying to […]

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 […]

The consistently-dropping morale of the Cleveland Cavaliers and its fans have now prompted head coach Tyronn Lue to do some tweaks in the lineup. Lue did not disclose any specifics, but Dave McMenamin of ESPN quoted the Cavs’ coach in saying “[He’s] gonna make a change.” Whatever that change is, guard J.R. Smith could be […]

Once the now notorious Kyrie Irving trade went through, a big addition to the Cavs (besides Isaiah Thomas and the 2018 Brooklyn Nets first round pick) was forward Jae Crowder. Known for being a stalwart defender during his time with both the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics, Crowder was envisioned as the final piece to […]

In the Cleveland Cavaliers’ latest outing they squared off with their rivals the Golden State Warriors at home and lost a mostly-tightly contested match to the tune of 118-108. While this possible repeat of an NBA Finals preview was a lot closer compared to their outing on Christmas Day, the Warriors still look a class […]

In the Cavs latest loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, where they were at one point down by forty-one points, the Cavs starting unit was yet-again outplayed and the bench had to come and save the day to keep the deficit from growing to an even more insane number. Out of the starting unit of Isaiah […]

After all of his accomplishments and accolades, Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James has easily joined players like Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson as one the greatest players of all time. Besides being great players, Jordan and Johnson were also great teammates as well due to their leadership. For Johnson, he was considered one of the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers could certainly use the skills of guard J.R. Smith right now, but the guard has been struggling to find his form. Aside from his personal issues about having to be moved to the bench earlier this season to allow Dwyane Wade to be inserted into the starting lineup, Smith has been somewhat […]