The Cleveland Cavaliers have shot down the rumors of owner Dan Gilbert speaking to Rick Pitino about the franchise’s head coaching vacancy. Peter Vecsey reported late on Saturday night that the Cavs’ owner had spoken with Pitino, 66, who’s currently coaching overseas. According to this report from the HoF’er @PeterVecsey1, Cavs owner Dan Gilbert and […]
Read MoreReport: Rick Pitino Has Discussed Cavaliers Job With Owner Dan Gilbert
Rick Pitino has had a successful coaching tenure in Greece, after being ousted by Louisville amid the FBI investigation into college basketball. It is no secret that he wants to make a return to coaching in the U.S. While it is hard to see a serious college program hiring him, given the uncertainty around the […]
Read MoreCleveland Cavaliers Parting Ways With Head Coach Larry Drew
After taking over as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers early in the season, Larry Drew seemed poised to be given a chance to build the team in the off-season. But that won’t be the case anymore. According to NBA insider Shams Charania, the Cavaliers and Drew have mutually parted ways. Drew finishes his tenure […]
Read MoreSkip Bayless Somehow Found A Way To Use Virginia’s Title To Troll LeBron
Over a year after becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a 16-seed, Virginia just took home a national title. That is what most people are focused on, but Skip Bayless isn’t most people. With literally any major sporting event, Bayless will find a way to use the outcome to bash LeBron James. […]
Read MoreReport: Rick Pitino Won’t Be Considered For UNLV Job
On Friday, UNLV fired head basketball coach Marvin Menzies after just three seasons. Menzies was 48-48 during his tenure with the Runnin’ Rebels. Menzies effectively replaced Dave Rice, who led the program to two NCAA Tournament berths in his first two seasons, 2012 and 2013. UNLV has not gone dancing since. However, he clearly wasn’t […]
Read MoreFormer Cavs GM Reveals Who He Tried To Pair LeBron James With
The Cleveland Cavaliers knew this season would be tough from the moment LeBron James took his talents to Los Angeles. Nonetheless, the franchise clearly tried everything in their power to keep him content during his time in Ohio. Although the Cavaliers were strong enough to run the Eastern Conference back then, the balance of power […]
Read MoreSerge Ibaka, Marquese Chriss Squared Off In Wild NBA Fight
Tonight’s game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors spiraled into a wild fight at the end of the third quarter. Serge Ibaka and Marquese Chriss were main players. It happened when the Raptors attempted a long inbounds pass with one second left in the third quarter. Chriss and Ibaka were jockeying for position for […]
Read MoreCavs Reportedly Considering Big Trade Offer For Markelle Fultz
The Cleveland Cavaliers (4-15) are hoping to get some more young players, and appear to be zeroing in on Philadelphia 76ers G Markelle Fultz to get started. According to Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders, the Cavs have “dangled” veteran Kyle Korver as well as a protected draft pick for Fultz. Kyler noted that Fultz has […]
Read MoreESPN Analyst Makes A Crazy Claim About Duke
The dominating performance by Duke basketball has led some pundits to speculate the team could go undefeated this year. But ESPN’s Paul Pierce believes that they may transcend college basketball altogether. On Wednesday’s edition of After The Buzzer, Pierce boldly claimed that Duke could beat the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. “…They can beat Cleveland. You heard […]
Read MoreThe Cleveland Cavaliers Have Made A Head Coaching Decision
After taking over as acting head coach early in the season, Larry Drew has secured his job with the Cleveland Cavaliers for the remainder of the season. According to NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski, Drew and the Cavs agreed on a deal to retain him for the rest of the season. Per the report, the deal […]
Read MoreMajor College Head Coach Being “Discussed” For Cavs Job
Right now, the Cleveland Cavaliers have one more fired coach to their name this season than they do wins. That is a recipe for disaster. Larry Drew is currently serving as the team’s interim head coach, but even that isn’t going smoothly. Amazingly, the Cavs might be more dysfunctional right now than the Browns, who […]
Read MoreNew Details Emerge From Cavs’ Decision To Fire Ty Lue
One of the surprising bits of NBA news on Sunday morning was that the Cleveland Cavaliers had decided to part ways with head coach Tyronn “Ty” Lue. The Cavs have started the season 0-6, which on its face might have seemed like sufficient cause to terminate their head coach. But new details have emerged that […]
Read MoreCleveland Has Officially Replaced The Huge LeBron James Banner
Months after he left the city for the bright lights of Los Angeles, the famous LeBron James banner in Cleveland has been replaced. Last month, it was announced that Cleveland had decided on a replacement for James on the banner. Rather than go with another athlete—Baker Mayfield came up obviously, but he hadn’t started a […]
Read MorePeople Are Making Fun Of Cleveland For What It Did With The Famous LeBron Banner
Following LeBron James’ move to Los Angeles, Cleveland had to figure out something to do with the famous Nike mural featuring the former Cavaliers superstar. What they came up with…well, it isn’t going over well. The city’s Hope Memorial Bridge features statues called the Guardians of Traffic. One of those “guardians” is evidently the replacement […]
Read MoreIsaiah Thomas Responds To Controversy Over His ‘Cleveland Is A S—hole’ Comments
Well that didn’t take long. This evening, while streaming on Instagram live, former Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Isaiah Thomas ripped his former city, calling Cleveland “a s—hole.” He went down the list of the places he’s played, praising Sacramento, Boston, and Los Angeles, before ripping Cleveland, and poking fun of the town for losing LeBron […]
Read MoreFormer Cavaliers Star Calls Cleveland ‘A S–thole,’ Says He Sees Why LeBron Left
After being included in the Kyrie Irving trade, Isaiah Thomas spent a few months in Cleveland, before being dealt out to Los Angeles. He never looked fully healthy after the hip injury that ended his 2017 season, and clearly never meshed with LeBron James. Apparently the former Boston Celtics star didn’t appreciate his time with […]
Read MoreThe NBA Has Released The Entire 2018-2019 Schedule
The full NBA schedule was released today. The league has improved on a number of scheduling issues, including back-to-backs and once again, no team will play four games in five days. The league put out a release about some of the biggest aspects of the upcoming schedule: The NBA today released its complete game schedule […]
Read MoreKevin Love Posted A Photo With Yao Ming And The Size Difference Is Crazy
Cleveland Cavaliers star Kevin Love is listed at 6-foot-10, 250 pounds – though he may not actually be that tall. Either way, he looks like a little kid standing next to one of the biggest men to ever play professional basketball. Love took to Instagram on Friday and posted a picture of himself alongside former […]
Read MoreA Cleveland Newspaper Trolled LeBron James With This Headline
The NBA has started releasing key dates for the upcoming 2018-19 season. Among the most interesting cross-conference games will obviously be LeBron James’ return to Cleveland as a Los Angeles Laker. Yesterday, we learned that he will be back in his home state just ahead of the holidays. James and the Lakers take on the […]
Read MoreThe Cavs, Heat Are Reportedly Discussing A Major NBA Trade
The Cleveland Cavaliers continue to look to rebuild their roster in the post-LeBron James era. According to new rumors that are floating around the NBA blogosphere, that could involve acquiring one of the league’s most talented big men. The Cavs are reportedly in talks with the Miami Heat about a trade. The Heat would send […]
Read MoreThe Cavs Have Reportedly Signed A Promising NBA Free Agent
The Cleveland Cavaliers continue to build its roster for the post-LeBron James era. The latest addition is guard David Nwaba, who played some pretty strong minutes for the Chicago Bulls last year. Nwaba is a Cal Poly product, who finished as an All-Big West player. He went undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft. Two years […]
Read MoreNBA Insider: Title Contender Could Trade For JR Smith
The Houston Rockets are set to add Carmelo Anthony for the veteran minimum. The team is still looking at other options on the wing as well, and according to ESPN’s Zach Lowe, one of the names being discussed is JR Smith. Smith, of course, is coming off of a season in which he was one […]
Read MoreLeBron James Speaks About Returning To The Cavs At Some Point
LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers – for the second time in his career – to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this month. It won’t surprise you to hear that many are wondering whether he’d ever return to Cleveland one last time to finish out his career. James, who is from Ohio, was […]
Read MoreCavs Player Reveals He Almost Left For The Raptors This Summer
Channing Frye is set to enter his 13th NBA season. He’s been all over the NBA map, but he is probably best associated with the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he was a key role player for the 2016 NBA Champions. Last season, Frye was shipped out to the Los Angeles Lakers along with Isaiah Thomas, in […]
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