The decision was a surprise. The timing was not. With one day to go until the NBA Draft Lottery and Combine begin in Chicago, the Cleveland Cavaliers made a shocking hire as the organization’s next head coach—John Beilein. “I feel very strongly about this new and exciting opportunity with the Cavaliers,” Beilein said in the
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The Bucks beat the Celtics in convincing fashion in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Even after an alarming Game 1 blowout loss at home, Milwaukee asserted itself as the superior team. Giannis Antetokounmpo’s MVP play as well as Mike Budenholzer’s top-notch game planning gave the Bucks the edge they needed to avenge their postseason defeat against
The Cavaliers are one season into a lengthy rebuild to return to relevance. What do they need to accomplish in this first offseason? After four consecutive 50-win seasons with and NBA Finals appearances, the Cavaliers unsurprisingly dropped off in their first season-post LeBron. They fired coach Ty Lue after six games and finished the year
With colleges almost sure not to touch him, Rick Pitino may actually get another chance in the NBA. After being fired in disgrace by Louisville in September of 2017, Rick Pitino seemed sure to never coach again. But he came up as a candidate at St. John’s after Chris Mullin resigned, and according to NBA
In a season that’s been absolutely dismal for the Cavaliers, they may have stumbled upon a player who can help them — the “pop-a-shot” guy. Wracked with injuries and dealing with the aftermath of a less-talented roster, the Cavaliers have been dragged to a 19-56 record, which could possibly be a record for most losses sustained
Can you believe that the NBA regular season is less than a month away from concluding? It’s March 18, and teams are gearing up for the final stretch run before the playoffs get here. Thus far, there have been three teams to solidify their spots—the Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers—while the rest of
The Cleveland Cavaliers have played just 10 games this season, but they’ve already had what feels like decades of drama. The Cleveland Cavaliers played their first game with Larry Drew as their head coach on Monday night, despite Drew taking over immediately after Ty Lue was fired on October 29. Cleveland played three games with
On Thursday, the NBA’s trade deadline hit all zeroes — along with plenty of fireworks — and now buyout season is right around the corner. But as franchises continue bolstering their roster ahead of the postseason (or lottery-bound future efforts), another deadline passed recently without much fanfare. Last month, the deadline to sign players to
Remember when the consensus with the NBA Trade Deadline was that it was going to be pretty boring with more buyers than sellers? Those were some good times, because a lot has changed since then. Suddenly, the Grizzlies decided to end their golden age of basketball, Kristaps Porzingis and the Knicks divorced and rumors are swirling
The Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t going to win a bunch of games this season, but the Cavs have some fun wings that could net them assets in the trade market. The Cleveland Cavaliers did something they haven’t done much this season on Wednesday night when they won a game against the New York Knicks. Cleveland is
Ironically, the Cleveland Cavaliers had one of the worst rebounding games in NBA history to commemorate Tristan Thompson’s return to the lineup. The Cleveland Cavaliers have been a bad rebounding team this season. The Cavaliers are 19th in the NBA in rebounding percentage and 25th in rebounds per game. It isn’t surprising that Cleveland would
The Rockets were looking for help and it appears they’ve found it, looping in the Cavaliers and Kings for a three-team trade. The Houston Rockets are getting some wing help, having acquired Iman Shumpert in a three-team trade with the Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers, as first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Rockets will
Few people really stop to think about the emotions surrounding a trade. Take the Dallas Mavericks, who, in Detroit this past Thursday, came to the realization that a blockbuster, franchise-changing deal had happened. Dallas was sending Dennis Smith Jr., DeAndre Jordan and Wesley Matthews and a pair of future first-round picks to the New York
We all have people we would like to make amends with, people who we fight the urge to call and apologize to out of fear of reopening old wounds or having our kind gesture being rejected due to past pain that is still present weeks or years or decades later. Reconciliation is then an act
The Cleveland Cavaliers need Collin Sexton to start passing if he’s going to be their point guard of the future. The Cleveland Cavaliers got themselves a fiery competitor when they drafted Collin Sexton. The rookie guard is already second on the Cavs in points per game, not counting Kevin Love, who has played just four
With trade season approaching, there are several vets on bad teams just begging to be dealt. We look at the top five candidates. As we near three weeks and counting until the NBA’s trade deadline, we’re about to enter silly season. Aside from the five teams that have been content to lose early and often
As we approach the trade deadline this season, rumors, speculation, and reports will begin to circulate on social media. Some may be grounded, others may be purely opinion-based. Regardless of what comes up, there is always one guarantee: Trades will be made. Whether teams are trying to improve their roster before the playoffs, mix up
The NBA provides the masses great drama during nearly every month of the year — February, for many reasons, is no different. Aside from the All-Star Game-related festivities, the trade deadline is always a popular period of time for the frenzied onlooker. On the surface level, the notion of asking whether the buyers will buy
Back by the popular demand of pretty much only myself, it’s the second annual edition of Around the NBA in 15 Trades. We’re taking all 30 teams in the lead up to the Feb. 7 trade deadline and finding a happy middle ground for prosperous barterdom. Oh, the Eastern Conference. So much disparity. So much mediocrity.
With the first half of the NBA season firmly in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look toward All-Star Weekend, the looming trade deadline and, ultimately, the high-stakes playoff chase. Although most of this year’s rookie class — minus one outstanding potential exception — won’t be headed to Charlotte for anything outside of the Rising
Grit-and-Grind is unfolding, and it’s unfolding fast. After a blistering 12-5 start to the season, the Grizzlies are falling hard in the standings. The team has only won seven of its last 27 games – good for a record of 19-25 – which has them placed currently 14th in the bloodbath that is the Western
In the NBA, tough decisions must be made. Sometimes it’s a front office deciding to go in another direction with a trade or release. Other times, it’s a coach having to pull a guy out of the active rotation. Most of the time, however, it’s a player figuring out the next move to benefit his
It’s almost January and the 2018-19 NBA season is nearly halfway over. And while lots of attention is already being paid to Zion Williamson and the 2019 NBA Draft class to-be, let’s look back to June and the 2018 NBA draft and grade the rookies on their performances thus far, while making an educated guess
It’s almost January and the 2018-19 NBA season is nearly halfway over. And while lots of attention is already being paid to Zion Williamson and the 2019 NBA Draft class to-be, let’s look back to June and the 2018 NBA draft and grade the rookies on their performances thus far, while making an educated guess
Trade season is fast approaching and rumors are running rampant across in the NBA. Just in the past month, we’ve had three trades executed, including two blockbuster moves that will surely make an impact on the association, regarding this year and in the future. The chatter is about to heat up, even more, this weekend.
Ever since taking hold of the Golden State Warrior reins in 2014, Steve Kerr has had an embarrassment of riches to work with. The mainstays—a two-time NBA MVP in Stephen Curry, a three-time All-Defensive first-teamer in Draymond Green, a four-time All-Star in Klay Thompson—got their first taste of gold in year one of Kerr’s tenure.
As this season began, several NBA teams had to make huge decisions about offering extensions to players nearing the end of their rookie contracts. Twenty games later, how are those decisions looking? Before this year’s Halloween deadline for NBA teams to sign players in the fourth year of rookie contracts signed in 2015 to extensions,
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Is there anything LeBron James can’t do? His alley-oop to himself off the backboard should go down in the pantheon of greatest Finals plays. LeBron James is on a mission to get his Cleveland Cavaliers back into this series, even if it means throwing the greatest self alley-oop the basketball world has ever seen. This
On Nov. 21, the New York Knicks faced off against the Boston Celtics in what was expected to be an easy route for the green team, but it turned out be their worst loss of the season. The Celtics not only lost to their longtime division rivals, but were beaten with almost relative ease. New