Cavaliers Nation

14 July 2025

• Donovan Mitchell called Sam Merrill right after he signed: ‘He deserves it’

  Arguably the most important signing the Cleveland Cavaliers have made up to this point in free agency was to re-sign sharpshooter Sam Merrill after he was a linchpin to the team’s highly successful bench unit last season. A career 38.6 percent 3-point shooter, Merrill and the Cavaliers agreed to terms on a four-year, $38 million […]

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• Report: Cavs only interested in LeBron James in buyout situation

  Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has spent more seasons playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers than any other team in his pro career, as he had two stints with the franchise years ago. First, he spent his opening seven campaigns in the NBA with the Cavaliers. Then, his second stint with the team spanned four […]

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• Report: Kevin Love ‘got into it’ with Koby Altman ‘at least once’

  Cleveland Cavaliers executive Koby Altman has been with the franchise in some capacity since 2012, so he was able to get an up-close look at big man Kevin Love’s stint with the team. Love spent eight-plus seasons of his pro career in a Cavaliers uniform and even won a championship with the team in 2016, […]

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• Cavs lost ‘mastermind’ in Jordan Ott: ‘He ran that whole offense for us’

  The Cleveland Cavaliers’ offensive attack was nothing short of a juggernaut during the 2024-25 season. Cleveland scored a whopping 121.9 points per game, a mark that ranked as the highest scoring average in the league and 11th-highest in league history. Strong 3-point shooting and great scoring efficiency were keys to the Cavaliers being tough to […]

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• Brian Windhorst says Cavs would obviously want LeBron for $3M annually

  Recently, there has been a lot of chatter about the future of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James after he opted into his contract with the Lakers for the 2025-26 season but seemingly left the door open for a departure via trade. Naturally, the situation has led to speculation about whether the veteran could end […]

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• Darius Miles reflects on early LeBron era, locker room chaos and what could’ve been in Cleveland

  In the NBA’s long timeline of what-ifs, the early 2000s Cleveland Cavaliers deserve their own chapter. A young LeBron James. A high-flying Darius Miles. A wild mix of talent like Ricky Davis, Carlos Boozer, Dajuan Wagner, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas. On paper, it looked promising. But as Darius Miles tells it — the vision never matched […]

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• Report: Cavs didn’t make ‘serious effort’ to re-sign Ty Jerome

  The Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t make a “serious effort” to sign guard Ty Jerome in free agency, according to Cleveland.com’s Terry Pluto. Instead, Jerome signed with the Memphis Grizzlies in free agency after having a career season with the Cavs in the 2024-25 campaign. “With that in mind, the Cavs didn’t make a serious effort to […]

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• Report: Cavs almost unanimously picked to reach 2026 NBA Finals

  The Eastern Conference is going to have a different look in the 2025-26 season after some unfortunate injuries to key players and a bit of offseason shuffling. The result for the Cleveland Cavaliers is a manageable path to their first NBA Finals berth since 2018, and some people around the NBA appear to think that […]

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• Donovan Mitchell wants more from Evan Mobley: ‘If I don’t pass you the ball, get on my a-s’

  Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell sat down with Taylor Rooks of Bleacher Report recently and used part of the time to reflect on Cleveland’s 2024-25 campaign. The Cavaliers rolled through the regular season as they won 64 games, but they ultimately came up well short of a championship. The team lost to the Indiana Pacers […]

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• Tristan Thompson responds to Sophie Cunningham: ‘Still surprises me to see people say stuff like this’

  The WNBA is looking to expand its league to several new cities in the coming years, with expansion teams in Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia each in line to join by 2030 or earlier. With the league set to grow its influence, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham recently had some controversial remarks on the subject of […]

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