Cavaliers Nation

07 December 2025

• Paul Pierce says Cavs should grab Ty Lue: ‘Bring in a championship coach’

  There is only one head coach in the history of the NBA who has led the Cleveland Cavaliers to a championship: Tyronn Lue. The franchise achieved basketball immortality almost a decade ago now in 2016, and Lue patrolled the sidelines for Cleveland at that time. Fast forward to current day, and one NBA legend thinks […]

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• Report: Some within Cavs were ‘really upset’ about FT disparity vs. Blazers

  In a 2025-26 NBA season that’s had some peaks and valleys for the Cleveland Cavaliers thus far, they currently find themselves in a valley. They are losers of all but one of their last five games played and dropped their most recent contest to the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday. Cleveland lost by 12 points, […]

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• Cavs insider defends Sam Merrill after his toughness gets questioned

  Cleveland Cavaliers sharpshooter Sam Merrill has missed the team’s last six games with a hand injury, and he’s been ruled out for the team’s game against the Indiana Pacers on Monday night. Along with the expected #Cavs who were already out tonight here in Indiana — Larry Nance Jr., Max Strus, Jarrett Allen and Sam […]

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• 5 reasons the Cavs have failed to meet expectations through 20 games

  The Cleveland Cavaliers have been difficult to gauge 20 games into their 2025-26 season because they’ve already been through some highs and lows. Heading into the campaign, a lot of people saw the Cavaliers as the favorites to come out of the Eastern Conference, and they’ve played up to that standard in spurts, as they […]

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• De’Andre Hunter on facing Hawks: ‘They can’t stop me…they know that’

  Friday’s NBA Cup bout between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks seems like anything but just another regular-season game for Cavaliers forward De’Andre Hunter. Hunter will play in Atlanta for the first time since he was traded from the Hawks to the Cavaliers leading up to last season’s trade deadline. Ahead of Hunter facing off […]

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• Kenny Atkinson praises Nae’Qwan Tomlin, says he’ll help in ‘big games’

  After Cleveland Cavaliers big man Nae’Qwan Tomlin didn’t see a single minute of playing time for the team in the opening month of the season, he’s been a consistent member of its rotation over the last fortnight. The undrafted 24-year-old has logged double digits in minutes in every one of the Cavaliers’ last eight games, […]

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• Report: Ex-Cav Damon Jones used to gamble on card games during career

  Last month, a crackdown on allegedly rigged poker games and illegal sports betting rocked the NBA world, and former Cleveland Cavaliers player and assistant coach Damon Jones found himself mixed up in the controversy. He was one of several current or former NBA figures to be arrested, with Jones being charged with conspiracy to commit […]

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• NBA scout hits Cavs, Evan Mobley with reality check: ‘He’s not there yet’

  If folks said ahead of the season that the Toronto Raptors would have a better record than the Cleveland Cavaliers around one month into the 2025-26 campaign, they probably would have been met with a lot of skepticism. But that’s the current reality, as the Cavaliers have had an uneven start to the campaign and […]

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• Report: Some within Cavs took issue with insider’s remarks on Garland, Mobley

  While there’s no doubt that Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland and big man Evan Mobley are All-Star caliber players, they have yet to prove that they can be some of the best players on a championship team in the NBA. Cleveland hasn’t made it past the second round of the playoffs with Garland and Mobley […]

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• Cade Cunningham on 2021 NBA Draft Lottery: ‘Don’t let me go to Cleveland’

  While the Cleveland Cavaliers are now legitimate title contenders, that wasn’t the case earlier in the decade. Heading into the 2021 NBA Draft, the Cavaliers were on the heels of a 22-50 season and still looking for their first playoff appearance since forward LeBron James departed in the summer of 2018. In that year’s draft […]

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