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05 September 2025

• Cavs champs imply Klay Thompson has better HOF case than Rajon Rondo

  Former NBA floor general Rajon Rondo and Dallas Mavericks sharpshooter Klay Thompson are two players who could be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame at some point. However, Cleveland Cavaliers champions Channing Frye and Richard Jefferson seem to think that Thompson has the better case for making the Hall of Fame of […]

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• Update offered after Cavs draft pick suffers injury in Italy-Spain game

  Italy picked up a EuroBasket win over Spain on Tuesday, but the win came at a cost. Cleveland Cavaliers 2025 draft pick Saliou Niang suffered a right ankle injury in the contest. He posted a double-double before he was forced to exit. However, an injury update on Niang indicates that he won’t be sidelined for […]

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• 3 reasons Sam Merrill could thrive in Max Strus’ starting role for the Cavs

  The Cleveland Cavaliers are set to be without forward Max Strus for an extended period of time to start the coming season. The 29-year-old is expected to be sidelined for three to four months after he underwent surgery to repair a Jones fracture in his left foot. Strus was on track to play a large […]

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• Kyrie idolized Kobe too much to see LeBron as big brother, says ex-Cav

  Former Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving formed a tremendously successful duo with forward LeBron James years ago, as Cleveland reached three consecutive NBA Finals with the tandem from 2015 through 2017 and even won its first title in franchise history in 2016. However, the partnership didn’t last as long as it could’ve, and according to […]

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• Report: ‘Everybody’ within Cavs feels for Max Strus after how hard he worked

  Cleveland Cavaliers small forward Max Strus is in line to miss an extended period of time to start a campaign for the second year in a row. After he missed the Cavaliers’ opening 27 games in the 2024-25 campaign due to an ankle injury, Strus recently got surgery on a Jones fracture in his left […]

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• Report: Max Strus was in line to be in Cavs starting lineup before injury

  Some unfortunate news surfaced recently regarding Cleveland Cavaliers sharpshooter Max Strus ahead of the 2025-26 NBA season. The Cavaliers revealed earlier this week that Strus underwent surgery to fix a Jones fracture in his left foot and will be sidelined for approximately three to four months. Per Cleveland.com’s Chris Fedor, Strus was in line to […]

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• ESPN panel ranks Evan Mobley 2nd in DPOY prediction for 2025-26 season

  After Cleveland Cavaliers big man Evan Mobley was crowned the Defensive Player of the Year in the 2024-25 campaign, he will try to become just the 11th player in NBA history to win the award multiple times once the coming season kicks off. According to results from a panel of experts at ESPN who recently […]

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• Why Malik Beasley would be the perfect value addition for the Cavs

  It’s not often that teams get an opportunity to add a high-impact player to the fold in late August, but guard Malik Beasley is still on the open market as a free agent, and the Cleveland Cavaliers are one of two teams that have allegedly checked in on him. Beasley is no longer the target […]

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• Larry Nance Jr. believes he can be perfect ‘puzzle piece fit’ for Cavs

  Cleveland Cavaliers forward Larry Nance Jr. spent multiple seasons early on in his pro career playing for Cleveland, and after some time with the Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans and Atlanta Hawks, the Cavaliers brought the rooster back to the coop. Cleveland inked Nance to a one-year deal earlier this offseason. Ahead of the […]

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• Report: Cavs have checked in on Malik Beasley

  As of now, free agent guard Malik Beasley is no longer the target of a federal gambling investigation. Beasley was reportedly in talks to re-sign with the Detroit Pistons on a three-year, $42 million deal before news of the investigation came to light, but Detroit then took that offer off the table. Per HoopsHype’s Michael […]

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