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Is the Cavs championship run a teachable moment? — Bud Shaw’s You Said It Author: Bud Shaw Publication: Cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — You Said It is based on the premise that the only thing Cleveland sports fans need more than another championship is a sense of humor…
YOU SAID IT
Bud: Hypothetical situation: let’s say an NBA player fouls out of a really important game. This player is so upset with the refs he takes his mouthpiece out and blindly throws it toward the bench. The mouthpiece hits Anderson Varejao in the middle of his chest. What row does Varejao land in? – Rick in BP. – CLICK HERE to read full story.
Kyrie Irving accepts invitation to play for Team USA in Rio Olympics Author: Scott Sargent Publication: Waiting For Next Year
LeBron James may not be traveling to Rio this summer to play with Team USA in the 2016 Summer Olympics, but it appears that his Cleveland Cavaliers teammate Kyrie Irving will. According to ESPN’s Marc Stein, Irving has accepted his invitation to suit up alongside some of the best the country has to offer as they look to build off of their gold medal in the 2014 World Cup.
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine – “ESPN sources say Kyrie Irving has accepted an invitation from USA Basketball to play on this summer’s Olympic team.”
Irving, who averaged 19.6 points and 4.7 assists in 53 games for the Cavaliers this season, famously won MVP of the 2014 World Cup with team USA dominating competition. He will join Toronto’s Kyle Lowry as the point guards currently on the Team USA roster. He becomes the 12th name added to the list (out of 12) with forwards Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony being the only returning players from the 2012 team that won gold in London. – CLICK HERE to read full story.
Cavs GM David Griffin: ‘We intend to keep this group together and see what we are capable of’ Author: Chris Manning Publication: Fear the Sword
With the Cleveland Cavaliers a week removed from winning the NBA title, another member of the organization has made a statement indicating that the Cavs are going to bring the same group next season.
On ESPN’s NBA Insiders show with Marc Stein, Amin Elhassan and Brian Windhorst, Cavs GM David Griffin says that the organization plans to bring back the same group next season and also feels that their best basketball is still ahead of them.
Here’s his full quote:
We’ve been really fortunate. Ownership has invested in this group to such a huge degree and when we were the largest tax payer in the league last year – and I think the second highest ever – there were times during the year where I felt really, really bad about having spent that much of their money. – CLICK HERE to read full story.
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