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LeBron James missed Cavs practice for deposition in Billy Hunter's lawsuit Author: Joe Vardon Publication: Cleveland.com
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — LeBron James missed Cavs practice Tuesday to give a deposition in former NBA players union executive director Billy Hunter's wrongful termination lawsuit.
James is expected to start Wednesday at The Q against Portland, said coach Tyronn Lue, who added that all other players practiced and are available against the Blazers.
James, 31, a vice president for the union, was among those served to give depositions in Hunter's suit. Lue thought James gave the deposition Tuesday in northeast Ohio. Hunter is seeking $10.5 million for his firing by the NBPA in February, 2013.- CLICK HERE to read full story.
Kevin Love hints that Cavaliers' best is still on horizon, with continuity as their ally this season Author: Chris Fedor Publication: Cleveland.com
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Sitting atop the Eastern Conference with a flashy 10-2 record isn't a surprise to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Free from the burden of a 52-year championship drought and no longer inundated with questions about their head coach's future or continuity issues, the Cavaliers expected this speedy start.
“We're a team that's been together for a couple years,” LeBron James said recently. “We still have some learning curves, but we've experienced a lot as a group together. It's great to start off like this.”
Chemistry hasn't always been Cleveland's ally. While other teams had grown together over time, learned to conquer adversity and even felt the sting of losing collectively, the Cavs were thrown together quickly, asked to make an enormous leap from lottery appearances to postseason trips while trying to define roles.
There were stumbles along the way and plenty of finger pointing. There were even some cryptic tweets that led to needed changes. But that's the past. – CLICK HERE to read full story.
Judge Cavs' Tristan Thompson by his feet, not his improved shot blocking Author: Joe Vardon Publication: Cleveland.com
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — The easiest, one-click-of-a-button way to measure Tristan Thompson's improvement as a defender this season is to count his blocked shots.
Thompson, the Cavs' 6-9 center, is averaging a career-high 1.8 blocks per game, placing him in a four-way tie for eighth in the NBA with Houston's Clint Capela, Atlanta's Dwight Howard and Toronto's Lucas Nogueira.
Thompson's previous best was 1.0 bpg his rookie year, and with last season's starting center Timofey Mozgov gone, this was something the Cavs needed Thompson to do. He's performed way better as a shot blocker so far than at any point in his five-year career.
Now, for the way Thompson wants to be graded as a defender. We'll let him explain. – CLICK HERE to read full story.
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