The Basketball Section

June 7th, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Game 2 of the 2015 NBA Finals is about to begin. The Golden State Warriors are facing the Cleveland Cavaliers with a 1-0 lead in the series. The Cavaliers limped into this series missing Kevin Love following a dislocated shoulder in the first round of the playoffs, and Game 1 saw their luck take an even worse turn when their All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving fractured his left kneecap in overtime. Even with LeBron James, one of the greatest players of all time, the Cavaliers were massive underdogs to the Warriors, a team led by Stephen Curry. Behind Curry, the Warriors had posted the best record in the NBA and the best in their franchise's history at the time. Curry himself was crowned MVP for the first time in his career this year. So, with no Irving, who did the Cavaliers rely on to guard the best player in the league that year? This guy: Matthew Dellavedova, a second-year reserve who played just nine minutes in Game 1. He's a short, scruffy guy who ...

Considering how the Cleveland Cavaliers have been having a pretty rough season. considered one of the best teams in the NBA just last season, the Cavaliers aren't even a top-five team in the league right now, as they currently sit with a 30-21 record on the season and with the 3rd seed in the Eastern Conference, just half a game ahead of the 4th seed Washington Wizards. They've struggled with inconsistency over the last few months and several players (Isaiah Thomas & Jae Crowder to name a few) have been woefully under-performing. It was clear changes they need to be made, and with the trade deadline being today, they needed to be made quickly. And they did. The day before the trade deadline, the Cavaliers made four separate trades, sending away six players and a first-round pick for four new players and a second-round pick. The Cavs sent Isaiah Thomas & Channing Frye to the Los Angeles Lakers for Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr., Derrick Rose & Jae Crowder to ...

The Cleveland Cavaliers have a had a strong showing this offseason, and it just keeps getting better. In addition to adding the likes of Isaiah Thomas, Derrick Rose, and Jae Crowder to the team, Dwyane Wade has officially joined the Cavaliers on a one-year, $2.3 million deal. Wade had agreed to a buyout of his contract with the Chicago Bulls only three days prior and now joins a Cavaliers team coming off a season where they made their third straight NBA finals appearance. The signing also reunites Wade with LeBron James, who together with Wade led the Miami Heat to two NBA Championships victories and four straight finals appearances along with Chris Bosh But most importantly, the Cleveland Cavaliers now have 2/3s...of the Banana Boat. Truly, the Cavs are now a force to be reckoned with. Wade is coming off a single season with the Bulls where he averaged 18.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.4 steals while shooting 43% from the field. As a Bull, Wade acted as the second scoring opti...

One month after he had demanded a trade, which led to countless rumors & predictions concerning where he would go, Kyrie Irving has gotten his wish. On Tuesday, Irving was sent to the Boston Celtics for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Žižić, and the Brooklyn Nets' first round pick in 2018. While the Celtics weren't shafted by any means (how could you be when you get an All-Star point guard?), I do personally believe that the Cavaliers ended up getting the better end of this trade. For starters, trading Kyrie Irving for Isaiah Thomas might have been a best case scenario for Cleveland. Irving & Thomas are very similar as players, as they are both ball dominant point guards capable of putting up 25+ points a night, but are also bad defenders. Irving is better in my opinion (even though he's not a good defender, he's still infinitely better than Thomas is on defense), but going from an All-Star point guard to a slightly worse All-Star point guard is not somethi...