Author Archives: GFO

Mary Schmitt Boyer from the Plain Dealer brings us up to date. The Cavaliers have made qualifying offers to Daniel Gibson for $972,581 and Delonte West for $2.76 million, meaning they will become restricted free agents on July 1, and the Cavs will have the right to match any offers they receive from other teams. The […]

Most fans know the Cavs need a guard who can create his own shot. If the season opened today, the starting backcourt would probably be Delonte West and Sasha Pavlovic, with Wally Szczerbiak, Damon Jones and Daniel Gibson coming off the bench. None of them would be starting for a serious championship contender. All can […]

For several months the Cavaliers, Zydrunas Ilgauskas and the Lithuanian National Team have been involved in a complex dispute over allowing him to play in this summer’s Olympics. From the Cavs’ standpoint — the only one that matters in this case — the matter is now closed. http://www.ohio.com/sports/cavs/19880959.html

  Ira Newble was all set to return to the Cavaliers last winter. Then Phil Jackson called from Los Angeles. Now Newble is the only player appearing in the NBA Finals for the second straight season. “It worked out for the best,” Newble said, laughing over the phone. http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/2008/06/former_cav_ira_newble_happy_to.html

 Is Eric Snow more valuable as a player or a coach? Cleveland Cavaliers’ Eric Snow up for head coaching job with Chicago Bulls   Cavaliers guard Eric Snow is a candidate for the Chicago Bulls’ head coaching job, according to Snow’s agent, Steve Kauffman. Getting an interview is the easy part. Getting hired would be […]

Cavaliers:  Owner Gilbert confident championship is coming The Cavaliers are going to win a championship and LeBron James is going to be around to help them do it.   That was the message from owner Dan Gilbert, who held a conference call with local media members Tuesday afternoon. Holdouts by Anderson Varejao and Sasha Pavlovic cost […]

Cavaliers force game 7 LeBron James had 32 points and 12 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers forced a deciding Game Seven of the Eastern Conference semifinals by sinking the Boston Celtics, 74-69, on Friday night. Allen needs a reappearing act – and fast Disappear, that’s what a lot of people think Allen has done in […]

According to Ken Ritter of the AP Charles Barkley acknowledged he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino and promised Thursday to repay it after a prosecutor said the retired NBA star faced criminal charges. “My mistake,” Barkley said in an interview at a pro-am golf tournament in Hoover, Ala. “I’m […]