Center Zydrunas Ilgauskas gingerly walked into the Cavaliers locker room an hour before Sunday’s game. It had been decided the day before that he would not play because of lower back pain. The game against the Bulls on Sunday won’t be the only one Ilgauskas will miss. “I’ll be out for at least two weeks,” […]
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Lebron James earns player of the month honor
LeBron James and Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant were named the NBA’s Players of the Month for February. This is Lebron James second consecutive month after leading the league in scoring during February. He averaged 30.2 points and added 8.9 rebounds with a conference-best 8.5 assists, Also, Lebron became the youngest player to reach […]
Dickens and Thomas Get Second 10-Day Contracts
Cavaliers have signed forward Kaniel Dickens and guard Billy Thomas to their second 10-day contracts. Dickens has played nine minutes in three games. Thomas has appeared in four games with Cleveland and scored all nine of his points against Washington on Feb. 22. Both players signed their first 10-day contracts on Feb. 22. Ira Newble […]
Larry Hughes Lacks the “Killer Instinct”
Lisa Salter from ABC interviewed Larry Hughes before the game. This is what Larry said: “I play to enjoy myself, some people take this the wrong way, but winning a championship is not what I base everything on. I was given an opportunity to play basketball, travel around and have fun doing it and that’s […]
Wally Szczerbiak Misses Game to be With Wife
Wally Szczerbiak missed Cleveland’s game against Minnesota to be with his wife, Shannon, who is expecting the couple’s third child. Szczerbiak could also miss Sunday afternoon’s home game against the Bulls.
The Seattle SuperSonics waived Ira Newble
After 17 minutes of playing time with the Seattle SuperSonics, Ira Newble was waived on Friday. Ira was part of the deal that sent him along with Donyell Marshall to Seattle. Ira is free to sign with any team after 30 days per league rules. Several teams are interested in Newble, including the Atlanta Hawks […]
Scot Pollard on trade
Former Cavalier Scot Pollard didn’t think the recent trade was a homerun. “I know Ben Wallaceâ€, Pollard told the Boston Globe. “I know what he does. And to me, I wouldn’t have given up Drew Gooden for what Ben Wallace does. It’s so much more money with Wallace, and you’re locked into a $60 million […]
Cleveland Rolls the Dice
At literally the last minute before the trade deadline, Cleveland General Manager Danny Ferry decided to get rid of half of his active roster, shipping out Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Donyell Marshall, Ira Newble, Shannon Brown and Cedric Simmons in a three way trade with Chicago and Seattle that brought Ben Wallace, Joe Smith, Wally […]