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Nichols, 23, was originally selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 53rd overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. He was then traded to the Knicks on draft day in exchange for a 2008 second round selection. He was waived by the Knicks on October 25.

He played in five preseason games for the New York Knicks and averaged 4.8 points on .571 (8-14) shooting including .667 (4-6) from three-point range in 7.8 minutes per game.

The Cavaliers waived forward Noel Felix who played in three preseason games for Cleveland.

The roster now stands at 15 player.

Danny Ferry waived Hassan Adams and Darius Rice. Adams played in three preseason games for the Cavs, averaging 2.7 ppg, 0.7 rpg and 0.3 apg in 6.3 mpg. Rice appeared in three games and averaged 1.7 ppg and 2.3 rpg in 7.3 minutes.

The Cavaliers roster is now down to 13 and have two extra roster spots open.
The Cavaliers are active in trade talks with teams with too many guaranteed contracts.
according to Brian Windhorst:

“Sources said the roster flexibility has the Cavs involved in some trade talks with other teams with too many guaranteed contracts. In addition to the roster spots, the Cavs also have a trade exception of $1.75 million if they find something they like. Also, the Cavs might be active on the waiver wire with a number of teams being forced to make hard cuts over the weekend. The team’s scouts have been heavily deployed during the preseason looking at potential cuts.”

Dwayne Jones is the only training-camp invitee who made the team.

The Cavaliers will be treating the fans on Halloween night and celebrate the raising of the 2007 NBA Eastern Conference Championship banner when they take on the Dallas Mavericks October 31st.

Fans that attend the game will receive a 2007-08 Cavaliers Schedule Magnet presented by Ticketmaster, an Eastern Conference Championship replica mini banner presented by Northern Ohio Toyota Dealers, and a Cavs rally towel presented Time Warner Cable and you can continue to fill your bag with candy all the way to your seat.

Tickets to the home opener are almost sold out. Only limited number are still available to fans.

There isn’t a whole lot that David Sabino from Sports Illustrated likes about the Cavaliers this year.  I just received my latest edition and he has the Cavaliers ranked number 5 in the Eastern Conference behind Boston, Detroit, Chicago and Miami.  Wow the Celtics number 1.  Tariq and I went to game four of the finals last year and saw Danny Ferry coming out of one of the loges just as the game was ending.  Tariq, in a rather loud voice told him “you had better make some changes this summer Ferry”.  I guess he didn’t hear him!

David writes “I’m not a big fan of this team, and I think you’ll find a lot of people in the league who feel the same way.  The Cavs have a sense of entitlement because they have Lebron James, but I don’t see how they can get back to the Finals, because they haven’t done anything to improve the team-and they still haven’t resolved contract issues with Anderson Varejao and Sasha Pavlovic.  We’ll have a better feel in a few more years, but I have a suspicion that Lebron is going to turn out to have more in common with Carmelo Anthony than he does with Dwayne Wade.  Wade has a better chance to be like Michale Jordon, because he looks more willing to play hard all of the time than Lebron does.  Larry Hughes teases you so much with his talent, but he’s a fragile guy physically and in terms of confidence.  He’d be a lot better as a third guard than as a starter.  Coach Mike Brown got his players to buy into the idea that they need to make stops to win by saying that if you make stops, you can do whatever you want on offense.”  By the way, SI also has Mike Brown as one of the 5 coaches on the hot seat this year.