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Cavs Superstar Lebron James Is Growing Frustrated With Recent Lack Of Foul Calls

... routinely get hit as he makes his way to the basket. And although he frequently scores and drives and in the paint, he doesn't get to the free-throw line at an extremely high rate. Averaging 7.1 free-throw attempts a game, James is 10 th overall in the NBA. Other players ahead of him are mainly guards but Kings big man De Marcus Cousins , who spends a lot of time in the posts, averaged 9.6 free-throw attempts a game. But this has been a reoccurring problem for James throughout his career. He is so big and strong that sometimes players just bounce off him appearing like that didn't really impede his progress, when in fact they actually did foul him. Officials, who have a hard job as it is, sometimes have difficulty assessing what is a foul and what isn't when it comes to James. This is very similar to how things went with Shaquille O'Neal, a fact that Cavs coach Tyronn Lue alluded to in the Finals last season. Whether ...

Lebron Says Cavaliers Still Need Point Guard

... Korver reports to the team. And sources told ESPN's Chris Haynes on Saturday that the Cavs will keep Mc Rae past the cut deadline, which would fully guarantee his contract for the remainder of the season. There also is the possibility that Cleveland will be able to negotiate a buyout with Chris Andersen. "I think that's the next step," James said of a point guard addition, ". and, uh, you know, you look at our league, most teams have three point guards. We only have two, with [ Kyrie Irving ] and our rook in Kay [Felder]. I think just having that secure blanket [is important]. Every NFL team has three quarterbacks. Having that secure blanket in case of a [situation like the Raiders losing] Derek Carr. We'll see what happens, but we're happy with our team right now.". Indeed, there was a noticeable joy among the Cavs as they took the court at Basketball City on Pier 36 on Friday, as they considered the addition of Korver to their already accomplished group. "I think that's the next step," Le Bron James said of a point guard addition. David Richard-USA TODAY Sports. "It'll be good for our team," James said. "Got to get him the ball. It adds ...

5 Trade Questions For The Raptors As They Look To Close The Gap With The Cavaliers

... at power forward, you could think of him as a souped up version of Patrick Patterson or Toronto's version of Draymond Green. Millsap is a top-notch help defender, clever passer and dangerous post-up player. He's the playmaking 4 that could relieve pressure on Kyle Lowry and De Rozan against good defenses in the playoffs. He could also help the Raptors' 19 th-ranked defense. ESPN's Kevin Pelton projected what they would look like if they traded Patterson, Terrence Ross , Jakob Poeltl and Delon Wright for Millsap and Kris Humphries , and concluded that they "probably would be favored in a series" against Cleveland if they had home-court advantage. On Monday, though, the Hawks reportedly started telling teams that the three-time All-Star was off the market , with Millsap saying Tuesday that "everybody can stop talking about it." If Atlanta does keep him - and risk losing him for nothing in free agency - then Toronto's most obvious path to improvement is gone. The Raptors should be rooting for the Hawks, who have won seven games in a row, to go on a long losing streak and reevaluate things, or for Millsap ...

Golden State Coach Steve Kerr Trolls 'the Diff' Feature On Cleveland Cavaliers' Scoreboard

... guest experiences at The Q. When Humongotron , the enormous video board, debuted during the 2014 season, The Diff remained part of the fan experience. 2014: Details on the new scoreboard at The Q. Love it or hate it, The Diff is a part of the championship culture the Cavaliers have built at Quicken Loans Arena. Kerr's chides aside, the feature likely isn't going anywhere soon. Perhaps it's scoreboard envy. Kerr's team plays in the oldest arena in the NBA , with a video board that's dwarfed by Humongotron's brilliant display. There's not much room to squeeze The Diff, or anything like it, on Oakland's cramped little board. Meanwhile, Kerr's reaction in Sacramento gives an indication as to where his head is, and likely where the rest of the Warriors' thoughts are when they're not playing another team. Sure, math is hard. But lately if you're from the Bay Area, beating the Cavaliers is harder. We know it has its pluses and minuses but glad ...

Cavs Swallowed By Familiar Portland Sinkhole, Lose 102-86 To Blazers

... Utah and Portland are two cities that, for whatever reason, swallow Le Bron James' Cavs whole when they come to town. It happened again in Rip City Wednesday night, where the Blazers cruised past Cleveland 102-86. Both the Cavs and Blazers had all sorts of trouble - Portland even more so - getting here Tuesday night and Wednesday morning because of the foot of snow that dumped onto the town. The Cavs at least got to sleep in Portland hotel rooms. The Blazers stayed in Seattle, which doesn't even have an NBA team, because there was too much snow and no contingency plan set for their players to get from the airport to their homes. They didn't get to the Seattle hotel until after 4 a.m. and were rolling to the airport for the flight home at 11. The way things go for James and the Cavs (28-10) at the Moda ...

Cavs Trust Gm Griffin To Do 'something Magical' With Roster

... future first-rounders that were swapped for each other. It freed them to trade a 2019 first-rounder that they otherwise wouldn't have been permitted to trade yet, and they used it to land Kyle Korver , one of the best shooters in league history. It also opened a roster spot - the roster previously was full and wounded - so another player could be added and a developmental player, Jordan Mc Rae , could be kept. After all that, it also saved Griffin's bosses about $6 million in salaries and luxury taxes. Griffin and the front office felt like they'd hit a three-run home run off Aroldis Chapman on a 1-2 count. The day after the deal, Le Bron James surveyed the scene and said: "We gotta get a point guard. It's my last time saying it. We need a point guard.". So much for the curtain call. Griffin was back to work. Editor's Picks. Trade grades: Who wins the Korver deal. How much will Kyle Korver help the defending champion Cavs? How did the Hawks do in the trade? Kevin Pelton grades the deal. James is right, the Cavs still do need a point guard. James has maximum expectations and varying patience. He delivers at the highest levels on the floor, and he expects his partners to ...

Lebron James Gets Cavs Crew Back, Beats Nets And Mr. Whammy 116-108

... worst team, the Brooklyn Nets, 116-108 behind 36 points from Le Bron James. Kyrie Irving was right there with 32 points in his first game back after sitting out three in a row because of tightness in his right hamstring, and Kevin Love returned from his food-poisoning-induced absence to contribute 17 points and 13 rebounds. Bojan Bogdanovic led the Nets (8-27) with 23 points. All the focus outside Cleveland's locker room - and maybe even in it - seems to be on the team's pending trade with Atlanta for Kyle Korver. The trade is imminent, but was not completed as of Friday night. The Cavs are sending Mike Dunleavy (who was not with the team in Brooklyn), a 2019 first-round pick, and potentially Mo Williams to the Hawks in exchange for one of the NBA's all-time great 3-point shooters. Cleveland is already near the top of the NBA in 3 s and 3-point percentage, and shot 9-of-33 against ...

Cleveland Cavaliers Get Caught Up In Utah's Style And Kyle Korver's Quiet Debut

... the Cavaliers watched a 20-point lead evaporate quickly during a sloppy third quarter. Poor shooting. Turnovers. Lackluster transition defense. It all contributed. But they overcame, holding off the Suns' late-game surge with individual brilliance and plenty of clutch shooting. That was Phoenix, one of the league's worst teams. On Tuesday, the Cavs were in Utah, playing the Jazz, a team that looks playoff bound, and in a building where the Cavs haven't won since Le Bron James returned. Against quality foes, sometimes one quarter is all it takes. The Cavs scored a season-low 12 points on 5-of-23 from the field, including 0-of-6 from 3-point range in the second quarter. They didn't record an assist and committed a whopping seven turnovers, which Utah turned into nine points. James had three in the period. By the end of those 12 minutes, the Cavs were facing a 15-point hole, looking for answers going into halftime. "We have to be ready to play," Tristan Thompson told Fox Sports Ohio after the game. "First half I don't think we played tough enough.". In the third quarter, Cleveland stormed out of the locker ...

Tyronn Lue Said Kyrie Irving Is Out Of Rhythm; Irving Says Cavs Out Of Practice

... in his last seven games. The 7.8 assists he averaged in December were the most for him in any month of his six-year career. Cavs swallowed by familiar sinkhole. So by any stretch, Irving now is not in the rhythm he was in when the ball dropped on Time Square to ring in the new year. But, to Irving's point, he rescued them Friday with 16 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter against Brooklyn (in his first game back), and dropped 27 with four 3 s Sunday in a tight win over Phoenix. Even in those two games, though, there were issues. Irving shot 10-of-26 against the Nets, and coughed up seven turnovers against the Suns. And in Cleveland's last two contests - both losses - he's shot a combined 9-of-34 (.265). "In Kyrie's case he missed three games, almost a week, during the regular season that's three or four games and you can lose a lot of timing," Lue said. "Right now he's just struggling to find his timing. A few times he had open shots he didn't take, he passed up which he usually takes.". Irving has arrived at the arena before the team's morning shootaround for three of their four games (the team didn't have a morning ...