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A tipped pass was only the start of the pandemonium between the Dallas Mavericks and Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday. The fun began with the Mavericks down 118-117 and 8.3 seconds left. Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber nearly lost the game with a mistimed pass to Luka Doncic, who still came down with the ball and drove to the basket for an attempt at a game-winner. Understandably, most Cavaliers defenders collapsed on Doncic. That left Mavericks forward P.J. Washington wide open under the basket… Source link

Max Strus caught fire against the Mavericks. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) A tipped pass was only the start of the pandemonium between the Dallas Mavericks and Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday. The fun began with the Mavericks down 118-117 and 8.3 seconds left. Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber nearly lost the game with a mistimed pass to Luka Doncic, who still came down with the ball and drove to the basket for an attempted at a game-winner. Understandably, most of the Cavaliers defense collapsed on… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]NBA playoffs: Knicks close out Cavaliers to reach Eastern Conference semifinals, lose Julius Randle to ankle injury  Yahoo Sports Source link

Ambition and desperation met at an intersection when the Cleveland Cavaliers and Utah Jazz consummated a blockbuster trade headlined by Donovan Mitchell going East — not to New York — and cementing Danny Ainge taking a sledgehammer to the Jazz roster for what’s sure to be an ugly-ish rebuild. Cleveland was ambitious enough to go after Mitchell, and Utah desperate enough to get off the Western hamster wheel that inevitably ends in San Francisco. In sending restricted free agent Collin… Source link

Iman Shumpert last played in the league during the 2020-21 season for the Brooklyn Nets. (Noam Galai/Getty Images) Former NBA guard Iman Shumpert was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly had a “sizable” amount of marijuana in his bag at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, according to TMZ Sports. Shumpert was reportedly flying from Dallas to Los Angeles on Saturday when he was stopped at security. Shumpert admitted to police that the bag they found was marijuana, which… Source link

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland is sticking with the team for years to come. Garland reportedly signed a five-year, $193 million rookie extension to stay with the Cavaliers, according to Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal is the largest contract ever handed out by the franchise. The deal will rise to $231 million if Garland makes an All-NBA roster or wins the league MVP next season. Cavs general manager Koby Altman portended the deal in April, when he told reporters, “He’s going to be in… Source link

Free agent guard Ricky Rubio has reached an agreement with the Cleveland Cavaliers on a three-year, $18.4 million, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Rubio is coming off a torn ACL he suffered in December. Before the injury, Rubio was having a productive season in his first season in Cleveland. He averaged 13.1 points, 6.6 assists and 4.1 rebounds in 34 games last season. The 11-year journeyman looked to finally have a place with an up-and-coming NBA team, providing a veteran presence behind… Source link

The Cleveland Cavaliers are making a move to bolster their rotation as they fight for a top seed in the Eastern Conference. According to The Athletic, the Cavaliers are trading Ricky Rubio, a first-round pick and two second-round picks to the Indiana Pacers for Caris LeVert. The trade was reported less than two hours before the teams play each other in Cleveland. According to ESPN, one of the second-round picks originally belonged to the Houston Rockets and will likely be in the top 35. The… Source link

The Los Angeles Lakers have their new big man. Free agent center Andre Drummond is planning to sign with the Lakers on Sunday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, one day after officially agreeing to a contract buyout with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Drummond will be eligible to officially sign when he clears waivers at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday. Drummond’s tenure with the Cavaliers came to an end shortly after the trade deadline, when teams declined to acquire the big man on his $28 million salary…. Source link

Matthew Dellavedova is reportedly in a bad place. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) A fan favorite in Cleveland could be facing the end of his career. Matthew Dellavedova, the Cleveland Cavaliers guard who played a significant role on the team during its second LeBron James era, is still dealing with the after-effects of a serious concussion suffered during the team’s preseason opener on Dec. 12, according to The Athletic’s Joe Vardon and Kelsey Russo. Nearly two months after the… Source link