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NBA News: Semih Erden is Heading Back to Turkey

July 3, 2012 by 18 Comments

Though receiving a qualifying offer from the Cleveland Cavaliers, center Semih Erden is heading back overseas to play for Istanbul’s Anadolu Efes of the Euroleague.

The Cavaliers’ right to match offers only extends to teams within the National Basketball League. Erden’s move comes on the heels of Cleveland trading for North Carolina center Tyler Zeller during last week’s NBA Draft.

Erden, 25, was drafted in the second round of the 2008 draft by the Celtics. The seven-footer played part of the 2010-11 season in Boston before being traded to Cleveland, where he spent last season. In 28 games in 2011-12, Erden averaged 3.5 PPG and 2.6 RPG in just under 12 MPG.

In the event Erden returns to the NBA, he would be a restricted free agent with the Cavaliers owning matching rights. The Cavaliers recently waived shooting guard Manny Harris and offered a partially-guaranteed contract to undrafted rookie Kevin Jones out of West Virginia.

[Related: Who Should the Cavs Target in Free Agency?]

(Source: Sportando)

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NBA News: Cavaliers Waive SG Manny Harris

July 2, 2012 by 15 Comments

The Cleveland Cavaliers have decided to part ways with shooting guard Manny Harris, officially announcing on Monday that he has been waived.

Harris, 22, averaged 6.7 points and 2.7 rebounds through 26 contests with the Cavaliers last season. He missed a substantial portion of the shortened season with a foot injury and apparently became the odd man out with the team selecting Dion Waiters fourth-overall in the recently held NBA Draft. The Michigan product managed to latch on to the team in 2010, at the expense of shooting guard Danny Green, but failed to improve much year-over-year in what was ultimately a position of need for the Wine and Gold.

Barring any substantial free agent acquisitions, this move almost assures that the team will pick up the team option of guard Daniel Gibson. The team has also been linked to free agent shooting guard Sonny Weems.

[Related: Who Should the Cavs Target in Free Agency?]

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Cavalier Tidbits As The Season Winds Down

April 21, 2012 by 12 Comments

A sect of Cavalier fans would like their favorite NBA team to cut the engines for the rest of the season right about now (this writer has at least one foot in on that proposition).

The Cavaliers were having none of that, however, as they soundly defeated the New York Knicks for the tenth straight time in Quicken Loans Arena by the score of 98-90. They did so with their star Kyrie Irving back to his old self (21 points) and the bench playing scrappy and bringing it home down the stretch. The Knicks with Stoudemire back in the fold looked like a team still searching for how they want to play as they will now be the 7th or 8th seed which brings an unfavorable matchup in either Miami or Chicago. Factor all that in, and the #TankStrong initiative was put on hold for one night.With that in mind, I have some thoughts on the Cavaliers with the season coming to a close.

  • Let me start by saying that if you let me choose, I’d prefer that the Cavaliers would lose their four remaining games and improve their odds to what could still be the third best heading into the NBA Draft Lottery, guaranteeing a top six pick. But, I’m also not going to be someone who can’t take solace in positive takeaway points from an enjoyable basketball game. The people who are upset that the Cavaliers win games are the same ones that complain the loudest when they completely fail to compete at all (see: Detroit, 50 point deficit). You can’t have it both ways all the time, and with all the injuries and coming and going, the Cavaliers have been wildly unpredictable and inconsistent. [Read more...]

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Cavaliers Sign Guard/Forward D.J. Kennedy

April 21, 2012 by 1 Comment

The Cavaliers announced this afternoon that they have signed guard/forward D.J. Kennedy to fill the roster spot vacated by the departure of guard Lester Hudson following his two 10-day contracts. Kennedy, 22, played this season for the Erie Bayhawks of the D-League, averaging 15.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 4.4 assists in over 37 minutes per contest.  The 6’6″ Kennedy played four seasons at St. John’s, where he averaged 11.7 points and 6.1 rebounds as a four-year starter. Kennedy becomes the fourth player currently on the team to have spent time this season in the development league (Donald Sloan, Manny Harris, Luke Harangody) and could get some playing time with Alonzo Gee’s ankle injury keeping him out of the past three games.

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Box Score: Cavaliers 98, Knicks 90

April 20, 2012 by 14 Comments

I’m betting this version of the New York Knicks would prefer to never enter Quicken Loans Arena again. The Knicks lost their 10th straight in The Q as the Cavaliers looked much more focused and determined against a playoff team that had plenty more to lose. Kyrie Irving shook some rust off and finished with  21 points on 6-of-15 shooting, while Manny Harris added 19 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, with a halfcourt heave and bank three with the shot clock winding down to cap his evening. New York was led by Amar’e Stoudemire and Steve Novak’s 15 points each as Stoudemire returned from a back injury. Carmelo Anthony was held to 12 points on 5-of-13 shooting. The Cavaliers are now 21-41 and face the Spurs next on Sunday night.

New York

Starters Pos Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
I. Shumpert G 26:27 3-9 0-2 0-0 -6 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 6
M. Bibby G 23:25 4-7 4-5 0-0 -7 0 2 4 1 2 1 0 2 12
T. Chandler C 25:09 2-3 0-0 0-0 -11 1 8 0 2 0 1 1 0 4
C. Anthony F 28:43 5-13 1-2 1-1 -11 0 1 4 4 0 0 1 4 12
A. Stoudemire F 27:29 5-11 0-0 5-8 -4 1 3 0 3 1 4 2 5 15
Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
Totals 35-83 12-33 8-15 11 32 26 12 7 6 6 17 90
Percentages .422 .364 .533 Team Rebounds: 13
J.R. Smith 36:26 4-12 2-6 1-2 -3 0 3 6 0 3 0 0 1 11
S. Novak 24:10 5-12 5-12 0-0 +4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 15
L. Fields 21:49 4-10 0-3 0-2 -3 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 8
T. Douglas 20:39 3-6 0-3 0-0 0 6 9 6 1 0 0 0 1 6
J. Harrellson 5:43 0-0 0-0 1-2 +1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
B. Davis DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Gadzuric DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Jordan DNP – Coach’s Decision
B. Walker DNP – Coach’s Decision

Cleveland

Starters Pos Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
M. Harris G 40:52 6-12 3-5 4-5 +4 0 12 2 2 1 1 0 3 19
K. Irving G 25:41 6-15 1-7 8-8 +7 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 21
T. Thompson C 23:42 4-7 0-0 2-2 +8 2 6 1 2 0 0 1 3 10
A. Jamison F 29:05 3-9 0-2 2-6 +12 4 8 5 0 1 1 0 2 8
A. Parker F 24:19 4-6 1-1 0-0 +5 1 5 0 3 0 0 1 1 9
Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
Totals 36-79 6-19 20-27 16 52 15 15 5 6 6 15 98
Percentages .456 .316 .741 Team Rebounds: 8
O. Casspi 30:49 2-7 0-1 3-4 +7 3 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 7
S. Samuels 24:18 7-12 0-0 1-2 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 15
D. Sloan 22:19 3-9 0-1 0-0 +1 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 6
L. Harangody 18:55 1-2 1-2 0-0 -4 2 6 0 1 1 2 0 1 3
A. Gee DNP – Coach’s Decision
A. Varejao DNP – Coach’s Decision
L. Walton DNP – Coach’s Decision
+/-:
Team net points while player in game
TO:
Turnovers
PF:
Personal Fouls
BS:
Blocked Shots
BA:
Blocks Against

Game Info

Technical Fouls:
None
Arena:
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH

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Cavs Officially Waive Kapono, Sign Harris

March 17, 2012 by 1 Comment

The Cleveland Cavaliers have officially signed guard Manny Harris for the remainder of the 2011-12 season, Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant announced today. Per league and team policy, terms of the contract were not announced. Additionally, the Cavaliers have waived forward Jason Kapono.

Harris most recently completed a second 10-day contract with the Cavaliers on March 11th. He has appeared in three games with Cleveland this season, totaling nine points and two rebounds in 20 minutes. Prior to being signed by the Cavs, Harris played in 17 games (12 starts) this season with the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team. Harris averaged 21.4 points on .470 shooting with 7.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals in 32.9 minutes per game with Canton.

Kapono was acquired on March 15th as part of the trade in which the Cavaliers acquired the Los Angeles Lakers’ first round pick in the 2012 NBA Draft (lottery-protected), Luke Walton, the right to swap their least favorable first round pick in the 2013 NBA Draft with the Lakers and cash considerations from the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for guard Ramon Sessions and guard/forward Christian Eyenga.

[Related: Sessions Trade the Latest Exercise in Chris Grant’s Regimen]

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Report: Cavs To Re-Sign Manny Harris

March 16, 2012 by 1 Comment

In the coming and going of players in the past few days for the Cavaliers, a familiar face is coming back. Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal reports that the corresponding roster move with buying out three-point specialist Jason Kapono, acquired in the Sessions trade on Thursday, would be to sign Harris for the rest of the season. Manny signed two 10-day contracts with the wine and gold, and his second expired last Monday. The combo guard out of Michigan has played 3 games for the Cavs this season, scoring 9 points, all in one game against Chicago. Harris was averaging 21.4 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 3.3 assists with the Canton Charge of the NBA D-League in 17 games before signing with Cleveland. So for those keeping score at home, Sessions and Eyenga are out, Walton, Harris, and Sloan are in.

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Cavaliers sign Manny Harris to second 10 day contract

March 2, 2012 by 2 Comments

Manny Harris will be sitting the bench for another 10 days according to news coming from the Cavaliers-

The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed guard Manny Harris to a second 10-day contract, Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant announced today. Prior to being signed by the Cavs, Harris played in 17 games (12 starts) this season with the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team. Harris averaged 21.4 points on .470 shooting with 7.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals in 32.9 minutes per game with Canton.

Harris officially played 0 minutes on his first 10 day contract. He did however play 6 seconds. It was before a quarter ended and coach Scott pulled a player so he wouldn’t pick up another foul. If memory serves, Harris didn’t touch the ball. He went back to his comfy chair at the start of the next quarter. Over/under 6 seconds on his second contract?

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Cavs Sign G Manny Harris to 10-Day Contract

February 21, 2012 by 5 Comments

Needing depth at the shooting guard position, the Cleveland Cavaliers have signed Corperryale L’Adorable “Manny” Harris to a 10-day contract, a transation confirmed by the team.

Harris (6-5, 185, Michigan) had been named the NBA Development League Performer of the Week for games played from February 13-19, becoming the first player in the NBDL to nab the honor twice this season. He had a season-high 46 points (17-of-30 shooting) with nine rebounds, six assists and four steals in 45 minutes in a 136-113 victory over Rio Grande Valley on February 16th. Harris continued his strong offensive play by amassing 36 points (14-of-24 shooting) with nine rebounds, six assists and three steals in 44 minutes to complete the two-game sweep of the Vipers on February 18th.

In 17 games (12 starts) with Canton this season, Harris is averaging 21.4 points on .470 shooting with 7.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.6 steals in 32.9 minutes per game. He is currently third in the D-League in scoring.

Harris will provide depth behind Anthony Parker and Daniel Gibson, both nursing injuries. In 54 games through the 2010-11 season, Harris averaged 5.9 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists.

[Related: Kyrie Irving to participate in All-Star Skills Challenge]

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Roster Battles Shaping Up For Cavaliers

December 20, 2011 by 4 Comments

Though handed a rather unorthodox preseason schedule, the Cleveland Cavaliers will finish up their second of two exhibitions tonight when they play host to the Detroit Pistons.  With 17  players in tow and the roster needing to be trimmed by two roughly 48 hours before their season tips off, tonight’s contest will undoubtedly be used to help Chris Grant and Byron Scott make any decisions they see fit.

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Cavs Practicing Patience Early On

December 14, 2011 by 5 Comments

When Byron Scott arrived in Cleveland last summer, he was very quick to get his fingerprints on his new team.  A complex, higher-paced offense, and a man-to-man defense that stresses accountability were just two facets of the game that were installed early on.  Unfortunately for Scott and the 2010-11 Cavaliers, the schemes were not picked up as quickly as both parties would have hoped and the coach was forced to scrap his plans and revert back to a culture that was not only less intense, but one which the team had been familiar with through their years under Mike Brown.

This time around, with a team that is even younger than the one he had under his watch last season, Scott is easing his way into the season. [Read more...]

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NBA Lockout: Stars Taking Over Negotiations?

October 17, 2011 by 7 Comments

As the NBA lockout continues and heads to mediation this week, there remains few signs of hope for a season. Chris Sheridan links to a profile of George Cohen, the man who will be mediating this mess. Cohen’s agency, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) boasts an 86% success rate in mediation. So there is hope.

But as Henry Abbott points out in a revealing post on his TrueHoop site, there may be even less hope than anyone thought. When the NBA cancelled 2 weeks of the season after missing their last deadline, many felt that this would only drive a wedge deeper in the two sides. As it turns out, not only is that true, but it might not even be half the story of what is really going on. [Read more...]

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Re-Sign or Release: Manny Harris

May 10, 2011 by 8 Comments

Back in May, 2008, we featured a little series called “Re-Sign or Release” where we went through every player on the Cavaliers roster and turned to the readers to see what they would do if they were the general manager of the Wine and Gold and – hypothetically, of course – all of the players were up to have their respective contracts renewed.

Same hypothetical this time around: We’re looking to build for the future; all players are restricted free agents, likely requiring a bit of a pay raise from last season.  Do you re-sign them? Andrew has already laid out the roadblocks currently facing the Cavaliers in 2011; now it’s your turn. Vote below and leave your support in the comments.

Yesterday, we kicked things off with point guard Ramon Session, a player whom most of you were very kind to. Today, we stay young and guard-like with would-be second-year tweener Manyy Harris.  [Read more...]

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Chuck Hayes Just Pulled Down Another Rebound

February 24, 2011 by 5 Comments

Editor’s note: Hey, Mo Williams was traded! Feel free to discuss this topic over here or wait for Andrew’s upcoming analysis.  This post, however, is about last night’s game.  Do enjoy.

It has become a bit of an inside joke within the media that, following a Cavaliers loss, Antawn Jamison is the “‘Twan-man Show.” 

Taking the role of Papa Bear, Jamison is the veteran who takes the time to given his take on the last 48 minutes of play, discusses the faults and sheds light on what the team needs to do to get better. Sure, a lot of it may be rhetoric and redundant, but when a team loses approximately nine of every 10 games, what else can be expected?

Well, following the Cavaliers 124-119 loss to the Houston Rockets, the media circle of cameras and voice recorders was on the familiar far wall of the locker room, the same one where one LeBron James would command the entire room for 10-15 minutes of postgame questioning.  But this time, said circle was around none other than…

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Previewing Cleveland’s Second Half Schedule

February 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment

The All-Star Weekend has been nothing special for Cleveland Cavaliers fans thus far, so let’s take a look at what’s left in the 2010-2011 season.

Currently owning the NBA’s worst record at 10-46 at the break, the Cavs will hope to utilize several upcoming home games to gain some optimism heading into the offseason. After winning two of three games this past week, the team plays at the Quicken Loans Arena for six of its next seven contests beginning Wednesday, Feb. 23.

Only six more wins are necessary this season to avoid tying both the 1970-1971 inaugural roster and 1981-1982 squad for the worst record in franchise history. It’d also be nice to crack the 17 victory mark set just seven years ago as well, so let’s see what’s left on the table for Cleveland:

Thursday, Feb. 24 – The NBA trading deadline is coming up shortly, and much could be changed around the league by next Thursday. [Read more...]

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Losing Streak Hits 21 as Heat Toy With Cavs

February 1, 2011 by 12 Comments

The Cavaliers, once again, were within reaching distance of taking the lead within regulation playing time in a professional basketball game.  Cutting the Miami Heat lead to three points midway through the second half, the Wine and Gold gave fans – and potentially even themselves – a bit of hope.

And then Miami started trying again, stretched the lead to 20 and never looked back, winning 117-90.

Second verse, same as the first.  Cavaliers start out slow (which is looking more and more like their opponents merely give some form of effort), leading to a point-differential that is essentially insurmountable.  Cavaliers finally start to execute on each end of the floor (which is is looking more and more like their opponents let up on the accelerator just a bit), and begin to close the gap.  There comes a point in the third or fourth quarter where the lead is one or two baskets away and then whomever the opponent is flips the hyperspeed switch and goes to plaid – blowing by anyone and anything in their path, including the Cleveland Cavaliers. [Read more...]

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The One Where Cleveland Allows Orlando to Pull Down 24 Offensive Rebounds

January 31, 2011 by 18 Comments

The Cleveland Cavaliers are among the league worst in offensive rebound rate, clocking in with a percentage of 22.87.  This statement is unlikely to surprise given that this year’s crop is chilling in the cellar when it comes to almost every statistical measure known to man.

However, when you consider that the Cavaliers are surrounded by – when it comes to ORR – Atlanta, Denver, Dallas and Boston, things may not seem so bad. It’s been a while since they were mentioned in similar breath.  Even more surprising, through the 2010-11 season, the Orlando Magic pull down approximately 25.19 percent of offensive rebounding opportunities; nothing that would normally provide a large advantage over an opponent on a given night.

Unless said opponent is the Cleveland Cavaliers. [Read more...]

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Cavs Embarrassed in L.A.: When is Enough?

January 12, 2011 by 39 Comments

In Judaism, at Passover time, there is an old folk song called “Dayenu,” meaning “enough” in Hebrew.

The song goes on and on about all the miracles God performed for the Jewish people, continuously singing praise and stating that “it would have been enough” for each of the individual actions, but the list continued forward.

That’s what it was like in reverse Tuesday night for Cleveland Cavalier fans, with as negative feelings as you can get in just 10 months. Yes, it would have simply been enough murdering to a fan base to have the playoff meltdown against the Celtics. Certainly let alone The Decision or The Letter or the then ridiculous preseason predictions. But then the rough return and losses in 20 of 21 contests already? Hopefully, one would think that would have been enough as well.

But not in Cleveland. No, that’s clearly never enough in Cleveland. [Read more...]

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Cleveland Cavaliers and Their Fans Still Have Positives To Lean On

January 10, 2011 by 18 Comments

With the passing of the winter solstice several weeks back, the nights were supposed to be growing shorter. For the Cleveland Cavaliers, it has to feel right now like the darkness will never end. It’s almost unbelievable when you think back on how wrong virtually everything has gone for the franchise dating back to the 2nd round playoff matchup with the Boston Celtics.

I’m not going to sit here and list all the misfortune, mistakes, and mishaps yet again. Things are bleak enough without wallowing in it. However, I’ll just point out that in the wake of LeBron James’ infamous defection to the Miami Heat, everybody was in agreement that the Cavaliers were going to be worse than they had been with him. The biggest point of contention between prognosticators, however, was the degree to which this franchise would revert.

Most national analysts tended to caution on the side of cataclysm while those who more closely followed this team and this group of players tended to find reasons for optimism. Not optimism in the championship prospects without LeBron, but an optimism in spirit wherein many of us saw a real shot at redemption for these much maligned players who were left behind. [Read more...]

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Count Dan Gilbert as a Manny Harris Fan

January 10, 2011 by 16 Comments

Following last night’s loss to the Suns, a game in which rookie Manny Harris scored a career high 27 points, Dan Gilbert took to his twitter account to give Harris an endorsement and perhaps some insight into the direction of the organization-

Insightful Cavs fans get strategy to build & compete for long run.Young,athletic guys & great picks.NEVER gonna waiver.Like Manny?! Yep!

Now anyone who has been paying attention to the Cavaliers this season is well aware that a complete rebuild is inevitable. However, we had yet to hear anything from Dan Gilbert that would resemble an admission that the Cavaliers are no longer contenders. It was of course Gilbert’s intention to try and maintain a playoff viable team despite the loss of it’s superstar during the summer. Even Byron Scott recently said that his directive was to win games, not just develop young talent. Which seemed to indicate that Gilbert hadn’t given up on the dream of being championship contenders before the Miami Heat. [Read more...]

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