The two sets of double doors were unlocked, there were chairs in the media workroom and the opaque door that leads to the pristine facility was just begging to be crossed through. On this day, Cavaliers general manager Chris Grant would keep everyone from needing to step on to the hardwood floor with their pen and paper, but the fact that there was finally a meeting, the team able to speak to the media about players, was a giant high-topped step in the right direction.
While Anderson Varejao, Ramon Sessions, Manny Harris and Samardo Samuels would be on the premises, no one who receives a check from the Cavaliers outside of the communications staff is allowed to speak with them until the season starts one week from today. While fans have a lot of questions – How’s Kyrie Irving’s foot? Is Ramon Sessions going to be traded? – it will be at least a week until we are all provided response, be they canned or candid. [Read more...]
After a 16 hour marathon negotiating session on Black Friday, reports indicate that the NBA players and owners have reached a tentative agreement. All indications were that the talks would stall, given reports of NBA players’ attorney Jeffrey Kessler going back and asking for 51% of BRI on a conference call. Ken Berger of CBS first tweeted the news, which was shortly thereafter confirmed at a joint press conference to announce the news. 
