June 19, 2013

NBA News: Cavaliers announce Summer League schedule

June 19, 2013 by 1 Comment

The Cleveland Cavaliers will once again participate in the Las Vegas Summer League. This year the league will be run a bit differently. Each team will have three ‘preliminary’ games in order to be seeded in the first Summer League tournament. The Cavs three preliminary games are-

Friday, July 12 vs. LA Lakers 8 p.m. EST COX Pavilion

Sunday, July 14 vs. Memphis 8 p.m. EST COX Pavilion

Monday, July 15 vs. New Orleans 6 p.m. EST COX Pavilion

The tournament will begin on July 17th.

Twenty-one of the NBA’s franchises will participate this summer, along with a team composed of select D-League players.

The Cavaliers are 18-23 in summer league play since it’s inception.

Cleveland currently has four picks in the upcoming NBA Draft, including the first, nineteenth, thirty-first and thirty-third selections. The Cavaliers traditionally send all their healthy draft picks to the Summer League.

[Related: Cavaliers to host McLemore, Porter, Oladipo and Franklin]

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Portland Trail Blazers Claim Justin Holiday Off Waivers

October 13, 2012 by 2 Comments

One of the great stories of this year’s NBA Summer League for the Cavaliers was a forward from the University of Washington. Well, even though he signed on to be on the team’s preseason roster, he is now heading back west to join a new team. Here’s the report from The Oregonian:

Justin Holiday, a former University of Washington player, will join the Trail Blazers after they claimed him off waivers, the team announced Friday.

Holiday was waived by Cleveland on Wednesday, and Portland got him during the 48-hour waiver period. The Blazers say Holiday will join them Sunday, when they practice at their Tualatin facility before leaving for a Monday preseason game at Sacramento.

Holiday, 23, is a 6-foot-6 guard/forward who gained the reputation of being a good defender for the Huskies. In four years at Washington, he averaged 5.3 points and 3.6 rebound, including 10.5 points and 5.2 rebounds as a senior in 2010-11. He is the younger brother of Philadelphia starting point guard Jrue Holiday.

Even though Holiday is an intriguing young wing, there likely was never going to be space on the Cavs’ final roster for him. Hopefully he can get some more opportunities in Portland and maybe we’ll see him back in Cleveland when the Blazers come to visit on Dec. 1.

[Related: Cavs Add Kevin Anderson, Justin Holiday to Training Camp Roster]

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Kyrie Irving Injury Update

July 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment

From the Cavaliers-

“Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving experienced a fractured bone in his right hand during a summer league practice in Las Vegas Saturday. He traveled back to Cleveland on Sunday with Cavaliers Head Athletic Trainer Max Benton and was seen by Cavaliers Head Team Physician Dr. Richard Parker and Dr. Thomas Graham at Cleveland Clinic Sports Health today. The results of the exam today confirmed the injury. Irving will undergo a surgical procedure Wednesday at the Cleveland Clinic to address the fracture. His status will be updated as appropriate and he is still projected to be ready for the start of training camp at the end of September. “

The rest of the Cavaliers summer league team is in ‘action’ against a D-League collaboration tonight.

[Related: Zeller shines in summer league opener]

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Byron Scott on Kyrie Irving’s injury: “It just really alters all the plans we had this summer…”

July 15, 2012 by 10 Comments

“It just really alters all the plans we had this summer as far as summer league was concerned with him and Dion getting a chance to jell with Tyler and those guys,” Scott said. “That was Plan A. We didn’t have a Plan B going into this because you just never imagine that happening. Obviously very unfortunate, not only for us but for Kyrie. All the work that he’s put in. He was pretty hurt by it. But he’ll be ready for training camp and hopefully a couple of weeks before training camp where we can get him out there and get him playing with some of the guys anyway before we get started.

“Obviously it’s a blow to us because it was something we really looked forward to, getting these young guys together for an extended period of time so they can kind of jell. All the stuff that we didn’t have a chance to do last year with summer league and before training camp and in September when guys start coming back to town, those were the things we were looking forward to.”

– Byron Scott on the impact of Kyrie Irving’s injury, as reported by The Plain Dealer’s Mary Schmitt Boyer. In the article, Scott also shared his thoughts on Irving’s “stupid” injury, saying that the rookie knew it was a freak accident right when it happened.

The Cavaliers begin summer league action at 8:30 p.m. tonight against the Charlotte Bobcats. The game will be broadcast on NBA TV.

[Related: Cleveland Cavs Notes: Kyrie Irving’s Injury, Luis Scola, Andrew Bynum, Start of Summer League]

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Cleveland Cavs Notes: Kyrie Irving’s Injury, Luis Scola, Andrew Bynum, Start of Summer League

July 15, 2012 by 12 Comments

What a hectic week to be a fan of the Cleveland Cavaliers. It seems that almost every single day brings along a new news cycle, and this week has brought along its fair share of hectic news.

From the Kris Humphries-Brooklyn Nets rumors to the possible Luis Scola waiver claim, to the more recent Andrew Bynum murmurs and recent Kyrie Irving injury, there’s been plenty to talk about in Cavs town lately.

Tonight, the Cavaliers begin summer league play in Las Vegas at 8:30 p.m. against the Charlotte Bobcats. With this in mind, I thought this would be a great time to round up some of the recent rumors and my thoughts on the team for this Sunday afternoon. [Read more...]

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Report: Kyrie Irving Breaks Hand, Will Need Surgery And Miss 6-8 Weeks

July 14, 2012 by 16 Comments

The WFNY staff has been processing this tweet for the last half hour or so, and has decided to post it to the site. This latest report comes via SLAM’s Tzvi Twersky ‏and it doesn’t appear too good:

Twersky later posted an article to SLAM’s site, citing sources that report the injury took place during a Cleveland Cavaliers summer league practice. They said that the injury is likely a broken bone, but didn’t provide specific details of what occurred.

We’ll have the latest when we actually know some more details in this peculiar late-night story from Las Vegas. No local beat writers have commented yet on Irving’s possible injury.

10:47 p.m. Updates: And finally, we have confirmation from the local Cavs writers. Let’s start off with Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal:

The Cleveland Plain Dealer’s duo of Mary Schmitt Boyer and Josie Valade also tweeted similar details.

Yikes, yikes. There ya have it, folks. Not really some great news to get on a late Saturday night for all of you Cavs fans out there.

Update #2: Lloyd of the ABJ followed up his initial report by adding some details on just how exactly Irving broke his hand. Apparently, Kyrie slammed his hand against a thinly padded wall in frustration after turning the ball over in practice today. He continued to practice but then came out and was seen with ice on the hand. X-rays later revealed the fracture, which will require surgery and six to eight weeks on the shelf. Here’s what Irving had to tell Lloyd about the accident:

“I’m a little disappointed for a freak accident like that. I have to be more responsible about my health. It was crazy. It happened so fast. That thing I did, hitting the padding on the wall, I’ve done it so many times. This time it was just a freak accident.”

That’s twice in the past two weeks that a Cleveland athlete has been injured taking their frustrations out on insentient objects.

[Related: NBA Trade Rumor: Cavs Discussing Trade to Land Andrew Bynum in Magic-Lakers Deal]

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While We’re Waiting – Trade Jhonny, First summer league game, Cavs looking at another Raptor

July 12, 2009 by 13 Comments

Jhonny JhumpingWhile We’re Waiting is an agglomeration of nifty internet items that we find through various ways.  There’s nothing like a fresh set of internet links to start your day.  Happy Sunday, here’s what I found!  We like to share with you, so share things you find with us by emailing our tips account.

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“For Jhonny Peralta, this is 2006 all over again. He started slow and just slogged along, hitting .257 with 13 HR, 68 RBI and drawing criticism for his effort and defense from manager Eric Wedge, who wrote Peralta’s name into the lineup 149 times. The Indians should seriously look into trading Peralta, who has not liked the switch to third base or much of anything else about being with the Tribe these days.” [Terry Pluto, Plain Dealer]

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