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These Cavs Could Be LeBron’s Best Supporting Cast Ever

As we wrote Thursday, the 2014-15 Cleveland Cavaliers figure to be a very good basketball team after acquiring Kevin Love from the Minnesota Timberwolves in a trade this week. That move came on top of the offseason’s biggest coup — persuading LeBron James to return to Ohio after a four-season stint in Miami — and […]

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With LeBron And Love, The Cavs Have About 65 Wins On Their Roster

The Cleveland Cavaliers are set up to be really good. Cleveland will acquire Kevin Love from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 overall picks in the past two NBA drafts, according to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski. The trade had been anticipated even before LeBron James announced he […]

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With LeBron And Love, The Cavs Have About 65 Wins On Their Roster

The Cleveland Cavaliers are set up to be really good. Cleveland will acquire Kevin Love from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 overall picks in the past two NBA drafts, according to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski. The trade had been anticipated even before LeBron James announced he […]

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With LeBron And Love, The Cavs Have About 65 Wins On Their Roster

The Cleveland Cavaliers are set up to be really good. Cleveland will acquire Kevin Love from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 overall picks in the past two NBA drafts, according to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski. The trade had been anticipated even before LeBron James announced he […]

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The Decline Of New York City As An NBA Talent Generator

Now that I’m allowed to write about basketball again after my stint as a consultant for the Atlanta Hawks, I wanted to follow up on this Grantland piece by Jordan Conn about the decline of basketball in New York City, the once-great hoops mecca. Conn had a few statistical notes on the downturn — for […]

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