Dwight Howard mocked LeBron James during Orlando's visit to Cleveland on Tuesday night.

While near the visiting bench, Howard smiled to the crowd and mocked LeBron's famous chalk toss for fans sitting in close proximity.

The Cavaliers sent Christian Eyenga to the D-League to work on his defense and Byron Scott has received positive reports.

Cleveland wants to leave Eyenga with the Erie Bayhawks for a few more games before they consider recalling him.

"Every day he looks more like an NBA player," Scott said.

"He's starting to understand what he needs to do on the defensive end every night. We preached every single day defense to him, because we know his athleticism will take over sooner or later. He knows how to shoot it and put the ball in the basket, but at the other end of the floor, he has to be aggressive and has to be a guy that can guard multiple positions. He's heading in that direction."

The Cavaliers continue to struggle this season and the team's front office remains active on the trade front.

The Akron Beacon Journal reports that nothing is imminent, but Cleveland's decision to release Jawad Williams and send Samardo Samuels to the NBDL could clear up room for future moves.

"The Cavs have been active in talking to other teams about possible deals in which they would be the facilitator in making salaries work under the cap," wrote Jason Lloyd.

"One source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak on it, thought the Denver Nuggets were close to shipping Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey Nets last week. That was stalled after the death of Anthony's sister.

"The Cavs could be a third team involved in such a deal, but they would require at least one draft pick in exchange for making the salaries fit using their trade exception."

The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed guard/forward Alonzo Gee to a contract, Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant announced today.  Per league and team policy, terms of the contract were not announced.

Gee, 23, has played with the San Antonio Spurs (five games) and Washington Wizards (11 games) this season, averaging 2.1 points on .433 shooting and 1.6 rebounds in 9.3 minutes per game in a total of 16 games (five starts). He will wear No. 33 for the Cavs.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have assigned forward Samardo Samuels to the Erie BayHawks of the NBA Development League, Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant announced today.

Samuels has played in four games for the Cavaliers this season and has averages of 3.3 points on .571 shooting and 1.0 rebound in 4.5 minutes per game.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have waived forward Jawad Williams, Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant announced today.

Williams averaged 4.0 points on .325 shooting and 1.8 rebounds in 15.0 minutes per game in 26 games (one start) this season. In three seasons (all with the Cavaliers), he had career averages of 3.8 points on .369 shooting and 1.5 rebounds in 90 games (seven starts).

?We would like to wish Jawad and his family the best in the future and thank him for his contributions, not only on the court but in the community,? said Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant.

The Cavs will likely waive forward Jawad Williams before the Jan. 10 date when contracts are guaranteed for the rest of the season.

They could, however, sign him to a 10-day contract after waiving him.

Chris Bosh turned down a Raptors offer to trade the forward to the Cavaliers earlier this year, according to a source in Toronto.

Bosh would have received a maximum contract as a result of the deal, roughly $10M more than he received from Miami.

A source says the Cavaliers also tried to acquire Chris Paul.

Donnie Walsh has spoken with a representative for center Earl Barron, who was released Tuesday by Phoenix.

The Knicks' top priority remains a backup point guard and Ramon Sessions is a prime candidate for trade.

The Knicks are still confident they can acquire Carmelo Anthony at some point this season, but they are beginning to put together backup plans.

Anthony has expressed the importance of signing a contract extension whenever he ends up later this season, which would eliminate New York's ability to sign him outright as a free agent this coming summer.

"They may go after Philadelphia's Andre Iguodala, who would seem to fit nicely in Mike D'Antoni's system," writes Chris Broussard of ESPN.com's True Hoop.

New York's "other scenario would potentially bring Cleveland's proven role players Anderson Varejao and Daniel "Boobie" Gibson to Madison Square Garden," Broussard added.

The Knicks are trying to determine if those options are better than what they could add on the free agent market.