The Cavaliers will hold Anderson Varejao out of Wednesday's game against the Bucks.
Varejao missed Cleveland's last game with a sore left hamstring.
He left Friday's game against the Spurs because of leg soreness.
The Cavaliers will hold Anderson Varejao out of Wednesday's game against the Bucks.
Varejao missed Cleveland's last game with a sore left hamstring.
He left Friday's game against the Spurs because of leg soreness.
LeBron James has agreed to a new deal with Nike and the contract won't have bonus clauses that could trigger if he plays in a specific city, according to a report from the Plain Dealer.
There has frequently been speculation about LeBron's contract, as well as others, that there could be added money from Nike if a player is in a big market such as New York or Los Angeles.
Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has signed guard Cedric Jackson to a ten-day contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not announced.
As the NBA?s 32nd call-up from the D-League this season, Martin (6-3, 190 lbs.) has averaged 16.4 points and 7.4 assists (including a season-high effort of 34 points and 13 assists vs. Dakota on Feb. 26th) in 34 games (24 starts) for the Erie Bayhawks. Jackson also appeared in eight NBA games this season (three for San Antonio, five for Cleveland), and saw his teams go 8-0 in those contests. A rookie out of Cleveland State, Jackson is best remembered for connecting on a game-winning three-pointer from three-quarters court in a Cleveland St. upset win at Syracuse during the 2008-09 NCAA season.
Carlos Boozer, a former teammate of LeBron James, believes that the reigning MVP will re-sign with the Cavaliers.
"I think LeBron's going to stay," Boozer said.
"That's my gut. They're doing everything they can to build him a championship. His biggest thing is winning a ring. I think his best chance to win a ring is probably where he's at."
The Cavaliers are planning on slightly changing their team colors and also revamping their standard home and road uniforms for next season. For about two years the idea has been in the works, the amount of time the team must give the league before making a uniform adjustment, but the designs are not finalized.
It will not be a major change, team sources said, like seven years ago when the team brought back its current "new expression of wine and gold" and a new logo featuring crossing swords.
While trying to get Antawn Jamison involved recently, the Cavaliers have been calling fewer and fewer plays for point guard Maurice Williams.
Cleveland has featured Jamison when LeBron James rests, leading to his 30 points in the second quarters of the team's last two games.
Williams, a streaky shooter, has been downgraded to the third option, which isn't a horrible idea but as a rhythm player he needs touches to stay productive.
Brian Windhorst of the Cleveland Plain Dealer spoke with Williams about the trend last week, and the point guard isn't concerned with his role.
Windhorst points out that the idea of getting Jamison established is a good one, but that neglecting Williams could ultimately hurt the Cavaliers in the postseason.
The Cavs' ability to win a championship is the decisive factor that will keep LeBron James in Cleveland, according to Carmelo Anthony.
Anthony does not believe that money and fame will lure James to sign with the Knicks.
"He's already got that. He's already got the money and the fame. I think the only thing weighing in right now is the championship."
Anthony elaborated on his answer a moment later.
"If he feels that he can win a championship in Cleveland, then he will stay. The team in Cleveland is that much better than the team in New York."
When asked if James had already made a decision, Anthony said, "No. Not at all, not at all, not even close."
The scoring title will come down between LeBron James, who is at 29.8 points a game and Kevin Durant at 29.7.
Both men have played 70 games and James has just seven more total points, 2,086 to Durant's 2,077.
Durant has already said he thinks James will win. James says he doesn't care and, if he did, he'd win the scoring race every year.
"If it happens, it happens, it is not important to me at all," said James, who won the scoring title in the 2007-08 season and at 27.8 points a game is currently the active leader in career scoring average.
"Our team is trying to clinch (homecourt advantage) for the whole playoffs and is more important. If I really wanted to, I if really wanted to win the scoring title I could win it every single year," James said. "Every single year, I could really do it. But it doesn't matter to me."
Since returning from a finger injury last month, Delonte West has played his best basketball and been a big reason the Cavs have won 14 of their past 15 games.
The team has constantly protected West, who has declined all interviews since media day in September.
The Cavaliers don't discuss his issues, but there is a diligent following of a process that West's teammates, West's doctors and West himself follow on a daily basis.
"It humbles him, it has humbled everyone," LeBron James said. "You are always entitled to a second chance and he's gotten that and he's taken advantage of it."
"He's got a nice support staff around him," Mike Brown said. "Including some other people behind the scenes. There's a lot of support there for him and there will continue to be. He's a part of our family and we take a lot of pride in trying to take care of everybody."
Zydrunas Ilgauskas turned down a two-year contract offer from the Cavaliers.
The veteran center inked a one-year pact with Cleveland on Tuesday after becoming eligible to re-sign with the team on Monday.
"I just wanted to get the deal done, finish the season here and win this damn thing," Ilgauskas said, referring to an NBA championship. "We've been waiting long enough."
Ilgauskas is expected to play on Wednesday night against the Hornets.
The Cavaliers offered him a two-year deal that could have been worth as much as $3 million, but Ilgauskas opted for the one-year deal.