The Cleveland Cavaliers have recalled forward Samardo Samuels from the Canton Charge.
Samuels played in two games (both starts) for the Charge, averaging 20.5 points on .567 shooting and 10.5 rebounds in 37.5 minutes per game, helping Canton win both games. Samuels has played in 18 games (one start) this season for the Cavs, averaging 3.2 points and 1.6 rebounds in 10.9 minutes per game.
March 2012 Cleveland Cavaliers Wiretap
Anderson Varejao will miss at least two more games with a bruised right knee.
Byron Scott doesn't think the injury is more serious than originally believed.
"I don't think it's more serious,'' Scott said. "The spot where he got hit is such a tender area that it takes more time to heal than we thought.''
Varejao is leading the NBA in rebounding at 14.4 per game.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have assigned center Samardo Samuels to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers’ NBA Development League affiliate.
Samuels (6-9, 260, Louisville) has appeared in 18 games for the Cavaliers this season, averaging 3.2 points and 1.6 rebounds in 10.9 minutes per game.
Anderson Varejao did not travel with the Cleveland Cavaliers to play the Washington Wizards due to a right knee contusion.
Varejao is averaging 14.1 points and 14.4 rebounds per game.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have claimed Shaun Livingston off waivers from the Washington Wizards and Donald Sloan.
The Cavaliers rosters now stands at 15.
Livingston, 27, has appeared in 17 games (four starts) for the Wizards, averaging 3.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 18.8 minutes per game.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have recalled forward Jon Leuer from the Canton Charge. Leuer has appeared in six games (all starts) for the Charge this season, averaging 20.3 points on .545 shooting and 12.3 rebounds in 35.8 minutes per game, helping the Charge go 5-1 in those games. |
The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Tristan Thompson with the No. 4 pick of the 2011 NBA Draft instead of Jonas Valanciunas.
"We were interested in (Valanciunas), obviously, when he was coming out in the draft," Byron Scott said. "He's going to be a heck of a basketball player. He has the length and the size. He can shoot the ball from 14, 15 feet. I think he's a very skilled big man."
The Cavaliers couldn't get a read on the buyout situation of Valanciunas with his former Lithuanian club.
"With last year being a lockout situation, we knew it would be just as beneficial for him to play over there," Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. "It was a short-term setback for a long-term investment."
After missing 11 games with a broken left index finger, Kyrie Irving is expected to return to Cleveland Cavaliers' lineup on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Lakers, the Cavaliers announced Monday.
Irving, who hasn't played since Nov. 21, was cleared to practice on Monday.
In the Cavaliers' first 10 games of the season, Irving averaged almost 23 points and six assists.
The NBA announced on Sunday that it has fined Bryon Scott and Chris Wilcox $25,000 each.
Scott was fined for public criticism of officiating after the Cleveland Cavaliers' loss on Friday.
Wilcox was fined for making an obscene gesture directed toward fans with 8:47 left in the fourth quarter of the Boston Celtics' loss on Friday.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have assigned forward Jon Leuer to the Canton Charge.
Leuer has played in five games this season for the Cavs, averaging 3.2 points and 2.0 rebounds in 14.4 minutes per game.