The Cleveland Cavaliers have been granted permission by the Utah Jazz to interview Alex Jensen for their head coaching vacancy.

Jensen has been an assistant coach with the Utah Jazz since 2013. Jensen was a head coach in the G League with the Canton Charge.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have received permission from the Portland Trail Blazers to interview assistant coaches Nate Tibbetts and David Vanterpool for their head coaching vacancy.

The Cavs interviewed Juwan Howard and Jamahl Mosley last week.

The Blazers are currently locked into a first-round playoff series against the Thunder. 

The Cleveland Cavaliers would have interest in trading for Gordon Hayward this offseason should he become available by the Boston Celtics.

The Cavaliers offered Hayward a max contract during his 2014 restricted free agency.

Hayward's name is mentioned by the Cleveland Plain Dealer in trade scenarios involving the contract of J.R. Smith. The Celtics will try to re-sign Kyrie Irving and trade for Anthony Davis this offseason. If they strike out on Irving and Davis, the Celtics could conceivably reset around Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

Hayward is under contract for two more seasons.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are already receiving trade calls on J.R. Smith. The Cavaliers believed they would receive better offers for Smith and his unique contract in the offseason rather than the trade deadline.

Smith's contract counts for more than $15 million for trade purposes but the receiving team will only be committed to paying him $3.8 million. Smith's contract with grandfathered into the current CBA when it comes to salary matching. The receiving team can stretch Smith's $3.8 million over three years to create even more cap space.

“We have a trade chip in JR Smith, and his contract, where we can take on some money that other teams are trying to get some cap relief from,” general manager Koby Altman said Friday. “We are actually the only team in the NBA that can provide guaranteed cap relief until July 1. We can guarantee that right now and we actually had a phone call (Thursday) on that trade chip, so, we’re going to keep on being aggressive adding those assets because we do eventually want to consolidate and be really good at some point.”

The Cavaliers are seeking a first round pick from a team looking to create cap space.

The New Orleans Pelicans will likely hire Trent Redden as general manager. Redden is currently assistant general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Redden was David Griffin's chief aide with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Pelicans hired Griffin as Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations.

The Cleveland Cavaliers will begin interviewing assistant coaches for their vacant head coach position this week.

The interviews will kick off with Juwan Howard and Jamahl Mosley.

The Cavs are also expected to interview assistant coaches still in the playoffs, including Alex Jensen from the Jazz and David Vanterpool from the Blazers.

Larry Drew and the Cleveland Cavaliers have mutually agreed to part ways.

Drew’s current contract expired with the conclusion of the 18-19 season. 

“We have great respect and appreciation for Larry and the job that he did as the head coach of the Cavaliers for nearly the entire 2018-19 campaign. He brought professionalism, class and steady leadership both this past season and prior four years,” said Koby Altman. “Larry and I had a productive discussion about this past season, the future of the franchise and the search process that we will shortly launch regarding the head coaching role. Larry respectfully declined to participate in the search process and will not be returning to coach the Cavaliers. All of us in Cleveland wish Larry nothing but the best going forward.”

Drew was named head coach of the Cavaliers on November 5 to replace Tyronn Lue.

Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports the Cavaliers will have Alex Jensen, David Vanterpool, Nate Tibbetts, Darvin Ham and Wes Unseld Jr. on their list of candidates. Cleveland could consider a head coach from college as well.

Quicken Loans Arena is set to be renamed Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse during an announcement on Tuesday.

The Cavs sent out a notice for a "major announcement" with Dan Gilbert, Koby Altman, and Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson slated to be in attendance.

The 19,000 seat stadium is currently undergoing a major renovation.