Cavaliers news, features and notes
- Jason Lloyd: Lottery victory brings Cavs plenty of options through trades and draft
- Cleveland Cavaliers win draft lottery, will pick No. 1 again
- Cavs win draft lottery, will pick No. 1 in NBA Draft
- NBA Draft lottery: Cavs’ third-best odds have history of turning into top selection
- 2103 NBA Scouting Combine: GlenOak graduate C.J. McCollum hopes to be a lottery pick
- 2013 NBA Scouting Combine: Cleveland Cavaliers focus on drafting good players, not overall strength of draft
- 2013 NBA Scouting Combine: Otto Porter seems like perfect fit for Cleveland Cavaliers but no meeting on agenda
- 2013 NBA Scouting Combine notebook: Nerlens Noel won’t play until late December but still interests Cavaliers
- Projected top pick Nerlens Noel won't be ready for start of season, targeting Christmas
- Former Ohio State star Deshaun Thomas refuses to give NBA team his phone number at combine
Halftime report
Cavs 47, CSKA 47
* Forgot to mention sooner: Jawad Williams not with the team tonight. His wife, Angel, gave birth to the couple's first child on Friday. Nailah Denise Williams weighs 6 pounds, 10 ounces and measures 19 inches. All are well.
* Manny Harris is getting Anthony Parker's minutes tonight and he's doing well with them. Harris has 3 points and 5 rebounds in 12 minutes. He grabbed a rebound during the second quarter, ran the floor and lofted a nifty pass to Ryan Hollins underneath for an easy basket.
* Danny Green may get a chance in the second half, but right now he's having a hard time getting off the bench. He has played a total of seven minutes over the last three games and is watching Harris further entrench himself on this roster. Before the game, Green said there wasn't much he could do. He admitted he pressed during the first two preseason games, and it showed. He admittedly didn't play well. He sat out the next two and played just seven minutes the other night against the Spurs. He looked better, but Scott clearly happier with Harris right now.
* As I said earlier, Gibson will never be confused with John Stockton in his ability to run an offense, but he lofted a perfect alley-oop to Hollins, who flushed it.
* FYI: Trajan Langdon 4 of 6 from the floor, 9 points for Moscow. Sasha Kaun, whom the Cavs own the rights to, has blocked a couple of shots and grabbed a pair of rebounds in eight minutes. He is 0 for 2 from the floor.