Cavaliers news, features and notes
- 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
- Otto Porter, Cleveland Cavaliers won't meet during combine
- NBA Draft filled with mystery prospects; Otto Porter of Georgetown could be Cavs target
- Cavs notebook: Waiters, Zeller named to All-Rookie teams
- Cavaliers guard Dion Waiters named to All-Rookie first team; Tyler Zeller named to second team
- Cavs to interview Phil Handy for coaching staff
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Pregame: Cavs at Pacers
Cleveland Cavaliers (1-1) at Indiana Pacers (2-0)
7 p.m.; Bankers Life Fieldhouse; Fox Sports Ohio/WTAM
Cavs probables: PG Kyrie Irving, SG Anthony Parker, SF Omri Casspi, PF Antawn Jamison, C Anderson Varejao
Pacers probables: PG Darren Collison, SG Paul George, SF Danny Granger, PF David West, C Roy Hibbert
Injury report: Cavs -- Semih Erden (thumb) out; Pacers -- Jeff Foster (back) out, Jeff Pendergraph (knee) out.
Officials: Bill Spooner, David Guthrie, Josh Tiven
Notes
* Byron Scott is sticking with Samardo Samuels as his backup center, and for good reason. Samuels looked good Wednesday at Detroit and provides a scoring punch the Cavs need. It's a mismatch when he has to defend the 7-foot Hibbert, but Scott thinks he can manage the matchups so that won't happen.
* Scott generally doesn't like to go beyond a nine-man rotation, but he feels comfortable with his top 10 and doesn't see it changing anytime soon. As long as the bench players remain productive, they'll continue to play.
* No player is averaging more than 28 minutes through two games, which Scott likes to see. Particularly in a shortened season, the less wear and tear he can put on guys' bodies, the better.
* The addition of West might make the Pacers the most improved team in the Eastern Conference. He and Darren Collison are running the same pick-and-rolls they ran as teammates in New Orleans and they're getting many of the same results.
