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
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Pregame: Nets at Cavs
New Jersey Nets (1-3) at Cleveland Cavaliers (1-2)
6 p.m.; Quicken Loans Arena; Fox Sports Ohio
Cavs probables: PG Kyrie Irving, SG Anthony Parker, SF Omri Casspi, PF Antawn Jamison, C Anderson Varejao
Nets probables: PG Deron Williams, SG Sundiata Gaines, SF Damion James, PF Kris Humphries, C Mehmet Okur
Injury report: Cavs -- Semih Erden (thumb) out; Nets -- Brook Lopez (foot) out.
Officials: David Jones, Mark Lindsay, Derek Richardson
Notes
* Cavs forward Omri Casspi is off to a miserable start. He's shooting just 27 percent and looks completely out of rhythm. Alonzo Gee, meanwhile, continues to impress off the bench. Stay tuned.
* Anderson Varejao was in a lot of pain after taking a hard Flagrant-1 foul from David West on Friday night. He had treatment on his back during the game and had it stretched quite a bit. Cavs coach Byron Scott isn't sure if he'll be able to play today, but believes Varejao will want to give it a try.
* The Nets have dropped three straight and are struggling without center Brook Lopez, who remains sidelined with a broken foot. Deron Williams has drawn even more attention and found it difficult to get open looks without Lopez. As a result, he's shooting under 30 percent this season.
* Rookie guard MarShon Brooks has steadily progressed through four games, recording his first 20-point game Friday night against the Hawks, but he tried calling a timeout when the Nets were out of them near the end of the game, costing them a shot at the upset.
* Brooks was a huge scorer in college at Providence and is a shooting guard, which remains the Cavs' biggest need. He was selected 25th overall by Boston and traded to the Nets. The Cavs scouted Brooks, but didn't like his makeup and weren't very high on him.
