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
Wednesday's post-practice notes
* Byron Scott expects Jawad Williams, Leon Powe, Christian Eyenga and Samardo Samuels to see extended minutes tomorrow night against Washington. Powe and Eyenga didn't play at all against Charlotte, Williams played the entire fourth quarter and Samuels played about five minutes after other guys got into foul trouble.
* Samuels is an intriguing prospect. Undrafted rookie out of Louisville led the Cardinals in scoring and rebounding last season as a sophomore. He's a McDonald's All-American and typically those guys don't miss. Another year of college and he certainly would've been drafted, probably in the first round. But he wanted to come out now and felt he was ready. He likes the situation in Cleveland, but he's more of a forward than a center. And the Cavs are stocked at power forward with J.J. Hickson and Antawn Jamison. A feature on Samuels is coming in the Beacon within a week or so.
* Today's fun fact: Byron Scott makes the players shoot 50 free throws every day before leaving practice. Boobie Gibson was in a rush the other day and wanted to leave quickly. So he hit 50 in a row. Incredible. He also hit all 10 of his free throws Tuesday against the Bobcats.
* Today's bonus fun fact: Jawad Williams was goofing around after practice and hit a 3-pointer from a seated position. He said he has made a halfcourt shot while sitting down. It also won him a bet against a teammate.