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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Z Prepared to Win Any Way Necessary
Mike Brown was coy regarding who would be his starting center come opening night. Barring injury, the worst kept secret in town is that Shaquille O'Neal would be starting at that position.
For Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who has given the team his blood, sweat, tears and feet, this could be a bitter moment. Not so.
Ilgauskas knew Shaq was coming and had little problem with it. His reaction in a nutshell: I'd rather be playing with him than against him. For the record that extends to practice as well.
''I did it a long time ago with John Lucas coming off my foot surgery,'' Ilgauskas said. ''It's still basketball. It's an adjustment. How I prepare for games and what my mindset - I guess it's something I have to learn on the fly basically because I haven't done it a lot."
