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
Cavs to interview Phil Handy for coaching staff
The Cavaliers were granted permission from the Los Angeles Lakers to interview Phil Handy for Mike Brown's coaching staff, the Lakers confirmed on Thursday. Handy was Brown's player development coach with the Lakers.
Handy is known as a tireless worker who was introduced to Brown through an old connection. According to a recent story on the Lakers' website, St. Mary's College coach Randy Bennett introduced the two. Bennett was an assistant coach at University of San Diego when both Brown and Cavs general manager Chris Grant were students there.
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Video: Columnist Marla Ridenour, beat writer Jason Lloyd discuss the Cavs' hiring of Mike Brown
Following Mike Brown's introductory press conference on Wednesday, Beacon Journal columnist Marla Ridenour and Cavs beat writer Jason Lloyd discussed the team's hiring of Brown as head coach.
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Video: Cavs Owner Dan Gilbert, Head Coach Mike Brown speak at Brown's introductory press conference
Cavs owner Dan Gilbert and new Head Coach Mike Brown make their opening statements:
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Cavs owner Dan Gilbert: Firing Mike Brown was a mistake
INDEPENDENCE: Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert admitted he never should have fired Mike Brown three years ago following consecutive 60-win seasons.
"Yeah, it was a mistake," Gilbert said Wednesday at Brown's reintroductory news conference. "When you get the benefit of hindsight, it was a mistake. We're very happy that we get to rectify any position we took back then by Mike being available right now."
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Cavs owner Dan Gilbert uses Twitter to back decision to hire Mike Brown
Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert used Twitter today to back his decision to hire Mike Brown back as head coach.
Here are his Twitter posts from this morning:
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