Recent reports indicate that the Cleveland Cavaliers are targeting an NBA star to improve their starting five ahead of the trade deadline.

Remember how much time we — and I am part of that “we” — spent in the past year talking about whether Donovan Mitchell wanted to re-sign with this team? When he did, we asked if that would mean a Darius Garland trade?

LeBron James has always had a special connection with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team that drafted him and where he delivered a championship in 2016.

Which NBA teams are the biggest threat to keep the Boston Celtics from repeating as champs? In the league's Eastern Conference standings, the weaker of the two conferences this campaign, one could make a case for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and perhaps the New York Knicks and Milwaukee Bucks if one squints hard enough.

That was just the appetizer for what had been unlocked in Cleveland. Their first loss came in a showdown with the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics at TD Garden on Nov. 19. Cleveland evened ...

The Boston Red Sox were recognized as having the top farm system, with the majority of votes at 32 percent, and the Tampa Bay Rays were not far behind them with 20 percent of the vote. Multiple executives also viewed the Guardians as having the most underrated fram system.

Where should we have the Boston Celtics among Eastern Conference contenders so far this season? The East is not exactly its best in the NBA's 2024-25 regular season, but there are a number of solid to shaky contenders in it. Among them, we can of course count the Celtics, and few among us would rule out the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Cleveland posted an offensive rating of 162.5 in four minutes of clutch time against the Thunder on Wednesday, which raised its clutch time net on the season to +52.4. Another clutch-time win on Thursday raised it, somehow, to 53.4.

Strus was a constant outside presence all game, hitting five triples, scoring 17 points and further proving how important his return is for Cleveland’s Finals chances. Strus missed the first 28 games of the season and has now returned to the lineup, where his shooting often acts as the glue between the four Cavs stars.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are running away with the 1-seed in the East thanks in large part to the best offense in the league.

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