NBA Draft

Plain Dealer columnist says a higher draft pick would benefit the team more than a short playoff run.

Hello Bobcats fans.  Shortly after the loss to the Boston Celtics last night, I got to thinking.  We have had some bad seasons in our short history, but this one is pretty bad.  Our first season (2004-05) ended with an 18-64 record.  This year, w...

It didn't take long for many of us to take notice of rookie point guard Kyrie Irving.

“…if I were Danny Ainge, I’d offer O’Neal’s expiring, my 2012 no. 1 AND the Clippers’ no. 1 for him.2 Wouldn’t you take your chances with a Rondo-Allen-Pierce-Garnett-Varejao quintet this spring? Or am I just...

Heading in to the 2011-12 season, we figured we would get the ball rolling on some admittedly early NBA Draft talk. Unless the 7-10 Cavaliers shock the world (150/1 odds as NBA Champion, bettering only Toronto entering this season), it is widely ass...

Many are coming to realize there was more to this draft class than some had predicted.

Tristan Thompson is proof that basketball is a growing presence as a sport in Canada.

With the Cavaliers tipping off their 2011-12 season tonight against the Toronto Raptors, I felt it would be an appropriate time to give some of my (bold?) predictions for the coming year; being all over the Mychel Thompson over Manny Harris tip, I fe...

It’s only been seven quarters of high-level pick-up basketball, but rookie point guard Kyrie Irving is already giving Cleveland a reason to be excited about the upcoming compressed NBA season. During Friday night’s preseason bout in front...

In recent days the likelihood that the NBA's best point guard will be a Laker or Clipper by Christmas is becoming a reality. While Orlando Magic franchise center Dwight Howard wants out of Disney in hopes of a landing spot in the Tri-State Area, thi...

While NBA owners and representatives for the players have a handshake agreement on the broad points of a new labor deal, there are a host of other elements that still need to be worked out before the league hopes to re-open. One element that has repe...

Top Orlando Magic news and top NBA news for Monday, November 28, 2011...