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The Clock of Doom that has been ticking inside Cavaliers fans’ heads for four years now is finally approaching its end—an end that seems terrifyingly closer now that the Cavs have yet again flopped out of the playoffs, Mike Brown has been fired, Danny Ferry has resigned, and Dan Gilbert has officially embarked on his expected warpath to find the next Cavaliers head coach. All signs point to the Cavs’ front ...

Thus far in the Cavaliers' first-round series with the eighth-seeded Bulls, the Chicago backcourt tandem of Derrick Rose and Kirk Hinrich have done a masterful job of frustrating an otherwise impenetrable Cleveland defense. Rose has frequently abused counterpart Mo Williams on the Cavs' defensive end, slashing into the interior of the floor at will and either getting open looks at the hoop or having myriad passing options through the carouseling Cleveland ...

All season long, it's been said by many a basketball analyst that the Cleveland Cavaliers have the deepest and most versatile bench in the NBA. During the Cavs' 112-102 victory over the Chicago Bulls in Game Two of their opening playoff series, this depth and versatility were put on display and concentrated in a key Cleveland reserve that—along with LeBron James' absurd 40-point, eight-rebound, eight-assist night—pushed the East's No. 1 seed ...

The Cleveland Cavaliers have won 14 of their last 15 games. The Cavs maintain a 57-15 record and lead the second-seeded Orlando Magic by seven games (with only 10 left to play) in the Eastern Conference. Longtime center and fan favorite Zyrdunas Ilgauskas has returned following the team's acquisition of Antawn Jamison. Shaquille O'Neal is mending a sprained thumb and should be ready for the playoffs. His absence has gone almost unnoticed as ...

Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry has done it again. On the eve of the NBA's trading deadline, the 43-11 Cavs have pulled off another blockbuster trade to bolster their roster for the season's ending stretch and playoffs, bringing former Washington Wizards forward Antawn Jamison to Lake Erie's shores. The deal sends Cavs center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, his expiring contract, and a Cleveland first-round draft pick to Washington. Ilgauskas' name has been in ...

As the Cleveland Cavaliers begin the 2010 portion of their 40th season in the NBA, not much has gone unnoticed. Boasting the Eastern Conference's best record (27-9) and two future Hall of Fame players has placed the Cavs directly under the sports media microscope all season. This season, the Cavs feature one of the biggest, broadest frontlines in the NBA: Two seven-footers in Shaquille O'Neal and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, a 6'11" hustle ...

Throughout what has thus far been an up-and-down season for the Cleveland Cavaliers (even though they're 18-7 today), expectations and questions have wildly bounced along with the team. Concerns about Shaquille O'Neal's effectiveness, the Cavs' ability to contend with the ever-improving Eastern Conference, and the expiring contract of LeBron James were just a few of the worries Cleveland carried with it as it prepared for a season brimming with hope for ...

Why do bad things happen to good people? For Cavaliers center and Cleveland fan favorite Zydrunas Ilgauskas, the answer may never come. Ilgauskas, who recently became the team's all-time leader in games played (724), has endured a career that has become an paradoxical mix of success and failure, pain and joy, and tragedy and exhilaration. Since being selected by the Cavs in the first round of the 1996 NBA Draft, the then-gangly ...

The Cleveland Cavaliers have thus far been one of the more disappointing teams in the NBA's 2009-2010 season. Chosen by almost everyone as a legitimate title contender heading into this year, the Cavs have tumbled to a 4-3 record and have already suffered as many home losses (two) as they did during the entire '08-'09 campaign. Chemistry figured to be an early season issue, as the additions of Shaquille O'Neal, Jamario Moon, ...

I know what you're thinking. "How can someone have a 'resurgence' when they've never been relevant?" This point is a fair, logical one, especially when applied to Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson. Since being drafted by Cleveland in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft, Gibson's play has been an ever-increasing disappointment. Coming into Cleveland as a rookie along with the hype-laden Shannon Brown (the Cavs' first-round pick in '06), Gibson was considered by ...