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Sep 12, 2024 | 
thegamehaus.com | Robert Hanes |Chris Thomas |Andrew Fischer
The Cleveland Cavaliers have re-signed Tristan Thompson for the 2024-25 season. The extension will see him remain in Cleveland for the following season, with a fully guaranteed contract. With Evan Mobley and Jarret Allen presumably running the frontcourt, does this move even make sense? Here's a look at the Thompson re-signing, and whether or not he can make a difference with this Cavaliers team. Thompson's play As far as his game goes, he's not the same difference-maker he once was.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
thegamehaus.com | Andrew Fischer
Isaac Okoro is entering his fifth year in the NBA. Drafted in 2020 by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the eight overall pick, Okoro has become one of the better defensive players in the league. But, with his contract coming to an end, and Cleveland needing to progress as a team, a question is arising. Should Cleveland extend Okoro? Here’s a look at the good, the bad and whether or not Cleveland can afford to extend him. Okoro’s primary value comes from his defensive capabilities.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
thegamehaus.com | Robert Hanes |Chris Thomas |Andrew Fischer
This off-season has been a static one for the Cleveland Cavaliers. So static that they locked up three of their four core players. These include Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen. Does this mean the starting lineup will be exactly the same? Not necessarily. There is one spot of the lineup that isn't entirely locked up, and that's the small forward. Max Strus played (mostly) very well last season, but could there be someone who could take his starting role?
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
givemesport.com | Andrew Fischer
The San Antonio Spurs strengthened their roster, positioning for success, not tanking. The Utah Jazz locked up Lauri Markkanen, and assembled a competitive team. The Houston Rockets' talented core and new rookie Reed Sheppard point towards a promising season. Although the stakes don’t feel quite as high as the 2023 NBA Draft headlined by Victor Wembanyama , incoming Duke freshman Cooper Flagg is the kind of player to give teams pause when considering tanking.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
thegamehaus.com | Robert Hanes |Chris Thomas |Andrew Fischer
Last season, the Cleveland Cavaliers took a chance by signing an undrafted rookie named Craig Porter Jr. for the Summer League. Now, Porter Jr. finds himself with a four-year extension to remain in the NBA with the Cavaliers. But is it reasonable to expect Porter Jr. to help Cleveland play winning basketball? How did he get to this point? Here's a closer look at Porter Jr. and his ideal situation in Cleveland.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
medium.com | Andrew Fischer
While team bonding accelerates with each flip of the calendar month, the beginning of August erases pretty much all progress. The arbitrary start of the month lifts all players’ noses from the grindstone, causing them to squint at the shimmering image of the offseason in the distance. With 110 games down and still 30 to play, irritability strikes a fever pitch everywhere; it tolls on bus rides, chimes in the locker room and dugouts, squeals like a cuckoo clock during rain delays.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
thegamehaus.com | Robert Hanes |Franco Diaz |Chris Thomas |Andrew Fischer
With the 56th pick of the second round of the 2022 NBA Draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers selected Luke Travers. Travers, out of Australia, has played in three summer league seasons now, but has yet to play in the NBA. In a post-summer league mini-camp media outing a few weeks ago, Travers was asked what he was hoping to show in the season following a summer league championship. Travers responded: "The same thing I kinda show every year, that I'm gonna go out there and play as hard as I can.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
thegamehaus.com | Robert Hanes |Franco Diaz |Chris Thomas |Andrew Fischer
The Cleveland Cavaliers have just extended center Jarrett Allen on a three-year max contract worth $91 million. Although there have been no new signings, this is the most recent in a slew of re-signings. Cleveland has already locked up both Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley this offseason. What does this mean for the Cavaliers? Here's a look at Allen's time in Cleveland, his stellar 2023-24 season and what this means for the Cavaliers as Allen signs his extension.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
thegamehaus.com | Robert Hanes |Chris Thomas |Andrew Fischer
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been one of the more interesting NBA teams this off-season. Not for the moves they've made, but rather the moves they haven't. There's been a lot of chatter in the media about Cleveland wanting to move on from their 'core four' group of players. These being Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen. But would this be a good idea? Should Cleveland keep their core four? Here's a case both for and against the team moving on from their current foundation.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
thegamehaus.com | Robert Hanes |Chris Thomas |Andrew Fischer
With the twentieth overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers selected Jaylon Tyson. Although Cleveland was unable to return to the Summer League Championship, Tyson was still a highlight of the summer. With the Summer League now finished, the focus is shifting to how teams will look at the season's tipoff. Here's a look at Tyson's potential role with the Cavaliers.
