Fear the Sword

1 week ago | fearthesword.com | Jackson Flickinger

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images The Cleveland Cavaliers own the 49th and 58th picks in next week’s NBA Draft. Whether or not they use either or both picks remains to be seen. What we do know is that they’re bringing in prospects for workouts. According to Chris Fedor of cleveland.com, the Cavs brought in Brooks Barnhizer, AJ Clayton, Jaxson Robinson, and Amari Williams for workouts. #Cavs had an interesting group of prospects in for a pre-draft workout today.

1 week ago | fearthesword.com | Jackson Flickinger

Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images The Cleveland Cavaliers have two late second-round picks they can use to improve their roster. There’s speculation as to whether they’ll use both or either of them. But if they do, they have the opportunity to grab a traditional center, like Viktor Lakhin, to bolster their front-court depth. Lakhin is a 6’11”, 245 lb. big from Russia. He played three seasons at Cincinnati before transferring to Clemson for his final season.

1 week ago | fearthesword.com | Mike Anguilano

Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images Following the departures of Jordan Ott, Demarre Carroll, and Bryan Tibaldi, the Cleveland Cavaliers have hired Jawad Williams to the coaching staff according to an official team release. Head coach Kenny Atkinson is still working on filling the other holes on his bench, and is reportedly interested in another former player in Jared Dudley.

1 week ago | fearthesword.com | Jackson Flickinger

David Richard-USA TODAY Sports Winning is expensive in the NBA, or at least, attempting to do so with a veteran roster is. The Cleveland Cavaliers will be a second-apron team this upcoming season. That comes with its own penalties for team building. But the biggest may be the luxury tax bill Cleveland’s ownership group will have to pay if they want to run it back next year. As it stands, Cleveland’s luxury tax bill for next season is projected to be just under $98 million, according to Spotrac.

1 week ago | fearthesword.com | Mike Anguilano

Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images After being a finalist for the Phoenix Suns head coaching position, Johnnie Bryant is expected to remain with the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Bryant lost out to former Cavs assistant Jordan Ott, who has officially been announced as the new head honcho in Phoenix. Bryant’s name has cropped up in coaching hiring cycles over the past few years and was mentioned as a possibility for the New York Knicks after they fired Tom Thibodeau.