CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with the meeting tells The Associated Press that the Cavaliers interviewed longtime Spurs assistant coach Ettore Messina.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers' coaching search will venture into the Pacific Northwest.
Cleveland plans to interview Portland assistants Nate Tibbetts and David Vanterpool for its coaching...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers' next coach will inherit a better situation than the one Larry Drew got handed.
Drew and the Cavs parted ways Thursday after a challenging, 19-win season that...
CLEVELAND (AP) — After handing out sneakers, signed balls and other gifts to fans, the Cleveland Cavaliers gathered one last time after the fourth-worst season in franchise history ended and took...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Larry Drew survived one of his most challenging seasons as a coach. He's not sure he wants another one — or if he'll even get it.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Larry Drew guided the Cavaliers through a stormy season sprinkled with injuries, losing streaks and NBA lottery dreams.
The 61-year-old coach juggled a revolving roster,...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers coach Larry Drew said he has not spoken with the club's front office about his future with the team.
Drew, who became Cleveland's coach when Tyronn Lue was fired...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin Love's return to the Cleveland Cavaliers' lineup after missing 50 games following surgery on his left foot was a brief one.
Love started and played the first six minutes in the Cavaliers' 119-103 loss to the Washington Wizards on Friday night. He scored four points.
He shot 1 for 5 from the field and missed all three of his 3-point attempts. Love made two free throws and had a rebound and an assist. He left the game midway through the first period and did not return.
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Kevin Love's return to the Cavaliers could be days away.
The All-Star forward, who has only played four games this season, took part in a full contact, 5-on-5 scrimmage on Thursday, a major step in his recovery from left foot surgery.
CHICAGO (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers coach Larry Drew looked at a rare victory as a learning experience.
Jordan Clarkson and Alec Burks each scored 18 points, Cedi Osman added 17 and the Cavaliers ended a six-game losing streak, rallying to beat the Chicago Bulls 104-101 on Sunday.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson will miss about two more weeks because of a sprained left foot, another blow to the NBA's worst team.
The team provided the update Friday for the 6-foot-10 veteran, who has been sidelined for the past four games.
The Cavs (9-40) have lost five straight and 17 of 18 entering Friday's home game against Miami.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wins have been hard to come by for the Cleveland Cavaliers this season, so coach Larry Drew has been focused on the incremental signs of progress.
Against the Los Angeles Lakers, Drew saw those little things help put the Cavaliers into the right side of the win column.
Cedi Osman scored 20 points, Collin Sexton added 17 and the Cavaliers ended a 12-game losing streak with a 101-95 victory on Sunday night.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers coach Larry Drew hoped a team meeting following a blowout loss a night earlier would move his struggling team in a positive direction.
Instead, Cleveland's ninth straight loss was its most lopsided of the season.
Jrue Holiday and Julius Randle both scored 22 points, and the New Orleans Pelicans routed the Cavaliers 133-98 on Saturday.
CLEVELAND (AP) — After the Utah Jazz handed Cleveland its latest blowout loss, the Cavaliers decided it was a time for a talk.
Coach Larry Drew referred to a lengthy postgame meeting with players as "pretty somber" following a 117-91 loss Friday night to the Jazz, who dominated the second half in sending Cleveland to its eighth straight loss.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies took advantage when Cleveland missed its first 12 shots.
Then the Cavaliers came storming back, and Marc Gasol and his teammates had just enough to hold on for a wire-to-wire win.
Gasol had 20 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and the Grizzlies beat the Cavaliers 95-87 on Wednesday night despite nearly blowing a 17-point fourth-quarter lead.
NEW YORK (AP) — Alec Burks had a more productive visit to Barclays Center than his last one.
Playing just his third game for Cleveland after a trade from Utah, Burks threw down a two-handed dunk with 3.2 seconds remaining, and the Cavaliers avoided a fourth-quarter collapse and edged the Brooklyn Nets 99-97 on Monday night.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers coach Larry Drew believes his team is starting to figure things out.
Cleveland's players are proving him right, at least for the last two nights.
Rookie Collin Sexton scored a season-high 29 points and the Cavaliers won consecutive games for the first time this season, beating Houston 117-108 on Saturday night.
Cleveland (4-14) won 121-112 in Philadelphia on Friday and rode that momentum against the Rockets, overcoming 40 points by James Harden.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — On paper, it looked like a mismatch. The Cavaliers didn't view their game against the 76ers that way and it showed.
Jordan Clarkson scored 14 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, Rodney Hood had 25 and Cleveland stunned Philadelphia 121-112 on Friday night, snapping the 76ers' perfect home record.
Philadelphia entered as the NBA's lone undefeated team at home at 10-0, while the Cavaliers were 0-8 on the road with the worst overall record in the league at 2-14.
CLEVELAND (AP) — This painful season isn't subsiding for the Cavaliers. If anything, it's getting worse.
Cleveland, which already has the worst record in the NBA at 1-10, will be without yet another starter on Saturday night in Chicago after forward Cedi Osman was ruled out with back spasms.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Larry Drew's awkward impasse with the Cleveland Cavaliers is over.
The team's struggles are getting worse.
The Cavs relented to Drew's requests by restructuring his contract and signing him to be their coach for the remainder of this season — and perhaps beyond.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Larry Drew's strange standoff with the struggling Cavaliers continues.
Cleveland's "acting" head coach said negotiations with the team on restructuring his contract are "moving forward in a positive direction" but the sides have not reached an agreement.
Drew wants the team to re-work his deal if he's going to take over for Tyronn Lue as the team's interim coach during a rebuilding season. Lue was fired Sunday following a 0-6 start.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Rodney Hood scored a season-high 26 points, Cedi Osman added 20 and Cleveland ended its six-game losing streak to start the season, beating the Atlanta Hawks 136-114 on Tuesday night in the Cavaliers' first game since coach Tyronn Lue was fired.
The Cavs came in as the NBA's only winless team, and Lue paid the price for club's slow start.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers played unselfishly, aggressively and together for the first time this season.
They almost always do for Larry Drew.
Rodney Hood scored a season-high 26 points, Cedi Osman added 20 and Cleveland ended its six-game losing streak to start the season, beating the Atlanta Hawks 136-114 on Tuesday night in the Cavs' first game since coach Tyronn Lue was fired.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers want Larry Drew to be their "voice." They aren't listening to him.
Drew said Tuesday night he's "very disappointed" the Cavs have not yet restructured his contract. The team's top assistant, Drew has been asked to fill in as head coach on an interim basis after Tyronn Lue was fired on Sunday amid a 0-6 start.
Drew asked for guarantees if he's going to take over the rebuilding team. So far, the Cavaliers haven't given him any.
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — After an emotional day and restless night, Larry Drew went back to work.
He organized practice, met with stunned players still reeling from Tyronn Lue's firing and put the Cleveland Cavaliers through drills as they prepared for Tuesday's game.
But after walking off the floor, Drew, the team's top assistant coach under Lue for the past two years, wanted to make something clear.
"I'm not the interim coach," he said emphatically. "I'm the voice right now."
Tyronn Lue didn't make it through the season's first month without LeBron James.
The Cleveland Cavaliers fired their coach on Sunday and named assistant Larry Drew interim head coach. The Cavaliers are off to a 0-6 start without James, who left Cleveland this summer for the second time in his career and signed with the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent.
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James couldn't get his shot to drop. However, he wouldn't let the Cavaliers fall.
James struggled before extending his record double-digit scoring streak to 868 games and Cleveland had a rough time with Dallas before putting away the lottery-bound Mavericks 98-87 on Sunday night.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Tyronn Lue is back around the Cavaliers.
Cleveland's coach, who has been away from the team for medical reasons, attended Friday night's game against New Orleans. Lue is remaining off the floor, however, and not sitting on the bench. A team spokesman said Lue will likely watch the game from his office.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — LeBron James has tied one of Michael Jordan's most impressive records with his 866th consecutive game with at least 10 points.
James matched Jordan's 17-year-old mark Wednesday night against the Jordan-owned Charlotte Hornets when he scored on a powerful alley-oop dunk on a pass from J.R. Smith in the second quarter.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love has entered the NBA's concussion protocol after being elbowed in the face.
Love was struck by Miami's Jordan Mickey during Tuesday night's 98-79 loss to the Heat. He briefly returned to the floor, but experienced concussion-like symptoms at halftime. The Cavs said the All-Star will miss their game at Charlotte and his status will be updated when appropriate.
NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James powered into the lane for his latest assault on the rim and a former teammate made an ultimately useless attempt to stop him.
"I should have just gotten out of the way," Joe Harris said.
Might as well. There's no way right now to defend James even by staying in front of him — or in Harris' case, beneath him.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The drama has included turmoil and trades, head-scratching losses, infighting, injuries and illness.
Cleveland's stormy season seems extracted from the script of a scandalous TV soap opera — "All My Cavaliers."
But just when it looked as if LeBron James and this group of Cavaliers, some of whom have yet to play together, were about to implode with the postseason in sight, a startling win may have turned them around.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The standings show the Eastern Conference's top team plays in Canada.
The best player remains in Cleveland, Ohio.
LeBron James reminded Toronto he's king.
Playing without five teammates and his coach, James scored 35 points and added 17 assists, his last setting up a late a 3-pointer by Kevin Love, as the undermanned Cavaliers rallied to beat the Raptors 132-129 on Wednesday night.
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James made certain another news-filled day ended with his own headline.
James scored 40 points as part of his third triple-double in four games and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 124-117 on Monday night as coach Tyronn Lue began his leave of absence to address health issues.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue is taking a leave of absence from the team to address health issues that have included chest pains and loss of sleep.
Lue said Monday in statement that tests have offered no conclusion about what the issue is and offered no timetable for his return. The coach said he feels he needs to step away "and focus on trying to establish a stronger and healthier foundation" from which to coach the rest of the season.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Still missing a few key players, the defending NBA champions are also now down a coach.
Cleveland's Tyronn Lue will miss Monday's game against Miami with an unspecified illness. The second-year coach has been battling a bug for most of the week and will stay home and rest while the Cavaliers host the Heat.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Still missing a few key players, the defending NBA champions are also now down a coach.
Cleveland's Tyronn Lue will miss Monday's game against Miami with an unspecified illness. The second-year coach has been battling a bug for most of the week and will stay home and rest while the Cavaliers host the Heat.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue is sick and will not be on the bench for Monday night's game against Miami.
Lue has been battling an unspecified illness for more than a week. He missed the champions' morning shootaround for the second time in a few days and called assistant coach Larry Drew a few hours later to inform him that he would not make the game.
Drew, who previously coached Atlanta and Milwaukee, will take over Lue's head coaching duties.