Ben Wallace News

It has been reported that the Phoenix Suns and Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed in principle to a deal that would send Shaquille O’Neal to the Cavs in exchange for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic.

On the eve of the N.B.A. draft , the Phoenix Suns sent Shaquille O’Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers .

The Cavs have acquired Shaquille O-Neal, in a trade that was stalled in February, but never died.

According to the law of numbers, there are simply more people who will root against the Cleveland Cavaliers, as opposed to those who will root for LeBron James and company.

Shaquille O’Neal hasn’t picked out a house in Cleveland yet. He has chosen a jersey number — his old one.

By trading for Shaquille O’Neal, the Cleveland Cavaliers have once again put a band-aid on a bleeding wound.

It didn’t take long for the Cavaliers’ marketing and merchandising departments to mobilize after news broke late Wednesday night of Shaquille O’Neal’s impending arrival in Cleveland.

The mantra of “change” swept Barack Obama into the White House. Many months later it’s now clear, it’s business as usual in Washington.

It’s tough when you ring up 66 wins, sport the league’s MVP and Coach of the Year, yet your season is considered a disappointment.

Just 24 hours after acquiring one of the most famous players in the world, the Cavaliers drafted one hardly anybody knows.

One of the few certainties tonight in the NBA Draft is that there will be a ton of uncertainty.

The Phoenix Suns have traded Shaquille O’Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic, a second-round draft pick and cash, according to a Yahoo! Sports report.

I decided to create some ire towards people other than myself today - I would have sworn that I wrote that a Josh Smith trade was so ridiculous it was hard to consider it even as a possibility, but that must have gotten lost in translation.

Scribbles in my Cavaliers notebook… 1. Don’t be surprised if the Cavaliers come away with a rotation player in Thursday’s NBA draft.

Call it a season of lessons learned. The Cavaliers raced to the NBA’s best record at 66-16, learning from prior seasons that in the rough-and-tumble Eastern Conference homecourt advantage could be the difference between going to the Finals or going home.

On Friday, I wrote a post about how I was wrong going into last season suggesting that the Cavs should consider a trade of Ben Wallace for then-New York Knick Zach Randolph .

I swear, you go to one Indians game and the Internets light up with the fact that Josh Smith could be available.

There’s new talks of a blockbuster trade deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers. They could be getting their own “superman” to help out LeBron James soon.

Welcome everyone to a series that will run throughout this Summer, where CavsHQ will take a look at players that might find themselves in a Cavalier uniform during the 2009-10 NBA season.

The Phoenix Suns and Cleveland Cavaliers have restarted talks that would send Shaquille O’Neal to play along side LeBron James next season, although no trade is imminent, reports said Sunday.

One recurring theme kept coming up when the leadership of the Cavaliers met the media this past week.

Count Doc Rivers, who knows a thing or two about decorum and representing the NBA well regardless of circumstances, among the many disappointed by ‘ post-Game 76 behavior in the conference Eastern Conference finals.

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For the Cavaliers now is a time to look back, then forward. A week after the end of their season in the Eastern Conference finals to the Orlando Magic the frustration is still thick.

There are many NBA forwards that will become free agents during the summer of this year.

The Magic got the Cavs right where they wanted them. The Cavs played the Magic’s game, they forced up jumpshots in a frenzy.

LeBron James ’s farewell to the N.B.A. postseason fell silently among the raucousness and the roar of Amway Arena.

The Cavs did more than win this game and remain alive in the Eastern Conference fi nals, they closed out a game in the fashion that helped them win 66 games in the regular sea son.

And so it’s come to this for the Cleveland Cavaliers: Climb out of a hole only eight other teams in NBA playoff history have, or take a living room seat for the finale of a season that until now they have dominated.