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A fan of Dwyane Wade went viral on Tuesday as he held a sign inside Chesapeake Energy Arena making it known that he purchased a ticket to watch the game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder earlier this season, but is dismayed that his favorite player has already been traded to the Miami […]

When the Cavs dealt Kyrie Irving for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, Brooklyn’s 2018 first-round pick and Miami’s 2020 second round pick, the public response was relatively positive. Sure, they gave up their second best player and one of the best in the league, but they appeared to get plenty in return. In Thomas, […]

Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder saw first hand on Tuesday how the Cleveland Cavaliers look like now with the four new players they have in their lineup. Many have already given their thoughts about the new-look team and now, it was the reigning MVP’s turn to chime in on the defending Eastern Conference […]

Most NBA pundits crowned the Cleveland Cavaliers as the runaway winners of last Thursday’s trade deadline. After all, remaking a roster that was old and slow defensively to suddenly becoming young and fast is nothing short of a miracle. The Cavs may have saved their season with a flurry of moves, but it was the […]

Dwyane Wade is back to manufacturing highlight plays in South Beach. In just his second game back in Miami Heat uniform since being traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wade recorded a rim-rattling dunk that should be good enough for a poster during the first quarter of Tuesday night’s road game against the Toronto Raptors. Showing […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Holy Trinity of superstars is a go for tonight’s marquee matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Chesapeake Energy Arena. According to Royce Young of ESPN, Carmelo Anthony and reigning league MVP Russell Westbrook both have been greenlighted to play against the defending Eastern Conference champions after both missed the Thunder’s past […]

Dwyane Wade won’t be part of LeBron James’ deliberation process at the end of this NBA season. The King’s second “decision” has been one of the hottest topics during this 2017-18 season, and one that the recently-acquired Wade won’t want anything to do with. “No. No, I don’t have anything to do with it, none […]

What a wild few days it has been for the fans in Cleveland! The Cavs entered last week with plenty to think about, plenty of trade options and a lot of chat surrounding the future of LeBron James. The started this week with many new pieces on their roster, and a dominant performance against the […]

There were a lot of rumors floating around that Isaiah Thomas and LeBron James didn’t really like each other during their time together in Cleveland, and now that seems to be confirmed. Chris Broussard of Fox Sports joined Undisputed on Tuesday morning to talk about the topic. "I was talking to somebody yesterday close to Isaiah, […]

For the third time in his career, Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James will become a free agent. Though, like the rest of his free agency campaigns, this one carries a specific degree of uncertainty. After being drafted by the Cavs in 2003, James did all he could to lead the franchise to success. He even […]

The job of a general manager in the NBA is a thankless job, one that is always criticized yet offers very little praise when you get the job done right. And when you fail, you are ridiculed and maligned beyond measure! Well, sorry GMs, but that’s exactly what we plan to do as we recall […]

After getting traded last week, Isaiah Thomas finds himself with his third team in the last eight months. Now that he is with the Los Angeles Lakers, he looked back at his time with the Cleveland Cavaliers and reflected on why he thinks his stint in Northeast Ohio did not work out as planned. The […]

Jordan Clarkson spent two years on the same Los Angeles Lakers team that featured Kobe Bryant. Clarkson would learn a lot from the Lakers legend, and share plenty of minutes on the basketball floor with him either in practice or in games. But even though Clarkson has since been traded away to the Cleveland Cavaliers, […]

February 8th was a huge day for NBA teams and fans alike. The end of the trade deadline saw absolute mayhem with a total of 15 deals made since the blockbuster trade on January 29 between the Pistons and Clippers, which moved Blake Griffin to Detroit. The next key date for player migrations is March […]

Sunday’s game between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers is one of the most anticipated matchups this regular season, as it had a lot of subplots to it. It is the battle between two of the favorites in the Eastern Conference, and also a chance for the fans to see former teammates, Kyrie Irving and […]

On the afternoon of legendary small forward Paul Pierce’s jersey retirement ceremony, the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers had some early fireworks on Sunday. With Pierce’s iconic No. 34 jersey set to be retired to the rafters at TD Garden amongst many other great names, Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving got everyone in the […]

Last season, Isaiah Thomas was one of the best players in the NBA. Even at 5’9″, Thomas averaged 28.9 points and 5.9 assists per game for the Boston Celtics. He also finished fifth in MVP voting last season. However, after injuring his hip and being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Thomas gained scrutiny for his […]

After being traded to the Cavaliers in the off-season, Isaiah Thomas failed to perform up to the Cavaliers’ standards. When the February 8 trade deadline came up, the Cavaliers traded Thomas and Channing Frye to the Los Angeles Lakers. After having an incredible season last year, in which Thomas finished fifth in MVP voting, the […]

After a serious hip injury last season, Isaiah Thomas missed the final games of the Eastern Conference series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. That particular year was very eventful for the 5’9 point guard. Thomas averaged 28.9 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 5.9 assists while shooting 46 percent from the field and 37 percent from the three-point […]

On paper, it seems that the best way to dethrone the Warriors grip on the current NBA crown is to boot up your favorite console, load NBA 2K18 and select enough legends of the game to give anyone problems. Forums are full of how Jordan, Johnson, Pippin, Bird and the like, would cause all sorts […]

The Philips Arena crowd was loud and in unison when Tristan Thompson went to the line to shoot two free throws in the first quarter. If you listened carefully, you could hear the fans chanting “LeBron will leave you” over and over again. Hawks fans chanting: “LeBron will leave you,” as Tristan Thompson misses two […]

Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving has been asked all year about the Cleveland Cavaliers which should come as no surprise as that’s where he spent the first six years of his career. So when the Cavs made a flurry of moves hours before the trade deadline — most prominent of which was trading Isaiah Thomas, the […]

Dwyane Wade is a Miami Heat legend and has given his best to the franchise that drafted him way back in 2003. It’s no wonder that his heart longs to come back and play for Heat Nation. Even if Wade didn’t acknowledge it during his time with the Cleveland Cavaliers, his best friend LeBron James […]

There is some breaking news out of the NBA tonight as Brandan Wright looks like he is on his way out of Memphis and will be looking for a new team. Chris Haynes of ESPN has the details: Brandan Wright and Memphis Grizzlies are working toward a buyout, league sources tell ESPN. He’ll be coveted […]

We still have four months left in the NBA season but Bovada already seems to be looking forward to next season, specifically in terms of LeBron James future. According to Arash Markazi of ESPN Bovada has released odds for which team James will land on next year. The list goes like this: Houston Rockets: 5/2 Cleveland […]

On Thursday afternoon, the NBA trade deadline ended in a relatively quiet fashion, but not without some noise made hours before. This now restricts any team from making a trade until a new season starts in October. In the aftermath, many individuals are shaking their heads at all of the players who ended up staying […]

Players come and go through the NBA, and even though these are professional athletes and make millions of dollars to play basketball, sometimes people forget that the players are people too, and they have emotions just like everyone else. The trade deadline seems to be the time when a lot of those emotions come out […]

The Lakers did not sit pat at the trade deadline sending Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. to the Cleveland Cavaliers in return for Isaiah Thomas, Channing Frye, and the Cavs first round protected pick in 2018. The Cavs got some good young players to help contend for the title this season. Meanwhile, the Lakers […]

The Miami Heat brought back one of their favorite sons on Thursday afternoon when they traded a second-round pick in 2024 and in return got back Dwyane Wade. It appears the fans of the Heat in Miami, and all over the world are really excited that Wade will be putting back on the red and […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are one of the most talented teams in the NBA, at least on paper. On the day of the NBA’s February 8 trade deadline, the Cavaliers did not disappoint. In just a few hours, the Cavaliers acquired George Hill, Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance Jr, and Rodney Hood. To do this, the 2016 […]

The blockbuster trade-deadline-day swap that brought Isaiah Thomas and Channing Frye to the Los Angeles Lakers while shipping Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. to the Cleveland Cavaliers has had plenty of tear on both teams. Lakers forward Julius Randle reflected in the loss of two of their brothers in this young core after a […]

After plenty of speculation, point guard Isaiah Thomas’ tumultuous tenure with the Cleveland Cavaliers has officially come to an end. Although it may have been brief, his stint in Cleveland certainly did not lack intrigue. Thomas made it known that he initially did not want to be traded. However, he has now seemingly embraced the […]

The biggest trade deadline news this year is arguably the shakeup in Cleveland where the Cavaliers moved a handful of their players — most prominent of which is Isaiah Thomas, who has been shipped to the Los Angeles Lakers. Thomas, along with Channing Frye and a protected first-round pick were traded to the Lakers in […]

Some might think Kobe Bryant is still bitter with Shaquille O’Neal after the future Hall-of-Fame player said that he would draft LeBron James over his former teammate in an All-Star draft. But Bryant wasn’t showing hostility nor was he being disrespectful to one of the greatest players in the game. He was simply being practical. […]

The NBA made a series of changes to the All-Star game to try and get the players to compete a little harder for the sake of a more competitive and entertaining game. They took the top two vote-getters and they became the captains of their own teams, instead of the classic East and West format. […]

LaVar Ball believes LeBron James should leave the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Los Angeles Lakers to join forces with his son Lonzo Ball. These were his thoughts before the trade deadline deals that the Cavs made which brought in six new players but also gave the Lakers an opportunity to pursue James this summer. The […]

In one of the more surprising moves of the day the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Dwyane Wade back to the Miami Heat, the team he spent the first 13 years of his career with. The Cavaliers got back a second round pick in 2024, but it didn’t seem to be about the pick for the Cavs, […]

As usual, the NBA trade deadline is one of the most eventful periods of the NBA season. Around this time, teams try to shed cap, gain quality players and draft picks, and get rid of players who want or need a change in scenery. Especially on February 8, the actual trade deadline. In fact, the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers shocked the basketball world as they completed a series of trades prior to Thursday’s deadline as they totally shook their roster up. Fans took to their social media accounts to give their reactions after finding out about the deals, and now Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was asked to share his […]