LeBron James misses shootaround, questionable for tonight

Yet this year they appear vulnerable. He’s obviously been a great point guard for a lot of years.

Don’t fall for it: the Cavaliers are still the team to beat in the East.

Cavs coach Tyronn Lue will likely have Williams run the offence for Cleveland’s second unit, plus Williams will allow the Cavs to rest both Irving and James, who returned to the lineup on Monday against Milwaukee after missing one game with strep throat.

The third quarter would prove to be the difference in this game, as the Bulls outscored the Cavaliers 34-20 to open up a 13-point lead.

Tell you what, whenever James exits forever, the Cavs will get their version of the Tim Floyd era.

“I wish he could have played – I love playing against him”. But if Williams can do even a passable job at alleviating the playmaking deficiency that’s forced James into long minutes, he may prove just as crucial as either of those players.

And why shouldn’t he?

Isaiah Thomas is in the midst of an awesome season in Beantown and looks to have the Celtics in the second seed in the Eastern Conference by the time the 2017 regular season campaign draws to a close.

Anthony scored 17 points in the first quarter and hit a go-ahead jumper to give the Knicks a much, much needed win over Philadelphia on Saturday.

ESPN’s Marc Stein tweeted that the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets will be suitors of Calderon should the Spanish guard be bought out. With their “Big Three” on the court Cleveland had a net rating of plus-9.8. He will wear jersey number 31 with the Cavs. The Cavaliers are winless when LeBron doesn’t play this season.

Along with the anticipated signing of Deron Williams, will all of Iman Shumpert’s minutes be taken? They are 0-4 when he sits this season and have lost seven consecutive games without the four-time league MVP.

Williams has good size and also should be able to play some with Irving. The Heat (27-32) are now 14 games behind the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference. On Friday, March 3, the Cavs travel to the Philips Arena to face the Atlanta Hawks (32-26), who are in fifth place and 8.5 games behind the Cleveland. Love’s injury makes that hard to do this time around. He can get us into sets.

“The Cleveland Cavaliers, they have given him everything he wanted”, Barkley said of James during their recent war of words.