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Tyronn Lue will return to the sidelines at the Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday evening (April 5), having missed nine games with health issues. Lue, the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, will be back in his station when the team hosts the Washington Wizards, according to ESPN. Lue had remained in the locker room for the second half due to illness. Continue to Article

April 05, 2018 9:57:am EST

Tyronn Lue will return to the sidelines at the Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday evening (April 5), having missed nine games with health issues. Lue, the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, will be back in his station when the team hosts the Washington Wizards, according to ESPN. He has been absent since March 18 when the Cavs beat the Chicago Bulls at United Center. Lue had remained in the locker room for the second half due to illness. Lue, the report says, has been suffering with chest pain and lack of sleep, along with other health complications. But he has been back with the team over the last week and will be on the touchline Thursday. In his absence, associate head coach Larry Drew has Continue to Article

April 05, 2018 9:57:am EST

NBA free agency remains a few months away, but speculation over LeBron James’ future shows no signs of abating. It could hardly be otherwise given the three-time NBA champion can opt out of the final year of his deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers and will in all likelihood consider his options this summer, making the prospect of him re-signing with the Cavs far from a foregone conclusion. The Los Angeles Lakers, the Houston Rockets and the Philadelphia 76ers are reportedly the three teams on James’ shortlist, should he opt to leave Cleveland for a second time. Continue to Article

April 05, 2018 4:52:am EST

The Miami Heat fined center Hassan Whiteside an undisclosed amount Sunday, one day after he voiced his displeasure toward the team's late-game strategy with an expletive-filled rant to reporters following a 110-109 overtime loss to the Brooklyn Nets. Whiteside played just 20 minutes against the Nets and was not on the court at all during the fourth quarter or overtime. The Heat fined Whiteside for "comments detrimental to the team" but did not elaborate when announcing the punishment. Continue to Article

April 01, 2018 9:23:pm EST

Nobody can do a disappearing act like the Washington Wizards, not even a team trying to improve lottery positioning as the Wizards are desperately aiming to avoid the Cleveland Cavaliers in a first-round playoff matchup. The Bulls were without head coach Fred Hoiberg for the first time this season, as he left the United Center some time before the game started with an upper respiratory infection. Associate head coach Jim Boylen filled in for the first time in the first chair and helped the Bulls to a 113-94 win-one that ranks as unsurprising given the Wizards' recent history of looking past opponents. Continue to Article

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