At some point, the Cavs will probably trade Jamario Moon — who squandered a chance to start. He was Scott’s first pick at small forward, but Moon often disappeared on the floor. While Eyenga is giving the Cavs energy, Moon is averaging only 4.5 points and shooting 37 percent in 19 minutes. — Cleveland Plain Dealer

With his team poised to break the franchise record for consecutive road losses (21) and on the verge of the franchise mark for consecutive losses in a season (19), Cavs coach Byron Scott has gotten quite a few calls of a similar nature. “They tell me to hang in there,” Scott said. “If they don’t call, they text. I text them back and tell them, ‘Don’t worry. I’m going to do that.’ “I’ve always been a very positive person. It’s nothing new to me. I have been through this before, so I think that makes it a little bit easier for me to deal with. It doesn’t make it easier when you’re losing, period. But being through it before, I do know it makes it easier to deal with. If I hadn’t been through this, it would make it really, really hard for me to go through this right now.” Scott said he continues to be positive and never goes to practice with his head down. “I refuse to do that,” he said. “I come to practice every day that we’ve got another chance, another to get better as a basketball team. We’ve got another chance to win a basketball game. That’s how I look at it.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cavs players got a tongue lashing from their coach at practice Thursday for still not knowing the plays. Scott isn’t installing more than half of the playbook for his Princeton offense this season, yet apparently both veterans and rookies alike forgot a good portion of it already. Continue reading how NBA players who get paid to know the playbook, have no clue

The Cavs get the No. 1 pick, Cleveland might have the opportunity to take someone like:
Perry Jones: Jones is a 6-foot-11, 235-pound freshman at Baylor who is 19 years old and projected to be a small forward in the NBA. His wing span is said to be 7 feet, 2 inches and he has perimeter skills, including the ability to handle the ball, shoot the three and get to the rim. That’s the scouting report, anyway. In reality, Jones is averaging 12.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and shooting .125 from beyond the arc (1-for-8). — Chronicle Telegram

Antawn Jamison. He’s got one more year after this at $15 million (which you may not have to pay all of in a lockout). Continue reading →

The Cavs have been active in talking to other teams about possible deals in which they would be the facilitator in making salaries work under the cap. One source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak on it Continue reading →

Cavs forward Antawn Jamison could be one player who is dealt. There are only a few teams that would be interested in acquiring him — a contender looking for a stretch “4″ that isn’t scared off by his contract. Jamison is making $13.6 million this season and is due $15.1 million next year. Jamison, 34, said he’s made no trade demands. Sources around the league think it’s only a matter of time before the Cavs start shopping his services. — News-Herald

The Cavs are hoping for big things from him this season. Because of the key decision-making position the center plays in Byron Scott’s Princeton offense, Anderson Varejao has a chance to have a career-best season — on the heels of his career-best season last year. That came the season after the Cavs signed him to a six-year, $48.2 million contract in the summer of 2009. Currently averaging 8.0 points and 9.5 rebounds for the 1-2 Cavs, it’s entirely likely he’ll average a double-double as he and the team get more familiar with Scott’s offense. That’s similar to the role he had on the Brazilian national team last summer. “The offense is a lot different,” he said. “I’m trying to be ready because I’m going to have the ball in my hands more to make the plays. All I’m doing is working hard and trying to be ready for all the chances I’m getting. “It’s just the beginning. Let’s see how things are going to work out this season.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer

Because Antawn Jamison earns $13.4 million this season and $15 million next year, it will be very hard to trade him. The Cavs dealt for Jamison last season in a short-term move to compete for a title and hopefully keep LeBron James. It didn’t work. Jamison is a quality person and he also knows that if he must play well if he hopes to attract the attention of a contender. — Cleveland Plain Dealer

That means the 34-year-old Antawn Jamison, who is 5-of-26 from the field in the preseason and never really got a shot to compete for the starting small forward spot because of his knee issues, will come off the Cavs bench, a role he prospered in early in his career before set tling in as a starter. “He’ll be fine either way,” Byron Scott said when asked about Jamison. “He’s a professional.” — Chronicle-Telegram

Fun Fact: Jamison’s 2010-11 salary is $13,358,905