A former Cavaliers legend has high hopes for his old team, setting the expectation for the team heading into next season.

According to NBA insider Sam Amico of HoopsWire, the Cleveland Cavaliers are not interested in trading for Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. The Cavaliers are only interested in adding James if the NBA icon agrees to a buyout with the Lakers and becomes an unrestricted free agent.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are almost synonymous with only one NBA superstar, and that's LeBron James. The hometown hero has brought the city their only NBA championship, having spent a huge chunk of his career with the franchise.

The Miami Heat tipped off their 2025 NBA Summer League schedule on Friday night against the Atlanta Hawks at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the Unive

That must change next season, and one analyst has given the Cavaliers a rather stern ultimatum. ESPN's Chris Herring recently ranked each Eastern Conference team in tiers, placing the Cavaliers in Tier 1, where he states anything short of the Finals is considered a failure.

The Cleveland Cavaliers were one of the best teams in the NBA, at least record-wise. They were dominant in the first half of the season and had multiple 10-game winning streaks. Unfortunately, two of their few early losses came during the NBA Emirates Cup.

Here we will hand out grades for every player whom the Cleveland Cavaliers picked at the recent 2025 NBA Draft.