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• Hollinger & Duncan: Not Going Kawhietly

John weighs in on the Kawhi Leonard no-show contract that has the LA Clippers in hot water. He and Nate discuss the next steps for the league and possible avenues for this saga to turn down as the league investigates. Then, we catch up on the latest news including Cam Thomas taking his qualifying offer, PJ Washington extending, and Max Strus breaking his foot in Cleveland. Dunc'd On Prime is the...2025
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• Cavs already have the perfect Max Strus replacement hiding in plain sight

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Max Strus is expected to miss major time, but the Cavs already have his replacement on the roster....2025
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• Cavs face lineup questions with Max Strus, Darius Garland sidelined early

The Cavaliers are preparing to open the season without two of their projected starters. Max Strus was expected to be Cleveland’s starting small forward before suffering a Jones fracture in his left foot last week, Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com reported in a subscriber mailbag. Strus underwent surgery and was given a three-to-four-month recovery timeline, but […] The post Cavs face lineup ques...2025
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• Cavaliers Notes: Strus, Merrill, Wade, Tyson, Hunter, Ball
In a subscriber-only mailbag for Cleveland.com, Chris Fedor states that Max Strus was slated to be the Cavaliers‘ starting small forward this fall prior to suffering a Jones fracture in his left foot last week, which required surgery. Fedor cautions that while the team gave a three-to-four month timeline for Strus to return to basketball […]...2025
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• Pistons, Wolves Have 'Recently' Contacted Malik Beasley

The Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves have recently reached out to Malik Beasley, sources told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. The Knicks and Cavs have also previously been in contact with Beasley. The Cavs announced on Tuesday that Max Strus will miss the next 3-4 months after undergoing surgery on his left foot. It was reported last week that Beasley is no longer the target of a federal ga...2025
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• Cavaliers Guard Max Strus Out For 3-4 Months With Foot Injury

Cleveland’s push to stay among the East’s elite just hit a major setback. The Cavaliers announced Tuesday that guard Max Strus underwent surgery to repair a Jones fracture in his left foot and is expected to miss three to four months. 🚨 Max Strus has underwent surgery to repair a Jones fracture in his left […] The post Cavaliers Guard Max Strus Out For 3-4 Months With Foot Injury appeared f...2025

• Cavs face lineup questions with Max Strus, Darius Garland sidelined early
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• Cavaliers Notes: Strus, Merrill, Wade, Tyson, Hunter, Ball
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• Pistons, Wolves Have 'Recently' Contacted Malik Beasley
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• Cavaliers Guard Max Strus Out For 3-4 Months With Foot Injury
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• Cavaliers’ Max Strus Out 3-4 Months After Undergoing Foot Surgery
Cleveland Cavaliers forward Max Strus underwent surgery to repair a Jones fracture in his left foot sustained during a recent workout and will miss approximately three to four months, the team announced Tuesday. His approximate recovery timeline means he’s set to miss at least the first month of the upcoming 2025-26 season. The Cavs open […] The post Cavaliers’ Max Strus Out 3-4 ...2025
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• Cavaliers’ Max Strus out 3-4 months with foot injury, will miss start of the season
Max Strus underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a foot injury he sustained in an offseason workout....2025
• Cavaliers' sharpshooting wing Max Strus out 3-4 months following foot surgery
This is a blow to the Cavaliers' depth for the first few months of the season....2025
• Max Strus injury: Cavaliers guard out 'three to four months' after undergoing surgery on left foot, per report

Strus will miss approximately three to four months because of the injury...2025
• Cavs’ Strus Undergoes Foot Surgery, Out At Least 3-4 Months

Cavaliers wing Max Strus underwent surgery on Tuesday to repair a Jones fracture in his left foot, the team announced today (Twitter link). The injury occurred during an offseason training session. According to the Cavs, Strus is expected to resume basketball activities in approximately three to four months. That means he’ll be sidelined for the […]...2025
• Cavs’ Max Strus undergoes surgery for foot injury; expected to miss at least three months

Cavaliers wing Max Strus has undergone surgery to repair a Jones fracture in his left foot, the team announced. He is expected to miss three to four months. The injury occurred during offseason training, the team says. This is the latest blow and the second big surgery news of the Cavaliers’ offseason. It was recently […] The post Cavs’ Max Strus undergoes surgery for foot injury...2025

• NBA Playoffs teams ranked by their 2025 championship chances

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Ranking every 2025 NBA Playoffs team by their chances to win it all The 2025 NBA Playoffs are here with three big favorites and a pool of contenders ready to play the spoiler. The Boston Celtics are trying to become the league’s first back-to-back champion since the 2017-2018 Golden State Warriors. Boston ran over the league on their way t...2025
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• Trae Young’s halfcourt dagger joins NBA’s longest buzzer-beaters ever list

Trae Young hit one of the coldest game-winners you will ever see. Trae Young has been known for his shooting range since he first burst onto the scene at Oklahoma ahead of the 2018 NBA Draft. While Young hasn’t quite lived up to the Steph Curry comps he was getting in college, he has established himself one of the league’s best facilitators while also being able to pop off for 20+ points basically...2025
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• Erik Spoelstra is the Heat’s biggest cheat code in NBA Finals
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Erik Spoestra can’t lose. If you forced me to define what I think makes a good coach in this modern league, my answer would be “Rigid flexibility”. It’s a paradox that demands being able to hold two things in your head at the same time, to understand two conflicting ideas can be true. If you’re too dogmatic, you live and die by the same double-edged s...2023
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• ‘Playoff Jimmy’ wills Heat to another upset as Miami beats Celtics in Game 1 of Eastern Conference Finals
Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Plus: Jayson Tatum falls apart late in Celtics’ second-straight game 1 loss I guess the Miami Heat fan I met in a tattoo parlor hours before the game tipped didn’t end up needing the prayers or moments of silence he was asking for, because what an absolute clinic put on by Erik Spoelstra, Jimmy Butler, and the entire Heat in their 123-116 ...2023
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"Cavaliers' Max Strus has motivational text backfire spectacularly as he fails to score in elimination game"

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"Cavaliers swingman Max Strus hit a shot for the ages on Tuesday, draining a game-winner from beyond half-court to beat the Mavericks 121-119 at the buzzer."

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"Bam Adebayo added 23 points, Max Strus had 14 and Kyle Lowry added 11 off the bench."

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"Heat vs. Celtics: Reversed Max Strus 3-pointer proves pivotal in final moments of Game 7"

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"Tucker, and Markieff Morris while retaining of Victor Oladipo, Duncan Robinson, Gabe Vincent, Max Strus, and Dwayne Dedmon, the Heat are looking to take back the Eastern Conference in 2022 and bring an NBA title […] The post The Heat’s perfect three-team trade to steal Bradley Beal from the Wizards appeared first on ClutchPoints."

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• Hollinger & Duncan: Not Going Kawhietly
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• Pistons, Wolves Have 'Recently' Contacted Malik Beasley
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• Max Strus Out 3-4 Months With Surgery On Jones Fracture In Left Foot

Max Strus has undergone surgery to repair a Jones fracture in his left foot sustained during a recent offseason workout. Strus is expected to miss three to four months. Strus appeared in 50 games last season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, averaging 9.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 25.5 minutes. Strus has two more seasons remaining on his four-year, $63 million contract signed with the Ca...2025
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• Cleveland sports: LeBron James to return to Cavs? Would you welcome another return after Sunday’s comments open the door?

Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The “kid from Akron” made an interesting decision with the Lakers on Sunday With the Cleveland Browns a few weeks away from opening training camp, along with the rest of the NFL, the NBA has taken center stage over the last two weeks. The NBA Finals went to a Game 7 and was full of excitement. Then, days later, the NBA draft gave many teams n...2025
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• Bulls Trade Lonzo Ball To Cavaliers For Isaac Okoro

The Chicago Bulls are trading point guard Lonzo Ball to the Cleveland Cavaliers for wing Isaac Okoro. The Bulls are moving some guard depth to rebalance their roster a bit, while the Cavs get insurance against potentially losing Ty Jerome in free agency. Ball made an impressive recovery to get back from missing parts of four seasons due to multiple knee surgeries. He appeared in 35 games for Chica...2025
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• Should the Warriors, Celtics, Cavs and Nuggets blow it up? Or continue to build?

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images. Graphic by Anton Tabuena Let’s chart the biggest issues and likely next steps for the NBA teams that faced an early exit in the 2025 Playoffs. The last three teams to win NBA championships have all been eliminated early in the 2025 Playoffs. Joining them is a top-seeded title favorite, who despite their improvements and massive spending, only managed one w...2025
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• There are no easy solutions for the Cavs’ NBA Playoffs problems

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Cavs’ latest second round loss in NBA Playoffs brings a new set of questions Patience is not fun, at all. We demand harvest from our efforts, immediate earnings for our time well spent. If we don’t secure a bag this time around, then at least give us a pattern. Something to tell us the next time will be different. Cleveland and all if its Cavaliers mus...2025
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• Pacers vs. Cavaliers has shown there is one big difference between the two teams

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Cavaliers will need to find their fight if they’re going to stay alive vs. the fiery and physical Pacers. Maybe you’ve been in a fight. Or maybe you’ve watched from a safe distance, a fight unfolding. I mean an abrupt fight, out in the world, not a match staged with tickets and accompanying odds. In the first stages, it’s that pantomiming of “will they...2025
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• The Pacers don’t tank or rebuild. They are a factor in the NBA Playoffs again

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images The Pacers are back, right on time. The Pacers are back, same as they were last year, same as it felt a few years ago. And weren’t they really good a decade ago? Ten years before that? Ten years before that? It’s true, the Pacers are always around, the Pacers never rebuild, never tank. They simply add Dahntay Jones to the mix and hope the East opens up. L...2025
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• Ty Jerome Continues Breakout Season With Strong Game 1

In his playoff debut, Ty Jerome had 28 points to help lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 121-100 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 1 of their first-round series. Jerome, a finalist for NBA Sixth Man of the Year, scored 16 points in the fourth quarter while shooting 10-of-15 from the field and 5-of-8 from three-point range overall. His playoff debut production fell just two points shy of Kyrie Irv...2025
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• Pistons, Wolves Have 'Recently' Contacted Malik Beasley
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• Max Strus Out 3-4 Months With Surgery On Jones Fracture In Left Foot
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• Bulls Trade Lonzo Ball To Cavaliers For Isaac Okoro
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• Should the Warriors, Celtics, Cavs and Nuggets blow it up? Or continue to build?
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• There are no easy solutions for the Cavs’ NBA Playoffs problems
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• The Pacers don’t tank or rebuild. They are a factor in the NBA Playoffs again
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• Tyrese Haliburton ripped out Cavs’ heart with NBA Playoffs’ latest amazing dagger

Tyrese Haliburton is cold-blooded. The Indiana Pacers trailed the Cleveland Cavaliers by 20 at one point during Game 2 of their matchup in the second round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs. The Cavs had already dropped Game 1 and were playing without injured stars Darius Garland and Evan Mobley (as well as key reserve De’Andre Hunter). This was set to be a win that saved Cleveland’s season and maybe bough...2025
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• Ty Jerome Continues Breakout Season With Strong Game 1
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• Dean Wade Could Miss Multiple Weeks With Knee Injury

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Dean Wade suffered a bone bruise his right knee. Wade will likely miss multiple weeks of action while recovering from the injury. There's no structural damage in the knee, nor is it related to a previous meniscus surgery in the same knee, but Wade will still be shelved for a while. The 6-foot-9 combo forward has started 26 of the 35 games he's played this season. Wade h...2025
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• Hollinger & Duncan: Not Going Kawhietly
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• Cavs’ Max Strus said Cleveland has one ‘mindset’ heading in 2025-26
A 64-18 record by the Cavaliers in 2024-25 was the best in the Eastern Conference. Despite the team looking like a championship contender, Cleveland lost in the conference semi-finals. The Cavaliers used the 2025 postseason as momentum for the upcoming season. Cleveland knows they underachieved in the playoffs. Recently, Cavaliers’ Max Strus held his annual […] The post Cavs’ Ma...2025
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• There are no easy solutions for the Cavs’ NBA Playoffs problems
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• Pacers vs. Cavaliers has shown there is one big difference between the two teams
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• The Pacers don’t tank or rebuild. They are a factor in the NBA Playoffs again
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• Tyrese Haliburton ripped out Cavs’ heart with NBA Playoffs’ latest amazing dagger
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• Ty Jerome Continues Breakout Season With Strong Game 1
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• The NBA’s shot of the year, plus new reporting around Caleb Williams
This is the digital version of The Pulse. If you want it earlier, start every morning with The Pulse delivered to your inbox. Sign up here. Good morning! I won’t be franchise tagging you today. There is something special about basketball during the moment when the calendar turns from February to March. College tournaments loom, and NBA regular season games start to have weight. Each result fee...2024
• Max Strus hit one of NBA’s longest buzzer-beaters ever to stun Mavs

Max Strus hit a true game-winning buzzer-beater from beyond halfcourt to lift the Cavs over the Mavs. The Cleveland Cavaliers have been the most pleasant surprise of the NBA season. The Cavs’ season seemed to be on the brink when Darius Garland and Evan Mobley both went down with injuries in mid-December, but instead the team ripped off a huge winning streak to move all the way up to the No. 2 se...2024
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• Damian Lillard trade has 3 big winners, and 4 real losers

Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images Let’s give out winners and losers from the blockbuster Damian Lillard trade. Damian Lillard’s trade request was the NBA storyline that just wouldn’t end. For three months, Lillard’s trade request was stuck at the same crossroads: the superstar guard claimed he only wanted to play for the Miami Heat, but his Portland Trail Blazers had no interest in anyth...2023
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• The Heat’s perfect three-team trade to steal Bradley Beal from the Wizards
The Miami Heat are re-tooled and ready for another deep playoff run this season. After bringing in Kyle Lowry, P.J. Tucker, and Markieff Morris while retaining of Victor Oladipo, Duncan Robinson, Gabe Vincent, Max Strus, and Dwayne Dedmon, the Heat are looking to take back the Eastern Conference in 2022 and bring an NBA title […] The post The Heat’s perfect three-team trade to steal Br...2021
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• Heat advance to Eastern Conference finals with Game 6 win over Knicks: How Miami got it done
The Miami Heat advanced to the Eastern Conference finals, defeating the New York Knicks 96-92 in Game 6 of their semifinal series on Friday. Here’s what you need to know: Jimmy Butler led Miami with 24 points on 7-of-22 shooting; he went 10-of-11 from the free-throw line. Bam Adebayo added 23 points, Max Strus had 14 and Kyle Lowry added 11 off the bench. Jalen Brunson had another big game ...2023
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• The Nuggets are too big and too powerful for Heat in NBA Finals
Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images The Heat have been a tremendous Cinderella story, but the clock is about to strike midnight against Denver. The Denver Nuggets were the best team in the Western Conference all season long. And in Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Finals, they showed why they’re the best team in the NBA. It’s not because the Miami Heat completely shut down. While some players s...2023
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• NBA free agency 2023: Heat's Max Strus agrees to 4-year, $63M sign-and-trade deal with Cavaliers
Max Strus shot better than 37% from the 3-point line during his three seasons with the Heat....2023
• Heat vs. Celtics: Reversed Max Strus 3-pointer proves pivotal in final moments of Game 7
Boston won Game 7 100-96...2022
• Heat prospect earning Jimmy Butler’s respect in practice
The Miami Heat had quite an offseason as they provided superstar Jimmy Butler with a lot of supporting cast by trading for Kyle Lowry and signing PJ Tucker, Markieff Morris, and more. Aside from acquiring fresh faces, one of the Heat’s own young players in Max Strus has been quietly ramping up his workload in […] The post Heat prospect earning Jimmy Butler’s respect in practice a...2021
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• The top-75 NBA free agents in 2023, ranked
Let’s rank the top free agents in the NBA. Young NBA superstars don’t hit free agency like they used to, but championships can still be won or lost with signings in the offseason. This summer’s free agent crop is headlined by several big-name veterans expected to hit the open market, and includes plenty intriguing talents available at a variety of price points. When we did this list a year ago, J...2023
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• Cavs face lineup questions with Max Strus, Darius Garland sidelined early
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• Cavaliers Notes: Strus, Merrill, Wade, Tyson, Hunter, Ball
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• Cavs’ Strus Undergoes Foot Surgery, Out At Least 3-4 Months
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• Cavs’ Max Strus undergoes surgery for foot injury; expected to miss at least three months
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• Cleveland sports: LeBron James to return to Cavs? Would you welcome another return after Sunday’s comments open the door?
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• Max Strus Sends Cavs Fans Message After Losing In Second Round
The Cleveland Cavaliers were the No. 1 seed in the East this year. They swept the Miami Heat in the first round of the playoffs and appeared well on their way to competing for the championship for the first time since 2018. However, the Indiana Pacers defeated the Cavaliers in the second round in five […] The post Max Strus Sends Cavs Fans Message After Losing In Second Round appeared ...2025
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• Should the Warriors, Celtics, Cavs and Nuggets blow it up? Or continue to build?
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• There are no easy solutions for the Cavs’ NBA Playoffs problems
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• Max Strus Strongly Believes Cavs Have To Get Mentally And Physically Tougher
The Cleveland Cavaliers were the No. 1 seed in the East this season. They won 64 games during the regular season and swept the Miami Heat in the first round of the playoffs. It appeared the Cavaliers were destined to make the NBA Finals this year for the first time since 2018. However, the Indiana […] The post Max Strus Strongly Believes Cavs Have To Get Mentally And Physically Tougher...2025
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• Should the Warriors, Celtics, Cavs and Nuggets blow it up? Or continue to build?
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• Pacers vs. Cavaliers has shown there is one big difference between the two teams
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• Tyrese Haliburton ripped out Cavs’ heart with NBA Playoffs’ latest amazing dagger
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• Trae Young’s halfcourt dagger joins NBA’s longest buzzer-beaters ever list
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• East Notes: Cavs, Max Strus, Hawks, Bulls
Cavaliers Guard Max Strus said he was in a good flow leading up to his 59-footer at the buzzer to beat the Mavericks on Tuesday. “The last five felt pretty good,” he told reporters. “I felt a rhythm and it’s fun when you do that. Every time I shot it, I felt like it was […] The post East Notes: Cavs, Max Strus, Hawks, Bulls appeared first on Hoops Wire....2024
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• Cavs Pod: Talkin’ Max Strus Buzzer-Beater, Upcoming Slate, More

You don’t see 59-foot buzzer-beaters to win games every day in the NBA. Maybe once a decade. But Max Strus managed to do it and the Cavaliers claimed a thriller against the Dallas Mavericks. Afterward, I stopped at the gas station and a random stranger just walked up to me and started talking about the […] The post Cavs Pod: Talkin’ Max Strus Buzzer-Beater, Upcoming Slate, More a...2024
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• WATCH: Cavs' Max Strus, Evan Mobley did everything right on 59-foot buzzer-beater to sink Mavericks

Strus could've launched a long pass, and Evan Mobley could've launched his own long shot...2024
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• Cavaliers G Max Strus hits halfcourt buzzer-beater to shock Mavericks

Strus made FIVE 3-pointers in the final four minutes....2024
• The NBA’s shot of the year, plus new reporting around Caleb Williams
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