The Cavs have chosen to waive 6-foot-6 Australian guard Luke Travers, according to Cleveland.com's Chris Fedor. Travers was a second-round pick by the Cavs (56th overall) in the 2022 NBA Draft.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cavs are moving on from their offseason gamble. Cleveland is trading Lonzo Ball and two second-round picks to the Utah Jazz, league sources confirmed to cleveland.com. Utah is expected to waive Ball after the deal is finalized,

The Cavaliers will be Harden's fifth team in the last six seasons.

Guard-Forward Jaylon Tyson was named to the 2026 NBA Rising Stars Game in his sophomore season. Tyson entered Monday's game against the Magic, averaging 13.7 points per game, 5.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists, shooting 51.3% from the field and 46.2% from three.

The Cleveland Cavaliers made arguably the most important deal of the NBA trade deadline so far. Cleveland remained an Eastern Conference contender before the trade, but they took a huge gamble on adding legendary guard James Harden to boost those chances.

The Los Angeles Clippers traded former MVP James Harden to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday in exchange for Darius Garland and a second-round draft pick, per ESPN's Shams Charania.

The Cavaliers didn’t tiptoe into the 2026 NBA trade deadline. Far from it. Instead, president of basketball operations Koby Altman and his team jumped in headfirst.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — While the James Harden acquisition grabbed headlines, the Cavs made a far more unusual move at the trade deadline that reveals their unconventional approach to roster construction and financial flexibility.