With shooting guards Daniel Gibson (neck) and Anthony Parker (back) out with injuries, former Erie BayHawks small forward Mychel Thompson got his first start for the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight. A 6-foot-6, 211-pound rookie, Thompson had eight points on 3-of-9 shooting, four assists and three turnovers in a 93-90 loss to the Boston Celtics. Thompson, 23, [...]

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Here’s another one. Solomon Alabi played 22 games for the Erie BayHawks last season when they were affiliated with the Toronto Raptors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The 7-footer averaged just 7.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.8 blocks for Erie as a rookie last season. Someone that tall should dominate the D-League. So if anyone needs [...]

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It’s a mystery to me. How does a guy with this much athleticism and upside keep finding himself in the D-League? Christian Eyenga spent some time in Erie with the BayHawks when they were affiliated with the Cleveland Cavaliers. As a rookie, he averaged 12.3 points and 4.7 rebounds in 15 games with the BayHawks. [...]

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Check out these articles about how current and former Erie BayHawks are doing: Hawks blog (Atlanta Journal Constitution) – BayHawks point guard Donald Sloan was described as struggling to stop Charlotte’s D.J. Augustin in Monday night’s preseason game, but settled down later in the game. Peachtree hoops – Former BayHawks PF Ivan Johnson had the [...]

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The Cleveland Cavaliers have waived Erie BayHawks forward Kyle Goldcamp, who starred at Gannon University, and Canton Charge forward Tyrell Biggs, who played college basketball at Pitt. The Cavaliers announced it today. The Cavaliers now have 17 players in training camp with one being BayHawks forward Mychel Thompson. NBA teams can have 15 total players [...]

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Check out Erie BayHawks combo guard Cory Higgins dancing along with three other rookies at the Denver Nuggets scrimmage tonight. No. 22. Kind of in the background wearing an underneath shirt. Higgins was one of five BayHawks who was invited to NBA training camps with the other four being Donald Sloan (Atlanta Hawks), Chris Daniels [...]

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Stop playing. That’s what Erie BayHawks power forward Kyle Goldcamp initially thought when getting a call from Wes Wilcox around 1 p.m. Friday about coming to the Cleveland Cavaliers training camp. “I know Wes from being affiliated with Cleveland,” Goldcamp said about the Cavaliers, who were an NBA affiliate of the BayHawks for their first [...]

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After leading the Iowa Energy to the 2011 D-League title, head coach Nick Nurse headed to the team he beat in the league finals – Rio Grande Valley. The Vipers open the season tonight (8 p.m.) against the Erie BayHawks at State Farm Arena. Earlier this week, Duane Rankin caught Nurse on the phone and [...]

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Sweet. The Cleveland Cavaliers are calling their new D-League team the Canton Charge. Here’s their website. First of all, it’s slick and bold. Hard to come up with that kind of combination, but the Cavaliers, who solely own the team, pulled it off. The Cavs were an NBA affiliate of the Erie BayHawks before Erie [...]

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Fort Wayne vs. Canton (two quarters)
Erie vs. Fort Wayne (two quarters)
Erie vs. Canton (two quarters)

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If the NBA stays in lockout mode for the entire season, I may miss the interviews more than the play and the players. Having been in my share of NBA locker rooms and at my share of press conferences over the years, you have a good idea of what a player might say. Most use [...]

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Huge fire closes schools, roads, and rail.

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Get a whiff of this.

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Our acknowledgment of quality sports fan journalism continues this week with a shout for Blog Talk Bayhawk.

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