Cleveland Cavaliers fans should be getting exciting for the holiday season. They are playing the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day and before their NBA Finals matchup, they could be having their starting backcourt return very soon.
Iman Shumpert and Kyrie Irving returning to the Cavs lineup could happen this weekend. Then again, it couldn’t.
Following from ESPN’s Dave McMenamin.
Both Kyrie Irving and Iman Shumpert might make their much-anticipated season debuts during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ two-game road trip through Orlando and Boston, coach David Blatt said.
Then again, they might not.
While Blatt acknowledged for the first time all season that Friday’s game against the Magic might be the night when Irving (fractured left kneecap) and Shumpert (injured right wrist) feel healthy enough to suit up, he hedged against a full-fledged announcement regarding their return.
“There’s a chance that one or two or both will play on the trip, but there’s also a chance they don’t,” Blatt said after Thursday’s practice. “We’ll see how they’re feeling.”
“It’s a day-to-day thing with both of them,” Blatt said. “We kind of like to let them get through the practice then, the next morning, gauge how they’re feeling. And then just go from there. But they both will be on the trip with us.”
LeBron James is out somewhere doing a ‘Birdman handrub’ getting excited for the return of this dynamic backcourt.
