The Cleveland Cavaliers essentially stood pat this offseason, declining to make any major moves in free agency or via trade.

Instead, the Cavaliers opted to double down on their young core, signing Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen to contract extensions.

As a result, Bleacher Report’s Andy Bailey is using one word to describe Cleveland heading into the 2024-25 NBA season: continuity.

“Certainly, a trade can come out of nowhere in the NBA, but Cleveland seems content with the hire of head coach Kenny Atkinson being its biggest change,” Bailey wrote. “And in a league that seems to be perpetually turning rosters over, continuity could prove to be one of the Cavs’ biggest strengths.”

The Cavaliers have made the playoffs each of the last two seasons, winning 51 games before being bounced in the first round two years ago and then going 48-34 and advancing to Round 2 last spring.

But does Cleveland have enough to make a deeper run this time around?

On paper, the Cavs have a fairly impressive roster. Their “core four” of Mitchell, Mobley, Allen and Darius Garland is certainly talented, and they have some interesting supplementary pieces such as Caris LeVert, Isaac Okoro and rookie Jaylon Tyson.

However, in an Eastern Conference that includes the Boston Celtics and rising squads like the New York Knicks, that may not be enough.

Perhaps a healthier season will be all the Cavaliers need to experience more success, as Mitchell, Mobley and Garland all played under 60 games apiece last year,

But it remains to be seen if Cleveland is truly talented enough to hang with the big boys.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cleveland police and EMS responded to a crash at St Clair Avenue and East 105th Street Monday night.

Cleveland EMS confirmed four people were taken to University Hospitals. Officials say the people taken were a 56-year-old woman, a 15-year-old boy, a 14-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy.

Cleveland police confirmed Euclid police were involved in a pursuit that ended in a crash in the Glenville neighborhood.

Euclid police released a report on the crash Tuesday afternoon, saying the chase started after officers were alerted by FLOCK cameras that a stolen vehicle was traveling around St. Clair Avenue in Euclid.

Officers located the stolen vehicle, a Kia Sportage, and followed it until backup arrived and a stop was initiated on Rockwell Drive.

Police say the driver fled onto Babbitt Road and the stop was terminated. The car was later seen stopped at a red light on Euclid Avenue and Highland Road, according to police.

“One Officer attempted to block the Kia with his police cruiser and approached the driver’s side of the suspect vehicle, on foot. The suspect driver turned the Kia towards the Officer on foot and struck the Officer as he sped away a second time,” Euclid police wrote in the release.

The officer was not seriously injured, police say, and was later treated and released from a local hospital.

Police pursued the car as it fled into Cleveland, officials say, and at St. Clair Avenue and East 105th Street the stolen car crashed into another car.

Immediately after the crash, police say a Euclid cruiser hit an oil slick and slid into the other car.

Police confirmed a 15-year-old boy who was in the stolen car fled but was caught by police. a 14-year-old girl in the stolen car and the 15-year-old driver remained at the scene, according to police.

The crash injured a 56-year-old woman in the struck vehicle, as well as all three teens in the stolen car, police say.

Officers say they located a loaded handgun reported stolen out of Euclid. Police confirmed charges will be filed against the two teen boys in the suspect vehicle.

Euclid police concluded saying all four parties remain hospitalized Tuesday morning with non-life-threatening injuries.

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On Monday, the Los Angeles Lakers held media day in California, which meant that the father-son duo of LeBron and Bronny James got to be on full display.

They did interviews and took photos that went viral on social media.

After the day, James made a post to Instagram that has over 1.1 million likes and 7,800 comments in less than six hours.

James captioned his post: “PURE JOY 🙌🏾🙌🏾🤴🏾”

One person to leave a comment was former NBA star Dion Waiters.

His comment had over 400 likes in four hours.

Waiters wrote: “This 🔥🔥🔥 having ya Jr next to yu along both of yall journey is crazy!!! 🫡”

Waiters and James were briefly teammates for part of part of two seasons on the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers.

In addition, they have faced off ten times over their careers.

James had an impressive 10-1 record in those matchups.

Waiters never made an All-Star Game, but he was an extremely popular NBA player (who was an elite scorer).

Fans will likely love seeing that he is interacting with James on social media.

The 32-year-old played eight seasons for the Cavs, Heat, Thunder and Lakers.

He won the 2020 NBA Championship with James and the Lakers.

His career averages were 13.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per contest while shooting 41.2% from the field and 34.6% from the three-point range.

The Lakers will open up their season on October 22 when they host Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves in Los Angeles.