Daily News - January 13, 2017

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LeBron James, Kyrie Irving continue to lead fan voting for 2017 NBA All-Star Game
Author: Joe Noga
Publication: Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- LeBron James and Kyrie Irving continue to lead the way among Eastern Conference players in the 2017 NBA All-Star Game voting, the league announced on Thursday afternoon.

James, a 12-time NBA All-Star, remains the top overall vote-getter with 1,066,147 votes. He leads Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo (963,110) in the frontcourt. Cavaliers power forward Kevin Love remained third in frontcourt voting, with 473,328 votes.

Irving, a three-time All-Star, is first among backcourt players with 971,362 votes. Chicago Bulls swingman Dwyane Wade is second (514,866). Toronto's DeMar DeRozan and Boston's Isaiah Thomas remain third and fourth. - CLICK HERE to read full story.

Cavs studying how best to use Kyle Korver and play him with Big 3
Author: Joe Vardon
Publication: Cleveland.com

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Cavs didn't acquire Kyle Korver to use him like this.

In Korver's first two games with Cleveland, he's scored exactly four points (easy to figure his average, at least) in 43 minutes. He's shooting 2-of-10 overall and 0-of-5 on 3-pointers.

So it's been an inauspicious start for a player brought to Cleveland because he's one of the best 3-point shooters in NBA history and should fit splendidly on a team that bombs 3s because LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love create so much space. - CLICK HERE to read full story.

Did Cavs violate 'Ted Stepien rule' by swapping first-round picks with Portland? Hey, Joe!
Author: Joe Vardon
Publication: Cleveland.com

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Do you have a Cavs question that you'd like to have answered in Hey, Joe? Submit it here or tweet him @joevardon.

Hey, Joe: How does the Portland first round swap work under the Stepien rule? They traded their 2016 pick as part of the cap-clearing Zeller deal. You can't trade first round picks in consecutive years, but they just traded their 2017 pick too. Is it because the 2016 draft is now in the past? -- Bob, Newtown, Conn.

Hey, Bob: You answered your own question, Bob, but I'm glad you asked. My inbox is full of emails asking essentially the same question. The "Stepien rule", named after former Cavs owner Ted Stepien, who in the early 1980s traded away five consecutive first-round picks (from 1982-85). But the rule only applies to future picks, and is not affected by what you did the year before. The Cavs wanted to trade to Atlanta their 2019 first-round pick. But they had already dealt their 2018 first rounder to Portland last year as incentive to take Anderson Varejao. So, Cleveland got the Blazers to take this year's first rounder and give back the 2018 pick, so the Cavs could legally ship the 2019 pick to the Hawks in the Korver deal. And it doesn't matter what happened in the 2016 draft. - CLICK HERE to read full story.

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