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The NBA announced the All-Rookie teams on Tuesday afternoon. It should come as no surprise that Dion Waiters was easily voted to the First Team All-Rookie by NBA coaches. Despite his up and down rookie campaign, it was clear that Waiters was one of the most talented players in his class and had plenty of positive moments to outshine the negative ones. Waiters was the fourth leading vote getting in All-Rookie voting and joined Damian Lillard, Bradley Beal, Anthony Davis, and Harrison Barnes on the First Team All-Rookie. Dion finished the season with 14.7 points and 3.0 assists in just ...

Much has been made of the Cavaliers inability to guard last season, and rightfully so. It was a dumpster fire. Everyone likes to use Kyrie Irving's defense as a fun thing to harp on (for reasons that are near unfathomable to me), but Dion Waiters and the rest of the wings weren't effective guarding the perimeter either. Adding a center to reduce the amount of uncontested layups would be one step forward, but you need sound perimeter defending, if only to reduce the number of open three pointers. Believe it or not, Irving and Waiters still project as plus defenders for their respective ...

For the second straight year, the Cavaliers place two on the NBA's All-Rookie Team -- Dion Waiters (first team) and Tyler Zeller (second team)

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Cleveland Cavaliers' Anderson Varejao,left from Brazil, talks to Daniel Gibson, second from left, after the firing of head coach Byron Scott, Thursday, April 18, 2013, in Independence, Ohio. Seated next to Gibson is Dion Waiters, Marreese Speights, and Kyrie Irving. The Cavaliers fired Scott after three losing seasons. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Cleveland Cavaliers' Dion Waiters talks to the media at a news conference about the firing of head coach Byron Scott. Thursday, April 18, 2013, in Independence, Ohio. The Cavaliers fired Scott after three losing seasons. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Cleveland Cavaliers' Dion Waiters (3) drives past Philadelphia 76ers' Spencer Hawes (00) and Thaddeus Young during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, April 14, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

Dion Waiters returns for the Cleveland Cavaliers in Wednesday night's game against Detroit at The Q.

Cleveland Cavaliers' Dion Waiters (3) drives between Detroit Pistons' Andre Drummond (1) and Charlie Villanueva in the second quarer of an NBA basketball game on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Rookie guard Waiters has missed the last 10 games with a sore knee. Tonight's game against the Pistons features teams that will be involved in the draft lottery. More Cavaliers story links.

The Cleveland Cavaliers lost again. I know you are all shocked by this development. The Cavaliers rested Kyrie Irving on the second night of a back to back and are still without Dion Waiters. In the first half, the Cavs lost one of their few reserve guards when Daniel Gibson got ejected. Omri Casspi actually played pretty well. The Cavs did play pretty hard and never seemed to lay down and die. They fought til the end, but it wasn't enough as the Hawks closed out a 102-94 victory. The Cavaliers have now lost nine straight games. But hey, at least Kyrie will play in the next game, ri...

"Shut them down, draft position should be #1 priority right now. We saw that with a healthy Irving and Waiters this is a .500 team (after Jan 1st)." - smokes

Waiters, currently out with a shoulder injury, has been among the NBA's top rookies this season. The Cavs will again be in the draft lottery, which is largely determined by win-loss records. More Cavaliers story links.

The Cavaliers continue to struggle without Kyrie Irving and Dion Waiters. Will either of them be back on the court this season? Looking ahead, GM Chris Grant has decisions to make on how to improve the roster. CineSport's Noah Coslov & The Plain Dealer's Mary Schmitt Boyer discuss.

Kyrie Irving (sprained left shoulder) and Dion Waiters (sore left knee) did not practice with the Cavaliers on Monday, and there was no update on their status for Wednesday's game against Boston.