he would have been here anyways even if if coach blatt was still our coach. i think it's cool that our representing our organization. i know he's going to have a great time. >>> basketball hall of fame announced two finalists for this year's class. might not be remembered as a cavalier, but this man, shaquille o'neal and allen iverson are both up for the honor. shaq's respect for the game is obvious. >> i got the call said they changed the rules, you're a nominee. i don't really know what that means and i'm very superstitious. until i get the real call. thank you guys. you know you been a mentor to me for a long, long time. everybody up here. you guys paved the way for us. >> pebble beach. a great shot of the ocean. how about a great shot for the man from oceans eleven. shot of the day in round number two. andy garcia nails the chip shot on 14. play continues throughout the weekend. that's a wrap on morning sports. >>> tomorrow as we all know is valentine's day. with the clock ticking some bad news when it cops to the 216. wallethub ranks cleveland among the

laft-second three which gave the boston's the win. been less than stellar since the team fired david blatts d two weeks ago. last night a defensive breakdown leftde lebron james and the cavaliers with a not so good feeling.a playoff and we were up five.wa take a three-point shot and rebounds and i thought we kick it out to crowder who makes the three for five into so that was a big play.th it was a perfect storm. >> this is something jr smith won't want to hear today, but the nba says the officials made a mistake in last night's cavaliers/fitopics game. the mba rolled jr smith foul and the closing seconds of last night's game was not a foul. f smith ended up selling out of the game as a result. some will point to that as costing the cavaliers a win, remember, cleveland missed 14 free throws and failed to grab a key rebound in the closing seconds of the game. we hope that will change tonight in the free throw percentage as they take on the pelicans who are hanging onto fighting for a playoff spot in the finals. >> finally tonight, winter is a >> butt thinks to some creative friends, one disa

even if coach blatt was still our coach. couch lou would have still been here. i think its cool our coaching staff is here representing our organization and i know he will have a great time with it. >>> basketball hall of fame announced two finalists and a former cav up for the honor. this man, shaq. uniform? >> got the call. say they changed the rules, you are nominated. i'm very super -- until i get the real call. thank you. you have been a mentor to me for a long time. i gist want to represent you guys. you guys paved the way for us. >>> pebble beach proam heading in to the weekend a great shot for the man from oceans 11. shot of the day. round number two. appearedy garcia with a gray beard. nails the chip shot on 14. play continues throughout the weekend. that's a wrap on morning sports. we have you covered tonight at six. >>> we all know tomorrow is valentine's day. if you are in a relationship you better know. with the clock ticking some bad news about celebrating valentine's day here in the 216. we are ranked among the worst cities for cupid's arrow to st

@remember, when he first took @over he lobbied for david blatt @to be the coach of the team, @since the majority of the teams @win were under his leadership, @of course, that did not happen. @most people that cover the nba @feel they will lose if they had @to face golden state or san @so, what should the @expectations be? @they are healthy, they have @think of won 8 of their last @10. @they can't face both the golden @state warriors and the san @antonio spurs. @i can't imagine anyone in @cleveland walking away happy if @they don't win it all but @should we expect that? @>> it can't be the expectation @because of how well the golden @state warriors are playing. @getting there certainly has to @be the expectation then see @what happens. @anything short of the finals is @a major disappointment. @>> reporter: you can see my @interview with jason lloyd @sunday night on sports tonight. @golden state are looking for @more than another title. @they want history, they want to @finish 25-5. if they do that @they will break a record. @they are saying right now that @they want to do that. @shaquill

. >> jeffrey blatt joins us via skype. he has a business and technology law expert. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> we just saw mr. cook use the term backdoor a couple times. isn't it really the court asking apple to create not a backdoor but a custom code that allows the fbi to get into that iphone without triggering the 10 strikes and the phone is what protection mechanism?>> it's a matter of semantics. certainly, the reader -- order attempts to be as narrow as you would expect. the orders directed to the suspect's specific phone and trying to require apple to provide reasonable inference to bypass or disable the auto erase function. of course, if you read tim cook's open letter, he characterizes it as a backdoor. because his position, and i think there is some merit to this, is that if you try to define any type of code for one iphone, it will work on all the other iphones as well. once you put that wedge in, effectively you have compromised security. >> so jeffrey, there is already a court order out there now and apple and tim cook have said no, we'r

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.@ david blatt was out and they@ have a long way to go to knock@ off the defending champs.@ that's true.@ trading kevin love, is that@ the answer?@ i have a better idea.@ bring him off the bench.@ he will get more touches and@ score more points and@ everything is elevated.@ last year's finals mvp started@ ii am not saying they@ shouldn't add a wing man, but@ they won 19 of the past 24 and@ it is still a work in@ progress.@ moving love to the second unit@ could take everything.@ that's my take and now i want@ yours, tweet it to me.@ roger goodell's 2014 salary@ was leaked and he pulled out@ $34 million in 2014.@ that was after a $9 million@ pay cut.@ we don't know last year's@ salary because the nfl dropped@ the tax exempt status and no@ longer has to disclose it.@ over a nine-year span he was@ up there with the big guys.@ 246 million and kobe 208@ million and roger gay you del@ 180 -- and roger goodell 180@ million.@ i want to show you the scene@ from tennessee.@ this is robert luis with down@ syndrome and had one shot on@ senior night.@ he is the team's manager and@ they let him play a

then you've got to stop and i thought of david blatt, who had the cleveland cavaliers in the playoffs, nba finals last season and had them with the best record in the eastern conference this season at 30 and 11 and he got fired. if he can get fired, anybody can get fired. especially with a guy with a 23 and 31 record. ernie: let me ask you about the timing. a lot of people questioned that today. one game and they have a 10 day stretch. does that mean anything? why did they do it? russ: i think the prior stretch or the last 10 games, they've lost nine out of 10. at one point they were 22 and 22. had them thinking about the playoffs. that pretty much seems like certainly not in the picture now. the assistant is taking over. i just think that what happened was that phil jackson came to the conclusion that, hey, i just don't think this is a proper fit. i just don't think this is a proper fit. we have to go in another here's one of the examples that he gave why it wasn't a proper fit. >> i've thought about what does the team need to do differently? how do we need to coach this team differe

the law, he will be met with fierce bipartisan opposition here in congress, and we're accept blsep blatte michael plel pla constitutional -- full constitutional legal rights. once they're tried in a courtroom in the united states, and the sort of vague idea that it's just a dangerous, crazy thing did a. but aren't there he there already 300 accused convicted terrorists in american prisons right now? >> there are, and i think if president obama really wanted to close guantanamo, heished have said i love guantanamo and i want to keep it open forever, and his critics would be having it shut down by friday. >> .org you think that's it? >> there's a lot to t. when you look at obamacare and supreme court justice, and had he said i loved place, i want to keep it open forever, he might have had a backlash. i was there in december of 2016, when they were transferred from the cia to the military. and 14 men got off the aaron that day, including kalid shaikh mohamed. and since a decade, there has been one that has gone through the supreme court and around and that was ahmed galani, who was prosecute

four losses came against the bulls in his first game as the head coach after he took over for coach blatt tip-off is a p.m. tomorrow.ff >> the deadline is tomorrow for trades and rumors persist, will the cavaliers the activepe? >> they are exploring options there are problems that they might tradede pau gasol it's doubtful that the the cavaliers would pull off a big deal,e here in the week we heard rumors of kevin love don't think that he will be held't at all, but in james people talk about our iman shumpert and timofey mozgov basal heat up in the lake regard to potential trades the biggest ramp up their production in the final 30 games if they stand pat ? >> time for pitchers and catchers to report . >> that means that springtime is around the corner,an and goodyear arizona started this week,nd the strength is the pitching staff, we have hadhe winning seasons in each of terry francona's years in cleveland said he is a big factor but that the pitching staff can duplicate 2013 in the office is a little, it could you could be thinking of the postseason . the first full squad workout is mon

moving up and moving out david blatt. that gives his team is better chance at winning. if you want to be on the floor, you're going get tired. we all have to accept it. the cavs don't need to change a thing. three games ahead of the pack in the east this. team was two teams away from a championship last year with only lebron. golden state is better. by playing the system, the cavs are peter too. one tweak of the roster can destroy what you built. i say let the whole season ride on one seven-game series. the best team doesn't win it. there's bad bounces, and you have to have some luck involved too. don't mess this up. i'll take my chances with this cavaliers team. tweet me your thoughts at john wkyc. throw it over to greg now. >> doing the weather and walking over there, it's too hard work this morning. so i'm going to use my unicub to get to the green screen this morning. this is so much easier. this is how weather should be done. nice, much better. thank you, honda. temperatures in the 20s out there this morning. 26 in wooster. 27 in mansfield. 29 downtown. good mornin

@he said he still has some @when asked yesterday what the @differences between david @blatt and to writing -- and [ @name indiscernible ], he said @heights. @>> -- he said heights. @>> i don't think a lot was @going on until tied took over. @he has had a long career in @this week. @he has played with colby -- @lebron. @he knows the temperamental @stars. @>> he will handle a lot of @them as he is the coach of the @east. @he has a coach of 8-3 since @taking over his team. @indians hitters and catchers @report in 4 days. @they signed a new picture, a @free agent, right-hander tommy @hunter. @prior record was 46-23. @he was with the cubs last @season. @he has been in the bullpen for @the last three seasons. @coming off a season abdominals @season and being sidelined as @the start of the season. @nothing will sidelined "sports @tonight". @tomorrow night at 11:35 you @will see my entire interview @talking cavaliers as well as @ian miller and much more. @have a great weekend @everybody. @>> -- @>>> just ahead moneyman matt @granite as a way to ditch all @your unnecessary courts. @it works for app

the have said that @two weeks ago after the @pounding they took from golden @state and with david blatt. @now, i know it's only been five @games with the new coach but @this is a much better team. @they're pushing the ball, @popping 3s and teams can't hang @with them. @they scored 114, 115, 114, 117 @that's how golden state wins. @i know the spurs were missing @duncan but even with him the @spurs were not winning that @game saturday night. @to win in today's nba you have @to score and outscore the @warriors it's not about @defense. @the warriors were 15th. @they won the title they're 18th @the cavs are third in defense @but the warriors just posted @132. @i like the approach. @>> we got to get a chance at @the playoffs i believe that if @you're in shape it makes you @tougher mentally and @physically and do things harder @and better. @so that's my motto. @>> here's what i also like, the @warriors are 44 and 4 last @night's win over the knicks. @they're going to guests a the @all-time wins record 73 by the @bulls. @they'll keep pushing it while @the casts can coast into the @playoffs. @iw

josh blatt from north henderson, dalton beaver from mitchell and ryan shepherd from avery county and anthony from cherokee and tony mcgill from mcdowell win state tiles as well. congratulations to all of these outstanding student athletes. that is a look at sports. have a great start to your sunday,, everyone, i'm luke notestine for news 13 sports. >> hope: okay the clock is ticking in the asheville escape room and my next challenge is to them. we will find out next. my tempur-pedic cuddles better than my husband does... ...but that's just between you and me. it's really cool to the touch. at mattress firm,get zero percent apr financing. visit mattress firm, america's number one tempur-pedic retailer today. now, in high definition, from the western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 this weekend. >> evan: we have a "early bird gets the win" giveaway for you this morning, folks. yesterday, we previewed the asheville lyric opera's upcoming performance of the magic flute, with a live opera singer in the studio. >> zack: today we are giving aby two tickets to that show in earl

when you stop and think about it, david blatt had the cavaliers in the nba finals last season and had them with the best record in the eastern conference this season at 30 and so in the nba, we should never be totally surprised when a coach gets the ax. with the knicks' losing streak at five, giving them nine losses in the last 10 to drop their record, the ax did fall on derek fisher. phil jackson gave the job to fisher, despite him not having any previous coaching experience after a little more than a season and a half. he leaves with a record of 40 and 96. but after their 17 and 65 mark last season, the knicks showed improvement, getting off to a 22 and 22 start with thoughts about possibly even making the playoffs. with the nine losses in the last 10, the thoughts have disappeared. the assistant takes over as head coach for the time being. here's phil jackson on how he came to make the difficult change. a team need to do differently? how do we need to coach differently to get what we need get. the brooklyn game, we had a seven point lead in the fourth quarter and lost that lead in

he became hugh blatt and will take home his first golden statue.best actress, brie larson for room. what an incredible film. she deserves denomination. brie larson is fantastic. she stayed in her apartment for a month to prepare so she could get her skin to look pale. in the movie she is in the room for seven years raising her son. she won all of the awards but keep an eye out for a surprise. finally, best picture. i think now it is a big tossup. it could be rabbinate for spotlight. rabbinate has the scenes. allie hunter won the de ga award. they have aligned with best picture eight out of the last 10 years. i think right now the safe bet for best picture is the revenant . spotlight when the sag award and that is a big indicator. actors are the largest branch of the oscars. we will see what happens. best picture will win, the revenant. mad max fury road should when -- win and i do think it was the best film of 2015. i will be tweeting along all oscar night. i am kevin mccarthy. >>> the big show tonight. you will be watching. >> i will be watching.