Fashion trends have always defined the NBA from generation to generation and the lastest one is that of wearing tights. However, this trend might be on the way out as Darren Rovel and Marc Stein say NBA officials don't like the look of tights that have become more commonplace this season.

Sources said that all 30 teams were informed of this last month, but it would be possible for players to continue to wear these tights if they send the league a written request from the team doctor.

LeBron James scored 46 points and helped the Cavaliers secure their first playoff berth since 1998 with the team's win over the Dallas Mavericks, the Associated Press is reporting.  It will be LeBron's first ever trip to the postseason.

"We have bigger goals than that," Cavaliers coach Mike Brown said. "If the fans want to celebrate and the city wants to celebrate, that's fine. We expected to be in the playoffs."

Cavaliers guard Larry Hughes' fractured right long finger was examined today in Baltimore, Maryland by Dr. Thomas Graham, chief of the Curtis National Hand Center and Dr. Richard Parker, Cavaliers Head Team Physician. The examination confirmed the healing process is still taking place as expected and desired.

Larry has also been cleared to gradually resume basketball related activities (shooting, dribbling, passing, catching, etc.) immediately. He has not yet been cleared to resume regular practice.

The Cavs also are likely to exceed the salary cap, which means they'll have just the two salary-cap exceptions -- what are known as the mid-level exception and the bi-annual exception -- to re-sign their own free agents such as Flip Murray.

Because he signed a one-year qualifying offer contract with Seattle this past offseason and subsequently waived his no trade rights, the Cavs cannot use so-called Bird Rights to sign re-Murray.  So they must use one of these two exceptions.

The mid-level has not yet been determined but is expected to be $5.2 - $5.4 million and the bi-annual will be $1.75 million.  Each can be used to sign just one player or can be broken down and used to sign multiple players.

Flip Murray, signed by the Sonics to a one-year, $895,248 contract in September, is an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. He knows that producing down the stretch will ultimately land a very nice multiyear deal.

Ferry would not speculate on how much interest the Cavaliers will show in retaining Murray, who is averaging 14 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 11 games as a starter.

"At the end of the season," Ferry said, "we'll sit down and discuss the future.

"In the time he's been here, Flip has proven he is capable. The trade has worked out very well. He's helped us win games."

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James was named today as the NBA?s Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, March 13 through Sunday, March 19.

In three games during the week, James led Cleveland to a 2-1 record by averaging 30.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 2.3 steals per game.  He ranked second in the Eastern Conference in points per game during the week and led Cleveland in scoring and assists in each game.

It marks the third time this season (weeks ending Nov. 20, 2005 and Jan. 30, 2006) and the sixth time in his career that James has won the award.  

The Denver Nuggets? Carmelo Anthony was named Western Conference Player of the Week.

Last week, Orlando Magic television commentator Matt Guokas, who used to do Cavs games, told his audience that center Zydrunas Ilgauskas had been so frustrated with his teammates lack of response in Rasheed Wallace elbowgate three weeks ago that he went to the front office and asked to be traded in the offseason.

Guokas was partially right and partially wrong. Team insiders said Ilgauskas did go to management upset but never expressed desire to go anywhere.

Cavaliers guard Larry Hughes' fractured right long finger was examined Wednesday in Baltimore, Maryland by Dr. Thomas Graham, Chief of the Curtis National Hand Center and Cavaliers Head Team Physician Dr. Richard Parker.

The examination confirmed the healing process is taking place as expected and desired thus far. The original recovery timeline issued on February 14th (Out 8 to 10 weeks) is still in place.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have reassigned forward/center Martynas Andriuskevicius to the Arkansas RimRockers of the NBA Development League, Cavaliers General Manager Danny Ferry announced today.

Andriuskevicius has played in a total of seven games with the RimRockers this season and is averaging 6.7 points and 3.6 rebounds in 17.3 minutes per game.  He has played a total of nine minutes in six games for the Cavaliers this season.

In eight games with the Cavaliers, Flip Murray is averaging 13.4 points, and the team is 4-2 in games he has started. Murray becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer, and the Nuggets are expected to go after him.