CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Cavaliers’ pursuit of a championship requires painful decisions that often conflict with the team’s family-oriented culture.

Across those two years, he averaged 7.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 18.7 minutes per game.

Hundreds of thousands descended on downtown Oklahoma City to celebrate the OKC Thunder and the city's first-ever NBA Championship. Throughout the two-mile parade route — which wound past the ...