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Emoni Bates Rumors
Cavs allow Emoni Bates to hit unrestricted free agency
Spencer Davies: #Cavs have declined Emoni Bates’ qualifying offer, making him an unrestricted free agent, a league source tells @CLECavsOnSI .
Danny Cunningham: Craig Porter Jr. has been added to the injury report for the #Cavs. He’s listed as questionable for tonight’s game against Chicago with an illness. Additionally, Luke Travers is now available and Emoni Bates has been upgraded from OUT to questionable.
Evan Dammarell: Isaac Okoro and Dean Wade are OUT for the #Cavs against the Boston Celtics. Luke Travers, Emoni Bates, and JT Thor are also out.
Ethan Sands: Caris LeVert is AVAILABLE for the #Cavs tonight against the Mavericks. Craig Porter Jr. and Emoni Bates are OUT. #LetEmKnow #NBASky #NBAThreads
Bob Finnan: Valuable forward Dean Wade (right knee soreness) and guard Sam Merrill (left quad contusion) are questionable vs. Utah tonight. G/F Isaac Okoro (shoulder) is out, along with Luke Travers (G League) and Emoni Bates (G League).
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Michael Scotto: Cleveland Cavaliers forward Emoni Bates had successful arthroscopic surgery today to treat a torn meniscus in his right knee. Bates will be re-evaluated in approximately one month, team says. pic.x.com/TEQvAQZ8oM
Chris Fedor: ‘All the indications that I have gotten are that this organization still is committed to Emoni Bates and his development and that's why they made that qualifying offer to him, that two-way qualifying offer but he's going to spend a majority of his second season in the NBA with the Cleveland Charge and that's where this organization believes he is best suited and that's where this organization believes that he belongs at this point in his development.
Chris Fedor: #Cavs have extended qualifying offers to Isaac Okoro and Emoni Bates, making both of them restricted free agents, sources tell @clevelanddotcom
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Bates and teammate Gabe Osabuohien were suspended for two games for entering the spectator stands at the conclusion of a 126-105 loss with the Cleveland Charge against the Birmingham Squadron on the road at Legacy Arena. Bickerstaff said the team has talked with Bates about the incident. I want to be clear about the circumstances of that, and I don’t think it has been clear: It was an ugly incident from the fan’s standpoint. Emoni and Gabe, they draw the attention and I understand the league’s hard and fast rule on approaching the stands and that type of thing but there is also a line that needs to be drawn between how fans believe they can interact with players and how they can interact with players’ families and the things that were said to Emoni and his family. I understand Emoni being upset, and Gabe going to protect Emoni in that situation.
Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff is standing behind rookie Emoni Bates following a heated incident at the end of a recent G League game that led to Bates’ two-game suspension. “We talked to Emoni and I want to be clear about the circumstances of that and I don’t think it’s been clear. It was an ugly incident from the fan standpoint,” Bickerstaff said pointedly Monday night. “Emoni and Gabe [Osabuohien], they draw the attention and I understand the league’s hard and fast rule on approaching the stands and that type of thing, but there’s also a line that needs to be drawn between how fans believe they can interact with players, how they can interact with players’ families and the things that were said to Emoni and his family. “I let him know we’ve got his back, we’re still supporting him and as a league there needs to be more done to protect those guys. They should never have to go through what they went through and be called the names they were called.”
Marc J. Spears: Cleveland Charge forwards Emoni Bates and Gabe Osabuohien have each been suspended for two games without pay for entering the spectator stands at the conclusion of the Charge’s 126-105 road loss to the Birmingham Squadron on Jan. 20.
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