Cavaliers forward Anderson Varejao is not expected to miss any time after spraining his right ankle playing in an exhibition game for Brazil’s national team.

Varejao hurt his ankle in a collision during a game on Wednesday in Logrono, Spain. A spokeswoman for Brazil’s team said an MRI after the game was normal. Varejao is expected to play against France as the Brazilians tune up for the World Championships, which begin Aug. 28 in Turkey.

One of the NBA's top reserves, the 6-foot-11 Varejao averaged 8.6 points and 7.6 rebounds in 76 games for the Cavs last season. The team will be counting on him following the departures of LeBron James, Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Shaquille O’Neal.

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(Cleveland) - The Cleveland Cavaliers has unveiled the team’s new uniforms for the 2010-11 season.

The team says the “new expression of wine and gold” home and road uniforms reflect the colors and style elements from the earliest years of the Cavs.

The authentic adidas uniforms feature a deep wine and bright gold that the team says echo the hues from the early 1970s, with a simplistic, yet bold, design and introduce several new and unique design elements.



The front of the home white jersey displays a new official team wordmark “CAVALIERS” in wine across the chest, and the front of the road wine jersey the new wordmark reads “CLEVELAND” in white.



The Cavaliers DNA statement: “All for One. One for All.” is printed along the back of the inner-collar of the crew neck jersey, and the Cavaliers secondary logo “C-sword” appears on both sides of the shorts.

The team will debut the uniforms when they take the court for the first 2010-11 preseason game on Tuesday, October 5th at 7:00 p.m. vs. the Charlotte Bobcats at Quicken Loans Arena.

The 2003-04 season was the last time the Cavaliers introduced a new jersey, which featured a “new expression of wine and gold” with the crimson-hued wine color and a metallic gold reverting from the blue, black and orange team colors during the mid 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s.

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(Miami) - Adding a new layer to the rift between LeBron James and Dan Gilbert, the NBA's two-time reigning MVP and new Miami Heat forward has told GQ magazine that he isn't sure the Cleveland Cavaliers owner "ever cared" about him during their time together.

In an article released Tuesday, James spoke of how widespread criticism of his decision - and how he chose to make it a television event - is fueling him this offseason, plus reiterated how Ohio will always remain his home.

But perhaps his sharpest words were reserved for Gilbert, the owner who lashed out at him shortly after James announced that he would be joining the Heat.

"I don't think he ever cared about LeBron," James is quoted as saying. "My mother always told me: 'You will see the light of people when they hit adversity. You'll get a good sense of their character.' Me and my family have seen the character of that man."

Gilbert did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

James made similar remarks on the night Miami signed him to a six-year contract, doing so while sitting alongside the other two legs of the Heat superstar triangle, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

Gilbert was clearly scorned by James' choice, firing off a now-infamous letter to Cleveland fans describing it all as "a shameful display of selfishness and betrayal." He called James "narcissistic" and "self-promotional" and vowed the Cavaliers would win a championship before "the self-titled former king."

Further, in an interview the same night with The Associated Press, Gilbert said he felt James quit on Cleveland during the 2009 and 2010 playoffs. Gilbert was ultimately fined $100,000 by the NBA for what commissioner David Stern said were comments that fell into the category of being "a little extreme."

In the GQ article, James took exception to the "quitter" tag.

"Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself," James said.

He added that he's looking forward to seeing the Cavaliers as opponents this season.

"I do have motivation," James told GQ. "A lot of motivation."

Among other highlights from the article:

- James said he wouldn't change any part of "The Decision," the made-for-TV event in Greenwich, Conn. where he announced his playing plans to an audience of about 10 million viewers. The hourlong show made $2.5 million for Boys & Girls Clubs. "When I found out I had an opportunity to do that for those kids, it was a no-brainer," James said.

- Despite his feuding with Gilbert, James thinks that if he could ever play for the Cavaliers again someday, it would be "a great story."

- James explained he's always had an uneasy relationship with Cleveland because he's from Akron, a half-hour away. "It's not far, but it is far," James said. "And Clevelanders, because they were the bigger-city kids when we were growing up, looked down on us. ... So we didn't actually like Cleveland. We hated Cleveland growing up. There's a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day."

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