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It's going to be a long offseason in C-Town. Jim Paxson
was fired Thursday as general manager of the Cleveland
Cavaliers, whose stunning second-half collapse this
season cost them their first trip to the NBA playoffs
in seven years. Paxson's dismissal has been expected
for weeks and came exactly one month after Paul Silas
was fired as coach by owner Dan Gilbert, who has had
a tumultuous first 50 days running the franchise.
The Cavaliers were 31-21 on Feb. 25, and 34-30
when Silas was fired. But the team fell apart
down the stretch despite the play of LeBron James
and finished 42-40, losing a tiebreaker with New
Jersey for the eighth and final playoff spot in
the Eastern Conference. Gilbert, who took over
as principal owner from Gordon Gund on March 1,
said he released Paxson with two years and $2
million US left on the GM's contract because he
said change was necessary. Tsn.ca
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