Max Strus sent a group text message to motivate his teammates. Then he went scoreless as the Cavaliers lost Game 5.

Max Strus sent a message to his Cleveland Cavaliers teammates on Monday that in hindsight probably should have stayed in the ...

Max Strus told his team to "believe" in themselves or stay home, then missed every shot in a crucial elimination game.

Max Strus sent a motivational text to every Cavs player, but his message didn’t translate into performance, either for the ...

Cleveland Cavaliers fans mercilessly roasted Max Strus for his viral group text message before last night’s 114-105 Game 5 defeat against the Indiana Pacers.

Max Strus may have meant well, but he basically delivered the NBA version of “hold my beer” to the universe -- and the universe made sure to deliver karma in ...

MIAMI — The text message was sent Sunday night — the ... It came from Cavs small forward Max Strus, one of the battle-tested team leaders who has advanced further in the postseason than ...

Cleveland forward Max Strus was once a member of the Heat and there appears to be no love lost between him and the franchise. Since the matchup has been set in stone, the players and coaches have ...

Q: Ira, refresh my memory. Who did we decide to keep when we let Max Strus walk away on a contract that looks like a steal now. – Luis, Boca Raton. A: It wasn’t as much a matter of ...

Strus amassed 18 points (7-13 FG, 4-9 3Pt), nine rebounds and five assists in 31 minutes during Saturday's 124-87 win over the Heat in Game 3 of the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

MIAMI — There was a time when Max Strus thought a playoff series in Miami in April in 2025 would come in a Heat uniform. Then the money got in the way. The result has been Strus in opposing ...