The start to basketball seasons isn’t too far off — though already we’re plagued with injury reports — and this week’s news out of Facebook gets us Cleveland fans one step closer.

Thursday’s Cavs practice will be streamed live on Facebook. The show runs from from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. NBA TV’s Vince Cellini and Mike Fratello will host. (“NBA Real Training Camp” will also be shown on NBA TV and nba.com.)

Eric Sandy is an award-winning Cleveland-based journalist. For a while, he was the managing editor of Scene. He now contributes jam band features every now and then.