Andrew Bogut cleared to make debut for Cleveland Cavaliers

Australian centre Andrew Bogut has overcome a US visa issue but still might not make his debut for the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Miami Heat.

The game, at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena, is scheduled to begin 11am Tuesday AEDT.

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Cavaliers' associate head coach Larry Drew, who is filling in for an ill head coach Tyronn Lue, indicated Bogut might not enter the game.

"He will be in uniform," Drew said, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.

"We'll just have to see how the flow of the game goes.

"It's obvious he doesn't know any of the things that we're doing from an offensive and defensive standpoint.

"I'm not quite sure yet whether I'll use him or not."

Bogut signed with the Cavaliers on Thursday but had to sit out a team shootaround while his US work visa was updated.

He was traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Philadelphia 76ers, negotiated a contract buyout with the 76ers and then chose the defending NBA champion Cavaliers over other suitors including the Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs.

AAP