LeBron James could have played his final game as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers. LeBron and the Cavs were eliminated by the surging Boston Celtics, losing the series 4 games to 2. LeBron had a somewhat super human game 6, statistically, but his performance was marred by bad shooting from the field and an atrocious [...]
Thursday, May 13, 2010
LeBron James is a superhuman-insane-we -really-broke-any-possible-or-conceivable-mold type basketball player. He won this years MVP award in convincing fashion. We all know this, or should know this, or eventually will come to know this. The thing is, James is also the most important piece in my argument as to why the MVP award should:Be awarded with heaviest [...]
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
LeBron James has officially filed the paperwork required to notify the league of his intent to change his jersey number from 23 to 6. The move comes months after LeBron had made waves of this action back in November when he begin initiating the “Entire League Must Retire Michael Jordan’s Number 23” movement. Well, that’s [...]
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Shaquille O’Neal of the Cleveland Cavaliers suffered a severely sprained thumb during the first half against the Boston Celtics, and did not return. This is a huge blow for the front court of the Cleveland Cavaliers, leaving them depleted in the middle. The injury occurred after O’Neal pump faked Glen “Big Baby” Davis, who then jumped into [...]
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Antawn Jamison has been traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a blockbuster three way trade involving the Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Clippers. Sebastian Telfair is also heading from the Clippers to Cleveland. The Wizards receive Zydrunas Ilgauskas, and Al Thornton while the Clippers receive Drew Gooden, who was acquired last week in the Dallas trade. [...]
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The Cleveland Cavaliers are becoming the epicenter of NBA trade talk. While deals are starting to materialize, rumors surrounding Amare Stoudemire, Antawn Jamison, and Corey Maggette are starting to get some legs under them. Zydrunas Ilgauskas is Clevleland’s largest trade chip, with his $11.6 million contract. The intention and hope is he will be waived and [...]
Monday, February 15, 2010
Amare Stoudemire’s name scorched the NBA trade rumor talks this All Star Weekend. An otherwise lackluster weekend featured the NBA Slam “Flunk” contest, a boring game of horse ending in a 3 point shootout, and the rookies emerging victorious over the sophomores in the Rookie Challenge. The most excitement came from, other than a 7-player trade [...]
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Watching the Memphis Grizzlies defeat the Los Angeles Lakers yesterday was watching a major-statement game. They defeated the defending champs, albeit by 1 point, making it known that these guys are for real. Who woudl want to play Memphis in the 1st round of the playoffs? We will find out how good Memphis is on back [...]
Friday, December 4, 2009
The Chicago Bulls beat the Cleveland Cavaliers last month. Tonight, LeBron James and the Cavs will have the opportunity to avenge this loss. Chicago (7-9) enters Quicken Loans Arena looking to gain momentum towards making the push above .500, but it will not be easy. The game airs live at 8:00 PM EST on ESPN. [...]
Thursday, December 3, 2009
LeBron James shocked the entire basketball world last year in Phoenix when he told us that he would participate in the 2010 Slam Dunk Contest. The Cleveland Cavalier claimed the event needed his presence in order to spice things up. Now that he is a quarter of the way into the season, LeBron is changing his [...]
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