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 [...]
Thursday, November 5, 2009
ESPN has been circulating this blog which discusses the idea of LeBron James becoming Kobe Bryants teammate on the Los Angeles Lakers. This would require the largest blockbuster trade in all of NBA history and the most dominant roster in the world would be born if it happens.Cleveland would have to at least entertain a deal [...]
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Delonte West of the Cleveland Cavaliers faces up to 18 years in federal prison. More charges have been assessed to his already bizarre case stemming from his Sept. 17 arrest. One thing is certain: Delonte has more important things to worry about than whether or not LeBron James will be his teammate in 2010-11. The LA [...]
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