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Cleveland Cavaliers

Pre-game notes: Cavs vs. Bulls

November 5, 2009

CLEVELAND – It looks as if Delonte West will be in coach Mike Brown’s rotation until he has to deal with his legal issues.
But even with West back, Brown doesn’t plan to make any changes to his starting lineup just yet.
‘’For now I like it and I’m going to keep grinding away to see how [...]

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Cavs vs. Raptors

October 28, 2009

Raptors 101, Cavs 91
So who do the Cavs miss most?  Delonte West or former assistant Jon Kuester? Considering they’re having problems on both sides of the ball right now, the short answer might ”both.”
Defensively speakign the Cavs let the Toronto Raptors have their way with them the entire first half, going into the locker room [...]

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Washington Wizards: Rivalry Tips Off Before Regular Season

October 7, 2009

You can never accuse the Washington Wizards of having long memories. The team that injuries decimated last season is healthy, has a new coach and, apparently a new life.
Some things never change, however and that’s the fact that the Wizards kinda, sort of, well…detest the Cavs and, it would seem LeBron James in particular.  But the [...]

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Preseason: Cavs vs. Charlotte Bobcats

October 6, 2009

We’ll get back to the regular game blog format when the regular season rolls around.
In the meantime, here are a couple of highlgiths from the Cavs-Bobcats game at Quicken Loans Arena Tuesday night.
Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James look very comfortable out on the floor together.  The entire starting lineup looked comfortable, despite the fact that [...]

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NBA GMs: Sorry, Cleveland. Lakers Still the Faves

October 6, 2009

Bad news Cavs fans:  The Cavaliers aren’t the favorite, even with the additions of Shaquille O’Neal and Anthony Parker, to win the NBA’s championship this season.  They’re not even the favorite to win the league’s Eastern Conference – at least not with the league’s general managers.
Just 17.9 percent of league GMs say that the Cavs [...]

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Varejao Thrilled His Homeland Got 2016 Olympic Games

October 2, 2009

A smiling Anderson Varejao greeted reporters Friday after he learned that his native Brazil – Rio De Janeiro specifically – was awarded the 2016 Summer Olympics, beating out the Windy City – Chicago – and the star power of Pres. Barack Obama as he personally made a pitch to the International Olympic Committee for the [...]

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No Egos Here

September 28, 2009

When LeBron James was a junior at St. Vincent-St. Mary and Shaquille O’Neal was with the Lakers, O’Neal watched LeBron play in a tournament game in Canton, while Shaq and the Lakers were in town to play the Cavs.
LeBron said he didn’t talk to Shaq that night but the two talked the next day.
“He just [...]

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Delonte Ready To Move Forward

September 28, 2009

Cavs guard Delonte West is happy the season has started because he’s back playing basketball, instead of talking about his recent off-the-court troubles.
Earlier this month, West was arrested after being pulled over by police in Maryland for carrying two concealed weapons, and he had a shotgun in a guitar case.
Delonte, who has talked openly about his bipolar [...]

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Shaq Serious About Cleveland, Chances

September 28, 2009

During the Cavs Media Day Monday at Cleveland Clinic Cpurts,  Shaquille O’Neal finally met with the media around 4:30 p.m. (the press conference had to be moved into the weight room because of the loss of power) and it was chaos as reporters jockeyed for position to talk to O’Neal.
 But the thing that caught my attention was [...]

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Cavs to Add Leon Powe?

August 10, 2009

Yahoo Sports is reporting that pending a medical exam, the Cavaliers will sign power forward Leon Powe.
Powe tore his anterior cruciate ligament and cartilage in his knee during Game 2 of the Boston Celtics’ first-round series against the Chicago Bulls. He had reconstructive surgery on May 5 – his third major knee surgery – and [...]

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