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LeBron is in New York tonight

November 6, 2009

Which calls for at least one "where is LeBron going to play" next season link.

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Rest easy Cavs fans

November 5, 2009

LeBron James evidently will not attend the New York Yankees parade.

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A new take on LeBron's future

November 4, 2009

Sam Smith offers a new location for LeBron after this season: The Lakers with Kobe Bryant. He writes: "I believe James has no idea yet what he wants to do next summer. But I also believe the Lakers’ scenario makes the most sense for him if he wants a chance to be considered among the [...]

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Shaq arrives as Cavs beat Wizards

November 4, 2009

The best thing about the Cavs win over Washington Tuesday night was that Shaquille O'Neal played so well. The second-best thing was that LeBron James did not have to be spectacular in the win.
This game might have shown the strength of the combination of two superstars better than any since the season started a brief [...]

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Cavs lose their first two

October 29, 2009

Well the Cavs didn't lose two in a row last season until February, nor did they lose at home until February. They've done both in two games this season. This isn't your 66-win season anymore, Toto.
It's only been two games, but to date there's been a lot of talk about what needs to be done [...]

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One more opinion on the Cavs

October 28, 2009

Ian Thomsen of SI.com on the Cavs opening game performance against the Celtics: "The Cavs have some work to do. Shaq and Zydrunas Ilgauskas did not look good on the floor together, and their bench was outscored 26-10. Most important, perhaps, is that they'll miss the versatility of West's aggressiveness at both ends of the [...]

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Charles Barkley: Cavs are third in the East

October 28, 2009

Charles Barkley was on Letterman recently and offered this on the Cavs: "Rasheed Wallace going to Boston is really going to help them. And I just think Dwight Howard is the best big man in the game right now. … I just don’t think Cleveland is as good as those other two teams.” The guy is [...]

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Cavs lose the opener to Boston

October 27, 2009

Not a great opening night for the Cavs, who looked like a team still trying to find itself.
LeBron James called it a "transition period."
Coach Mike Brown said: "We will get better."
The cynic in me started to ask why Boson's transition seemed so much easier, but there is an easy reason. Boston's new guys — Rasheed [...]

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Almost everyone expects big things from the Cavs

October 14, 2009

Like almost everyone, Charley Rosen of Fox predicts big things for the Cavs.
He lists many positives, then has this among the negatives: “There was a palpable arrogance that pervaded last season's team that could be equally as fateful if it lingers.”
I said it before, and I’ll say it again: The Cavs were not an arrogant [...]

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Someone suggests the Cavs might not be all that this season

October 8, 2009

It's been out a while, but it's still worth reading … One SI.com analyst is not all ga-ga over the Cavs acquisition of Shaq. He writes: “Aside from his abysmal free-throw shooting, the biggest flaws in Shaq's game are defending the high pick-and-roll and executing quick rotations in the paint. Put simply, he doesn't remove [...]

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The Delonte West situation

October 8, 2009

I think I offered that the Delonte West situation might linger with the Cavs. Well it’s lingered. There’s really nothing to make fun of here. West has some serious issues, and he’s got to deal with them. Unfortunately there’s no guidebook on how to do that.
When West showed up at the Cavs media day, I [...]

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Delonte West misses the first two days of Cavs training camp

October 1, 2009

Catching up … part III …
Delonte West has missed two days of practice
This situation simply does not seem good. And it seems like it will linger.

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West's contract bans driving motorcycles

September 24, 2009

Interesting point on Delonte West: Waitingfornextyear.com dug up the NBA’s standard player contract, and found it has a ban on driving motorcycles. Which means West was in violation of his contract the night he was arrested outside Washington, D.C. I don’t expect this to be an issue; I expect the Cavs to focus on helping [...]

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The Delonte West arrest, part II

September 19, 2009

On the Delonte West arrest …
This comes from the Washington Post about why West was carrying two loaded handguns and a loaded shotgun while driving a three-wheeled motorcycle on a highway in Maryland, outside Washington, D.C.:
“West's father, Dmitri West, said, ‘All I can say is Delonte was looking behind his back and protecting himself.’” He [...]

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Delonte West arrested outside Washington, D.C.

September 18, 2009

Cavs guard Delonte West was arrested in Maryland last night because he had two pistols and a shotgun on his possession. All were loaded.
West was originally pulled over for making an unsafe lane change on Interstate 95 while driving a three-wheeled motorcycle and confessed to carrying a pistol. Police eventually found the other two weapons.
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A couple things on the Cavs

September 3, 2009

Good read here by Tom Withers of the AP wrapping up LeBron James’ summer.

And here’s a way-too-early ranking that states the Cavs are the league’s second-best team, better than the Lakers.

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I'm not sure this makes it feel any better

August 25, 2009

Yahoo says last season’s Cavs were the best team in the past 10 years not to win an NBA title.

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The psychology of Shaq and LeBron — from the Wall Street Journal

August 24, 2009

The Wall Street Journal (of all publications) takes a look at how Shaq and LeBron James will get along. The story is headlined “Is this basketball marriage doomed?” And it includes this: “Dr. Virginia Rutter, a sociologist, psychologist and co-author of ‘The Love Test,’ likens the Shaq-LeBron union to an arranged marriage, where ‘the well-being [...]

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The new NBA East reality

August 18, 2009

From Yahoo on Dwight Howard: " … there’s no escaping Shaq now."

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Eyenga will take the plane to Spain in the rain

July 23, 2009

The Cavs won’t have a first-round draft pick on the roster this year. Christian Eyenga has signed a three-year contract to play in Spain, with reasonable buyout clauses in the deal after the first and second years.
This really comes as no surprise, and those who lament the fact the Cavs drafted someone who will play [...]

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Moon update

July 21, 2009

It doesn’t sound like the Heat is going to match the offer to Jamario Moon. Their decision is due Friday, not Monday as previously reported.

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One member of the Cavs summer league team

July 20, 2009

Interesting story here on one member of the Cavs summer league team. David Harrison was a prized recruit at Coloraod and a first-round pick in Indiana before his career and personal life went south. He's trying to come back, and the Cavs gave him a chance because of Mike Brown, who coached him in Indiana. [...]

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The Cavs sign a player to an offer sheet

July 20, 2009

What intrigues me about Jamario Moon, the 6-8 forward the Cavs signed to an offer sheet?
He's earned his way.
Moon played just one year in junior college when he decided to make himself eligible for the NBA Draft in 2001. He was not selected. Moon wound up playing in the USBL (Gary), the CBA (Albany, where [...]

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One Orlando player's thoughts on Shaq

July 17, 2009

Orlando's Anthony Johnson re-arranged Mo Williams face in the playoffs. Now Johnson is opining on the Cavs acquisition of Shaquille O'Neal. His thoughts as told to the The Post and Courier in Charleston: "Shaq is always a force to be reckoned with. But he's slowing down quite a bit, and it doesn't really change things [...]

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Our regular Shaq feature

July 15, 2009

We haven’t had a Shaq update in a while. He wears Li-Nings, the Chinese shoes, and I found this latest ad featuring Shaq in the shoes here.

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