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Wow

November 13, 2009

These plays are something … even when they happen to the local guy.

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LeBron James suddenly refuses to discuss his impending free agency

November 12, 2009

My first inclination when LeBron James said he wouldn't talk anymore about free agency was to think, good for him, he shouldn't. Especially if he meant what he said about not doing so for his team.
But then you get to thinking, and you realize that James has done nothing but talk about his impending free [...]

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The Cavs win impressively in Orlando

November 12, 2009

Well, for one night the Cavs changes all paid off handsomely. They looked like a championship-caliber team with depth in Wednesday's impressive win in Orlando. LeBron James was his usual self, Shaquille O'Neal got Dwight Howard in early foul trouble and played Howard well, and the entire team seemed into the game. The play of [...]

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LeBron won't talk about it, but Dwayne Wade did

November 11, 2009

"It" would be the upcoming NBA summer of free agency.

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The Cavs return to Orlando tonight

November 11, 2009

Last I checked there is a very big Cavs game tonight in Orlando. There we get our first glimpse to see how much of a difference the addition of Shaquille O'Neal will have on the Cavs.
Shaq has promised he will handle Dwight Howard man-to-man, but said the Magic will have to double him. He has [...]

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Allen Iverson to the Cavs? Stop the madness!

November 11, 2009

Michael Wilbon writes that Allen Iverson would be perfect for the Cavaliers. To which I say: Oh Lord. Please. No

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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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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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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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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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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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John Kuester to be Detroit coach

July 7, 2009

Now the Cavs are losing their offensive coach. John Kuester will take over as coach of the Detroit Pistons. Kuester was the assistant coach who took over the Cavs offense last year, and he was given high marks for the improvement shown. Kuester is a sound coach, a good guy and well-deserving of the chance.
But [...]

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More Ariza … and LeBron

July 7, 2009

Trevor Ariza is not changing his mind … he will go to Houston (evidently), but ESPN.com wrote this: "The Cleveland Cavaliers got some bad news followed by some potentially terrific news on Sunday. In a last-ditch effort to recruit Trevor Ariza away from the Houston Rockets, LeBron James told Ariza he would remain with the Cavaliers past 2010, according [...]

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Ron Artest goes to the Lakers

July 3, 2009

And J.A. Adande states: ".. from a basketball perspective, Artest's choice reaffirms the final theme of this season: Shaq was then, Kobe's now, LeBron's next. At the moment, nothing matters in the NBA world as much as what the Lakers are up to."

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What happened to the lure of Shaq and Lebron?

July 3, 2009

Well, let's go down the list of the possible free agent signees for the Cavs.
Charlie Villanueva — to Detroit.
Ron Artest — to the Lakers.
Trevor Ariza — to Houston.
How's that? None of thes guys wanted to play with Shaq and LeBron?
Further insult: Artest and Ariza signed with other teams for the same money the Cavs were [...]

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Anyone notice this?

July 2, 2009

Guess who is a co-favorite to win the 2010 NBA title? Right now. Without Ron Artest, without Rasheed Wallace, without Antonio McDyess, without Trevor Ariza?

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LeBron James meets the media

May 31, 2009

Some highlights of LeBron James' season-ending session with the media at the team's practice facility: 
On why he didn't speak after the game: "I didn't have much to say. Congratulations to the Orlando Magic. They played an unbelievable series and they deserved it."
Last year in Boston: "What happened in Boston I got better from. I carried [...]

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Tonight's game comes down to …

May 30, 2009

What does tonight's game boil down to? In its essence, its purest form, its DNA, its molecular structure?
Shooting.
Mo Williams took a huge stride toward regaining his form in Game 5 (after he had taken small strides in Game 4). His shooting, along with that of Daniel Gibson, opened things up for LeBron James at "the [...]

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So can the Cavs win, or can't they?

May 30, 2009

I ran into SI's Ian Thomsen last Wednesday as I was leaving the hotel in Orlando. The Cavs were down 3-1, and in typical Cleveland fashion I was starting to wonder how they could ever, ever win the next game. So I asked if he thought the Cavs could win the series.
"Sure," he said.
Really, I [...]

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Cavs remain a confident crew

May 30, 2009

It seems that LeBron James' attitude has become infectious. Many people treat tonight's game like the Cavs should and will win, and many think the series will go the Cavs way.
One thing that was striking about James after the team's Game 4 loss was how composed he was. I made a brief mention that he [...]

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