Don’t be fooled by Cleveland’s 124-93 rout of the hapless New York Knicks—the Cavs will miss Shaquille O’Neal during his six to eight week absence as he recovers from thumb surgery and the Cavs very much need to sign Zydrunas Ilgauskas as soon as they are permitted to do so by league rules. “Small ball” with [...]
Thursday, February 25, 2010 By Tariq Ali
The Washington Wizards and Zydrunas Ilgauskas have reached an agreement on a contract buyout according to the The Washington Post. The agreement would make Zydrunas a free agent and can sign with any team for a pro-rated share of the veteran’s minimum. Many teams are interested in signing Zydrunas including Dallas, Atlanta, Utah, and Denver. However, Ilgauskas [...]
Friday, February 19, 2010 By David Friedman
The Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired the proverbial “stretch 4”—i.e., power forward who can shoot jumpers and/or create his own scoring opportunities—that they have been seeking (and their fans have been dreaming about) for quite some time: as part of a three team deal involving the Washington Wizards and L.A. Clippers, Antawn Jamison will join the [...]
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 By Tariq Ali
Cleveland, Washington and the Los Angeles Clippers have agreed to a three-team deal that will bring Antawn Jamison to the Cavalier. The deal will send Zydrunas Ilgauskas’ $11.5 million expiring contract and a first-round draft pick from Cleveland to Washington. Cleveland will also get Clippers guard Sebastian Telfair. The Cavaliers have been chasing Jamison for a long [...]
Mon, Mar 15, 2010 By David Friedman
LeBron James had 30 points, eight rebounds, seven assists, three blocked shots and two steals as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics 104-93. Although James was highly productive, he had plenty of help, too: Anderson Varejao contributed 17 points and 10 rebounds off of the bench, Antawn Jamison added 15 points and 12 rebounds [...]
Tue, Mar 2, 2010 By Tariq Ali
Lebron James filed paper work yesterday to officially change his jersey number to No. 6 from his current No.23, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported on Monday.
“I’ve done it,” James told the Plain Dealer. “I already sent it in. I’m going to be No. 6.”
Six is James’ jersey number on the Olympic team and Cavaliers fans [...]
Thu, Feb 18, 2010 By Tariq Ali
Cavaliers fans were ecstatic about the way the Cavaliers were able to trade for Antawn Jamison without giving up much for it. But at the same time, many are waiting to see what will happen with Zydrunas.
According to Zydrunas’s agent, Herb Rudoy, he is going to ask the Wizards for a buyout: ‘I’m going to [...]
Tue, Feb 16, 2010 By Tariq Ali
Danny Ferry is waiting to hear from the Suns about his offer to take Stoudemire off their payroll in exchange for JJ Hickson and Zydrunas Ilgauskas. The trade could be finalize as early as today according to many reports.
However, many other teams are trying to get from the Suns. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the [...]
Wed, Feb 10, 2010 By Christopher Finley
The Cleveland Cavaliers now hold not only the NBA’s best record (42-11), but the league’s longest win streak of the season at 12.
It took a tough and gutsy performance but the Cavs were able to hand the New Jersey Nets their 47th loss in 51 tries, 104-97. The Cavaliers started off slowly trailing the Nets [...]
Mon, Feb 8, 2010 By Christopher Finley
LeBron James catches fire Saturday night to help the Cavs extend win streak to 11 in 113-106 victory over the New York Knicks. James had the single best half in Cavaliers’ history scorching the Knicks with 35 first half points, overtaking the previous record of 34 held by Walt Wesley.
Reminiscent to the show he put [...]
Fri, Feb 5, 2010 By Christopher Finley
The Cavaliers won their 10th consecutive game Thursday night torching the Heat 102-86. Point guard LeBron James led the charge with 36 points 7 rebounds and 8 assists. No you didn’t misread, I said point guard LeBron James.
The Cavaliers already had a depleted backcourt missing Mo Williams and Delonte West with injuries, and Thursday night [...]
Mon, Feb 1, 2010 By Christopher Finley
Wanna talk about jumping out of the gates fast, that’s exactly what the Cavaliers did Sunday night on their way to a dominating 114-89 win over the L.A. Clippers.
The Cavs blew this one open in an instant as the lead went from 9-7 to 30-11 in only three minutes. During this span Cleveland hit 3 [...]
Mon, Feb 1, 2010 By Tariq Ali
After a sensational night for Daniel Gibson against the Clippers, he is currently leading the league in 3-point shooting percentage at .478 after making 4 of 5 attempts last night. He has 117 attempts.
However, he is not expecting an invitation to the All-Star 3-point shootout in his home state in Dallas.
“I’ve been told it’s not [...]
Sat, Jan 30, 2010 By Christopher Finley
Friday night’s game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Indiana Pacers can essentially be summed up by one word, defense.
The Cavs simply out-muscled the smaller Pacers en route to a 94-73 victory. The Cavaliers stormed out of the gates opening up a 36-18 lead after one quarter, led by nine LeBron James assists. The nine [...]
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 By David Friedman
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