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Shaq is on a mission: “Win a Ring For The King”

Shaq is on a mission: “Win a Ring For The King”

The Cleveland Cavaliers debuted Shaquille O’Neal today and the Cleveland Clinics training facility in Independence, Ohio. Shaq made it known many times during the press conference that he is here to help the city and the King get over the hump and win a championship.
“My motto is very simple,” O’Neal said. “‘Win a Ring for [...]

Cavs Making BIG Strides Towards Next Season

Cavs Making BIG Strides Towards Next Season

In case you have not yet heard, the Cleveland Cavaliers, are not resting on having the best record in the NBA, and have decided, according to many media outlets, have acquired Shaquille O’Neal. Shaq was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic, this year’s 2nd round pick (number 46 overall), and cash [...]

Cavs’ 2009 Season Provided Reasons for Hope, Reasons for Concern

The Cleveland Cavaliers produced the best regular season in franchise history in 2008-09 but the joy and excitement generated by a league-best 66-16 record were tempered by the 4-2 loss to the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals. Were the “real” Cavs the team that stormed through the regular season and easily swept through [...]

LeBron James’ Magnificent Playoff Run is One for the Ages

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers fell six wins short of their ultimate goal but that should not obscure the fact that James put together one of the greatest individual performances in playoff history. He became the only player to ever average at least 35 ppg, 7 apg and 7 rpg for an entire playoff [...]

Flip-flopping Stern fines James $25,000

Flip-flopping Stern fines James $25,000

NBA Commissioner David Stern changed his mind and fined Lebron James $25,000 for skipping the postgame news conference after Cleveland lost to Orlando in the Eastern Conference finals.
During his annual NBA Finals press conference, David said he spoke to James after his surgery to remove a benign growth near his jaw, and that James admitted [...]

Time for media to write about the Finals rather than Lebron

The national media and the NBA need to realize that the Cavaliers are DONE and maybe they will be better off writing about the NBA Finals between the Lakers and CavaliersMagic instead.  Or maybe that is not as interesting anymore since the MVP and the face of the NBA is not going to make the [...]

Ben Wallace hints at retirement

Ben Wallace hints at retirement

Ben Wallace said he is thinking about retirement, ESPN reported.
“I’m going to sit down and talk with my family, weigh my options and come up with a decision,” the 34-year-old Wallace said after Cleveland’s 103-90 loss. “Nothing’s definite, but there’s a strong possibility that this was my last season.”
Wallace has one year and $14 million left [...]

James and Cavaliers Come Up Huge To Force Game 6

Another game in Cleveland, another huge early game lead for the Cavaliers as they stormed out leading the Magic at one point 32-10 and ending the first quarter 35-18. It’s not the 1st quarter that has given  the Cavs problems as they have have dominated all 1st quarters in the series(140-98) . However, this time [...]

Magic take 2-1 lead

Magic take 2-1 lead

The Cavaliers made some defensive adjustment that seemed to actually work. They were right in the game despite VERY poor shooting from everyone including Lebron James. The Cavaliers were able to limit Lewis and Turkoglu and reverted to fouling Howard, who beat the odds, shot 14-19 from the free throw line, well above his normal [...]

LeBron’s Magic Leads Cleveland To 1-1 Series Tie with Orlando

LeBron’s Magic Leads Cleveland To 1-1 Series Tie with Orlando

The Cleveland Cavaliers stormed out of the gate yet again as they often do at the Q last night looking to even the series and get the momentum back on their side, and they started early taking a 30-16 lead after only 1 quarter.
The crowd was jumping and it seemed the game 1 let down [...]

Resilient Magic Rally From 16 Point Deficit to Stun Cavaliers, 107-106

LeBron James authored one of the epochal single game performances in NBA playoff history–49 points on 20-30 field goal shooting, eight assists, six rebounds, three blocked shots, two steals–but the Orlando Magic erased a 16 point lead to steal homecourt advantage with a 107-106 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in game one of the Eastern [...]