Cleveland fans, I know you cannot help but be beyond nervous of what is to come. Tomorrow night, LeBron James will officially decide his future. But there should not be too much to worry about, as James will likely stay put.

Nobody, including the Clippers, thinks LeBron will go there. He won’t go to the Bulls because he will always be viewed as just trying to fill the shoes that belonged to Michael Jordan. The Heat would give him a great chance to win, but that is Wade’s team, and LeBron wants his own team. If the Nets were already in Brooklyn, that would have given them a better chance. The Knicks are the most realistic destination if LeBron were to leave, but I believe he questions them from a basketball standpoint.

Ohio has always been home to LeBron. If he leaves, it would be turning his back on his friends, family, and millions of fans. He knows that, and will have that in mind when he announces his decision to remain with the Cavaliers.

by David at the Sports Fan Blog Network

Last week, Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry resigned as the team’s general manager. Ferry’s contract was up, and the two sides agreed to part ways. Now, Cleveland has no head coach, as well as no general manager. This can certainly be looked at in two ways.

One way could be Danny Ferry getting off of a sinking ship. If he thinks LeBron James is bolting, then it would be best for him to leave now. Because if James leave, Ferry could not be blamed, as he would not be part of the Cavaliers organization anymore.

On the other hand, it could be another attempt by the owner to try and keep LeBron James. By replacing the head coach and general manager, the owner could be attempting to try and do what he think would please LeBron James.

Regardless, this is yet another sharp turn in the LeBron James saga.

by David at the Sports Fan Blog Network

Lebron James and The Cleveland Cavaliers were suprisingly eliminated from the NBA playoffs in the Conference Semi-Finals against the Boston Celtics in six games Thursday May 13.  Many NBA experts believed the Cavaliers were going to make it to the Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers.  They were right about the Lakers so far, they made it to the Conference Finals, but the Cavaliers could not rise to the challenge and were eliminated one round earlier than last season.

Now that the Cavaliers season is over, everyone is wondering where “The King”, Lebron James is going to go.  This is the first time James has been a free agent in his career.  The question is, will James stay with his current team where he would probably make the most money or will he go somewhere else where he has a better chance to win a championship? 

Many NBA experts believe that if James decides to move to another team that it will either be The New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat, or the Chicago Bulls. 

Reasons to leave for any of the four teams mentioned, Knicks:  James would be more in the spotlight than he already is.  Once someone goes to play for New York their popularity goes through the roof.  James has the chance to be larger than life in New York, but they do not have a championship caliber team even with James.  If the Knicks sign James they will not have that much salaray cap space left to sign any other big name players.  The Knicks can wheel and deal though to build a team around James if they land him.

Nets:  If the Nets land John Wall in the draft lottery along with the Nets new owner Mikhail Prokhorov’s large wealth, the Nets can build a championship team in no time.  The Nets have plenty of room for James along with other big name players.  On top of those factors the Nets are very close to New York and will garner a lot of popularity for James.  There has also been rumors for years that the Nets will be moving to Brooklyn by 2012.  The Nets may be a better choice than the Knicks because of all these reasons.

Heat:  The notion of DeWayne Wade and James on the same team would be spectacular.  There are also rumors that the Heat will land Chris Bosh. With Bosh, James, and Wade the Heat would be unstoppable.  Pat Riley will do all that is possible for this dream to happen.  Another plus on James going to Miami is the location.  James would not get the stardom of being in the New York area but he would get year long warm weather and the beach.  Living in Miami is like being on vacation all the time.

Bulls:  The Bulls are believed to have the best chance at landing James if he decides to leave.  James has a chance to follow in Miachel Jordon’s footsteps by going to Chicago.  There have been rumors that Phil Jackson might go back to Chicago if James lands there.  The Bulls gives James the best oppurtunity to win a championship because they already have two great players on their team with Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah, unlike the three other teams that would have to rebuild around James.  James could bring the Bulls back to their dynasty status of the 1990’s.

Whether James will stay or go, he will be the biggest story throughout the next three to four months in all of sports. (ESPN.com)

LeBron James seemed to reinjure his right elbow in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ series-clinching victory over the Chicago Bulls.

James scored 19 points — 16 in the second half — and added 10 rebounds and nine assists as the Cavs finally saddled the stubborn Bulls to win the series 4-1.

James doesn’t know when he injured the elbow, which he said bothered him the entire second half. TNT showed replays of James landing on the elbow and grimacing after trying to block a shot early in the second half.

James revealed after the game that he underwent an MRI and X-rays on Monday. Results came back clean, according to the Cavaliers.

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LeBron James is expected to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ lineup against the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday, while Antawn Jamison will be a game-time decision.

They were just two of six players to miss practice Wednesday for the Cavaliers, who took advantage of a break in the schedule to rest all five of their regular starters.

James missed two games after twisting his right ankle last Friday against Detroit, but is likely to play at Philadelphia, Cleveland coach Mike Brown said. James has played the sixth-most minutes in the league this season, averaging 39 per game.

Jamison won’t practice the rest of the week after revealing Wednesday he has a cyst behind his left knee that is filled with fluid. Shaquille O’Neal continues to rehab following surgery on his right thumb, while Anthony Parker and Mo Williams also took Wednesday off to rest nagging injuries. Key sub Anderson Varejao also missed practice, but it wasn’t clear if he had an injury or just took the day off.

All are expected to play Friday except for O’Neal and perhaps Jamison. An MRI earlier this week showed no damage to the knee and Jamison said it’s the same injury that hampered him early in the season when he was with Washington.

Click here to read the full article – By Associated Press of ESPN.com

When he arrived in Cleveland, Shaquille O’Neal made it clear there would be no more double-teaming Orlando’s Dwight Howard.

He’d handle things himself, as he did Thursday night. Oh, and he wants his cape back.

“I don’t really consider it manning up until you play me straight up,” O’Neal said. “I’ve never doubled anybody. So you tell me who the real Superman is.”
LeBron James had 32 points and 13 assists as the Cavaliers — with a big fourth-quarter defensive effort from O’Neal — matched their franchise record by winning their 13th straight game with a 115-106 victory over the Magic.
It was a rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference finals, and both teams are again on top of the East this year, but O’Neal, who had 10 points and six rebounds on Thursday, has made a huge difference for Cleveland.

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James was named today as the NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, December 21st through Sunday, December 27th.

In four games during the week, James averaged an Eastern Conference-best 29.5 points on .511 shooting, 7.8 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 1.8 steals in 38.0 minutes per game. James wins the award for the second time this season and the 22nd time in his career. He led the team to four consecutive wins during the week (all over Western Conference opponents) and the Cavs have now won nine of their last 10 games, bringing their record to 24-8 on the season, 11-3 overall against the Western Conference and 14-3 (.824) against teams that had at least a .500-record the day of the game.

James finished with 29 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals in a 109-91 victory over the Suns on December 21st, helping the Cavs become the first team to defeat Phoenix at home this season and handing Phoenix its first home loss since March 12, 2009, a span of 285 days. The Cavaliers are the only opponent to win in Phoenix in the Suns’ last 21 home games. In that span, the Suns are 19-0 against the rest of the NBA and 0-2 against the Cavs.


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LeBron James wants to be clear: Championships are more important than cash. Not that the cash isn’t nice.


James on Monday clarified a remark he made last week that a maximum contract next summer isn’t that important to the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar.

“Let’s get this clear: I said the max contract doesn’t mean more than winning,” James said. “I didn’t say ‘I don’t need a max contract’ or ‘I’m not going to get a max contract.’ All I’m saying is that winning is more important to me than money at the end of the day.”

In New York for a game against the Knicks last week, James said “a max deal or anything like that doesn’t really matter to me at the end of the day. It’s all about winning for me.”

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LeBron James and Larry Hughes were teammates with the Cleveland Cavaliers for 2 1/2 seasons.

It became cliche to say that Hughes would be to James what Scottie Pippen was to Michael Jordan with the Chicago Bulls. That, perhaps, was unfair to Hughes, since the versatile Pippen is ranked among the NBA’s all-time greats.

Hughes, now with the New York Knicks, is featured in a story by Frank Isola of the New York Daily News


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They’re three weeks away from the season opener against the Boston Celtics, but the Cavaliers are already kicking it into gear, jumping out early against the Charlotte Bobcats in the preseason opener on Tuesday night, and rolling to a 92-87 win at Quicken Loans Arena.

LeBron James led the Cavs with 15 points in less than 15 minutes of play. J.J. Hickson also scored 15 points off the bench. As for Shaquille O’Neal, the Big Cuyahoga threw down six points in 15 minutes in his Cavs debut.

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