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Every day that goes by and LeBron James remains silent on his pending free agency decision, the anxiety and tension inside me grows to the point where I think I physically can't take it anymore. For weeks after the Boston Massacre, I prepped myself for LeBron leaving. After all, there was only one way he could seriously consider leaving: if the Cavs totally collapsed in the playoffs before reaching the Finals, ...

The most coveted free agent in the NBA has met with the Nets, Knicks, Heat, and Clippers over the last two days. And regardless of what ESPN would have you believe (has the word "Cavs" even been mentioned in their 1,497 different shows on free agency?), he will also meet with his home town team Saturday morning. At 11 am, the Cavs (and presumably new head coach Byron Scott) will meet with ...

The NBA season has finally culminated, and now we have to wait an excruciating 128 days for the 2010-11 campaign to kick off. Even though this year’s NBA Finals was anything but aesthetically pleasing, the level of competition was through the roof. Every possession was a battle, the intensity was unlike anything I’ve personally seen, and Game Seven provided one of the most dramatic and climactic final 24 minutes in the ...

If you're over the age of 20, odds are the NBA Jam franchise played a significant role in your childhood development. Seems like quite a hyperbole, no? But it's the truth! OK, maybe it's only the truth for a select group of video game junkies. If it weren't for NBA Jam, we wouldn't have seen Shawn Kemp doing multiple flips in mid-air while flying about 10 feet over the backboard and viciously ...

Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry will not be reprising his role within the team next year, when his contract expires in June, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reported this afternoon. The decision to let Ferry go came late Wednesday night, according to sources within the team. Soon-to-be free agent LeBron James had no direct influence on the outcome, said beat writer Brian Windhorst. According to various outlets, it ...

There's a new creed in the Cavalier kingdom: Ask and ye shall receive. You're asking for more intensity, more focus, and a renewed playoff energy? It took a quarter and a half, but the Cavs finally looked a No. 1 seed for the first time since Game 1, using a 39-15 run across the end of the first half and beginning of the second to turn a three-point deficit into a 21-point ...

Ever since being eliminated in last year's ECF, the Cavs seemed tranquilly focused this year, not getting themselves worked up over meaningless regular season games, and keeping just one goal in mind: Win in the playoffs, when it matters. Sure, there were regular season games when their intensity and focused were kicked up a notch—both games against the Lakers, the home game against Orlando in February, and an early home matchup ...

Now is not the most appropriate time to bring up this topic. Especially after last night, when the King erupted for 40 points (on 16-for-23 shooting), eight rebounds, eight assists, two three's, two blocks, a steal, and countless "oh my God" plays that led the Cavs to a 112-102 win and a 2-0 series lead over Chicago. But unfortunately, it's a topic that must be addressed at some point...even from a guy ...

Cleveland opened up its run at a championship in a fairly decisive way yesterday, rolling to a 96-83 win over the Chicago Bulls in Game One. It was a performance you might expect from the Cavs—intensely focused for a majority of the game, a bit rusty during others, and a few mental lapses here and there. You can't complain with the overall outcome, but there were definitely some ...

In the opening highlights on the JumboTron before the Cleveland Cavaliers announce their starting lineups, a video montage shows exaggerated versions of the players walking around the city, with buildings and landmarks being only a fraction of the players’ enhanced sizes. Finally, when LeBron James crawls out of his legendary 110-foot billboard, you appreciate the imagery: The Cavaliers really are larger than life in Cleveland. An appropriate ...