(This is another in a series of 30 guest columns that will run in October, when optimism reigns supreme across the NBA. The theme will be “Five Reasons to Feel Positive About … ” We encourage you to follow the authors on Twitter and visit their sites. – CS) For the Cleveland Cavaliers, rock bottom came on January 11, 2011. On that night, already entrenched in what would become a league-record 26-game losing streak, they were demolished 112-57 by the Los
Pity poor Paul Allen. He only came in at No. 20 on the Forbes list of the 400 Richest Americans. But at least he’ll have something to hold over the heads of the other owners when they convene next month for the Board of Governors meeting in New York (then again, Allen– worth 15 billion– may not attend. He usually sends someone in his place). The only owner who can flex muscles with him is Mikhail Prokhorov of the Brooklyn Nets, with $13.2
The early reviews are in, and it’s thumbs down from Clevelanders on the team’s new alternate gold uniform, which was unveiled Monday by team owner Dan Gilbert on his Twitter account. Here a few of the comments from the Cleveland Plain-Dealer’s Cavs forum: “They remind me of the outfit worn by a certain fast-food clown…” “considering that a majority of the roster belongs behind the mcdonalds counter it is fitting.” “Kiss of death. New uniforms normally signify that management expects the team to be
With the NBA Draft over, evaluations of the decisions were made from general managers, owners, players, writers and even fans. See our exclusive sights and sounds of the Draft here, and check who said what, along with today’s biggest news below: Mo Williams has cleared the path to complete the Lamar Odom deal, and he was never in the way, reported by Ramona Shelburne: “Los Angeles Clippers guard Mo Williams has officially picked up his option for next season, clearing the way
Coming into the 2012 NBA Draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers were one of a few teams that had multiple first round draft picks. After selecting Syracuse’s Dion Waiters with the fourth overall selection, the Cavaliers agreed to send their other three picks—24, 33, and 34—to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for the rights to UNC’s Tyler Zeller and reserve guard Kelenna Azubuike. The Mavericks selected Zeller with the 17th pick of the draft while the Cavaliers selected Oregon State’s Jared Cunningham
After six long seasons of failures in the playoffs, LeBron James finally reached his lifelong dream of winning an NBA Championship on Thursday night, defeating the young Oklahoma City Thunder in five games. As he said, “It’s about damn time”. He also ended the endless discussion and debate about his ability – or inability – to carry a team over the top, averaging 28.6 points, 10.4 rebounds and 7.4 assists in the NBA Finals. If anything, James proved that his game
NEW YORK — If Dan Gilbert wants to raise the basket height to 12 feet, or have the All-Star ballot printed in Comic Sans font, he can bring it up for discussion with the competition committee. And now, he can be a part of the discussion, too. Gilbert, the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, was announced Wednesday as one of the new members of the league’s reformulated competition committee — the group that recommends rules changes such as the ones that were
This is going to be one crazy day. And the craziness began just after midnight, EST, when Yahoo Sports published an e-mail it said was sent from Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert to commissioner David Stern, deputy commissioner Adam Silver and some other owners urging him to shoot down the three-team trade that would have sent Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets to the Los Angeles Lakers . Curiously, the Yahoo report is unbylined. (It also does not mention whether it