Dwayne Jones is Officially a Cav!

Dwayne Jones played six minutes last night which means he's officially a Cavalier (you have to take the floor in an official game to be counted as having played for a team).

Congrats for sticking it out.

Added LBJ dunk on Duncan

In the Video section of the Multimedia page.

As Reghi would say: "LeBron Loves Levitation"

Congrats to Big Z

Last week Zydrunas Ilgauskas became the the Cleveland Cavaliers all-time leader in offensive rebounds. Being the leader in any cumulative category for a team that's been around for 37 years is a big deal.

Z has been on the Cavs longer than any other player in history with 11 years in tow. By the time he is done he should be the all-time leader in several categories.

To keep perspective, look how much he's changed. I try and use the earliest available picture I can find of the player when they begin their Cavaliers tenure. Just looking at the difference of what he looked like when he first suited up at 20 (before he went off for his first surgery) and what he looks like now lets you now how long he's been here.

On a personal note, Z is one of my all-time favs. A guy who has really embraced Cleveland as his second home. His quote of "...I couldn't sign with another team because I'd be checking the box scores to see how the Cavs did..." let me know that he plans on retiring here as well.

If LBJ and crew can secure a Championship before Z hangs it up, I can easily see number 11 hanging up in the rafters.

Lebron goes dunking

Lebron may not be interested in the entering the All-Star weekend slam dunk contest, but there's no doubt he'd be good at it.

LeBron Behind The Back Warm-up Dunk


courtesy of J.E. Skeets at The Basketball Jones

Spike Likes AZLBJIV

(a little late, but what the heck)

p.s.
Spike. You can't have him

James Player of the Week (again)

9th time

check out the awards page

Wanna keep up on LBJ's Kicks? (there's a lot of 'em)

Check out these sites:

Nike's Official AZLBJIV Site
LeBron Talk
Kaczalas LBJ shoe site
Got Brons?

LBJ Shoe Day!!!

Happy November 16th. Its LeBron shoe day and i went out and bought em. Crunch suggested that I write something up, so here I go.

So, I live in LA... 2,500 miles from Cleveland. Wonder how popular LBJ is out here? I went to Footlocker in Santa Monica at 10:30am... AND THEY WERE SOLD OUT ALREADY! OK, they only open up at 10am, so we know that either there are some people more into LBJ than me or shoe "copping" is more popular out on the west coast.

Anyways, $150 bucks later, I had my Zoom LBJ IV's.

(check them all out on my table)

Since I have all his kicks, I thought I'd review 'em all briefly.

Air Zoom LeBron IV
Heavy, not very detailed but feel great on the foot. I should explain what I mean by "not very detailed". The reason that LeBron's shoes are so cool is because they have lots of little cool details on them. They aren't just a shoe with his name on them.
3rd best overall


Air Zoom LeBron III
Almost perfect. Tons more detail than the the other three. Even his name on the agletts (the tips of the laces). They are ulra cool looking and feel great to wear.
But... 2nd best overall


Air Zoom LeBron II
Cool freaking shoe. Looks like a bullet-proof vest. Nice velcro strap to tighten around your ankle. Not too heavy either. They are simpler than the AZLIII, but still have some cool nooks and crannies.
#1 LeBron shoe so far!
They are, by FAR, the most comfortable and freakin' great to play in.


Air Zoom Generation
LAME name (how can they not name them "THE LEBRON" or something?). Too thin. Not good to wear or play in. But nostagia goes a long way. These are the shoes he wore in Game #1 and the ones he's wearing in his first "Tomahawk Dunk". The photo of that dunk has become THE iconic image of his career (see below).


Other Info.
None of these are his best feeling shoe. The LBJ 20-5-5 shoe (below), is the best feeling shoe I've ever played in. But, since its not an "official" numbered seasonal shoe, I'm not counting it.

Um Yeah,

That was pretty good.

Media Guide Update

I know its probably not the most exciting part of the site... but the Media Guide page in the Miscellaneous section has been updated with the new cover.

Playoffs and awards

Eastern Semi-finals:
1.)Cleveland v. 4.)Chicago - Cleveland
2.)Detroit v. 3.)Miami - Detroit

Eastern Finals:
1.)Cleveland v. 2.)Detroit - Cleveland

Western Semi-finals:
1.)Phoenix v. 5.)Denver - Phoenix
2.)Dallas v. 3.)LAC - LAC

Western Finals:
2.)Dallas v. 3.)LAC - LAC

Finals:
Cleveland v LAC - Cleveland
________________________________________

MVP: Lebron James

ROY: Adam Morrison

6th Man: Andreas Nocioni

Comeback Player: Amare Stoudemire

Most Improved: Mickael Pietrus

Defensive Player: Bruce Bowen

Coach: Mike Brown

1st Team All NBA: Kobe, Lebron, Dirk, Nash, Duncan

Looks good to me.

Season Predictions

It's time to make some poor predictions for the upcoming NBA season.

Conference Records (wins) and 1st round match-ups and winners

Central
Cleveland 54
Detroit 53
Chicago 49
Milwaukee 44
Indiana 44

Atlantic
New Jersey 49
Knicks 40
Toronto 36
Boston 34
Phila 31

Southeast
Miami 53
Washington 46
Orlando 45
Charlotte 34
Atlanta 28

1.)Cleveland v. 8.)Milwaukee - Cleveland
2.)Detroit v. 7.)Orlando - Detroit
3.)Miami v. 6.)Washington - Miami
4.)Chicago v. 5.)NJ - Chicago

_____________________________________________

Northwest
Denver 51
Utah 42
Minnesota 35
Seattle 34
Portland 31

Pacific
Phoenix 55
LAC 53
LAL 45
Sacromento 40
Golden State 39

Southwest
Dallas 53
San Antonio 52
Memphis 47
NOK 43
Houston 34

1.)Phoenix v. 8.)NOK - Phoenix
2.)Dallas v. 7.)LAL - Dallas
3.)LAC v. 6.)Memphis - LAC
4.)S.A. v. 8.)Denver - Denver

More to come later...

First two "The LeBrons Season 2" Commericials are posted

Click Here!


Click Here!

Or, if you've got all day, check 'em all out!

LeBron IV Marketing in Full Swing

Go to Nike Basketball.com to check the cool "The Lebrons 2" feature.

LBJ ESPN Magazine Cover #4

Thought the topic was interesting: "Is LeBron MEAN enough to get a championship" but the article was fluff basically.

Check out the cover here on the magazine covers' page.

9 LeBron Videos Added

In the current issue of SLAM Magazine (the one with either Amare or Big Ben on the Cover)


There is a free LeBron DVD included with lots of cool stuff. So i added the vids from it to the Nike Year Four page of The LeBron Phenomenon section.

Or, just check em here:

Interview with Athlete LeBron
Interview with Wise LeBron
Interview with Kid LeBron
Interview with All Business LeBron
Behind the Scenes of "The LeBrons" 2
Interview with Ken Link LeBron IV Shoe Designer
First Reactions on the Air Zoom LeBron IV
St. Vincent / St. Mary on LeBron
Akron, Ohio on LeBron

Not so special

I was wondering if SI would have a different cover for different regions.



update - found Dwayne Wade's cover

Stephen Graham got cut

Cleveland, Oct. 24 - The Cleveland Cavaliers have waived guard/forward Stephen Graham. The roster stands at 16 players.

that is all

SI Cover Number 6 (and a half)

LeBron graces the cover of Sports Illustrated for the 6th time (7 if you count the "all the covers" one).

Look at 'em all here

Guided By Voices and the Cavs:

In the city of Dayton, Bob and Jim Pollard were legendary athlete's. Bob once threw a no hitter for Wright State University. Jim received a full ride to play basketball at Arizona State, unfortunately knee injuries derailed his career. Combined, no other rocker/rapper/opera singer could beat them on the court or on the stage. Some of their songs could even fit for some of this years Cavs team:

Eric Snow - Bulldog Skin

Larry Hughes - My Kind of Soldier

Z - I am Tree

Drew Gooden - Blimps Go 90

Lebron - Motor Away

Big Brad likes Cars

I came across this blog post from Cleveland.com. (Here's the full story)


Our long lost Cavs legend has a new gig this upcoming year. He is going to be a NASCAR commentator.

Here is Cleveland.com's blurb:
"Who would have thought that former Cavaliers center Brad Daugherty would become the first full-time African-American NASCAR commentator? Not me. Then again, Brad always has been a little unpredictable.

Upon further review, Daugherty has had his hand in the sport for the past 20 years, owning race teams in the Busch and Craftsman Truck Series as well as being a member of the rules and competition committee.

Daugherty will join the ESPN NASCAR crew in 2007. He'll host the NASCAR Pit Studio Show, which will provide pre- and post-race coverage as well as segments during the race."

Good for Hooch. Now, just come to the Q so we can honor you. I don't know where it started but you and the Cavs need to bury the hatchet.

Peace out Luke

The Boston Herald is reporting the Cavs will trade Luke Jackson to the C's for some big guy that will probably be cut by the Cavs. Luke got caught up in a numbers game with the Cavs. Although his injuries didn't help much either.

You know this is a blah trade when the career highlight for one player involved is being designated to Florida Flame of the D-League for the 2005-06 season and the other doesn't even have a career highlight.

LeBron IV for sale!

check it out on eastbay

Yearly Records

On the Seasons page, i finally added what each year's record was.

How did i not think of putting that up 'till now.

Gearing up for 06-07

Ok, i FINALLY updated the playoff stats from last year. Wow, that's way late. But, I'm getting the site ready for the upcoming year so i did it today.
Needless to say, i need to get the playoff stats into the all-time leaders page, because I'm sure you guys are gonna want to track LBJ going up the list... but the playoffs are a looong ways off, so i have some time.

Anyways, you can view the updated stats on the individual player's pages or check it on the team page here.

New Cavs Floor Design Confirmed

In a previous post (which i have deleted out of embarrassment), i thought i had the new floor... i was wrong. The ultra cool Brian Windhorst broke the actual pic of the new floor in his blog (which i found linked from a YAYSports article).

I think it looks pretty cool

Check it out on the Courts page

The Best of the LeBron Brothers!

Its even basketball themed!

Get yours today!

(this might be the dumbest thing I've ever posted)

Reghi's greatest quote (from CavsInfo.com)

This is the one ESPN really got on Reghi for, its a real mouthfull.

I quoth the great Reghi (I really struggled to figure out how the punctuation would be):

"LEBRON JAMES!!! Flight number 23 LOVES levitation; coming out of the attic to SMASH it home!!!"
and then...
"LeBron with STRENGTH! YOU can count THAT! And one coming at the line! THE MEGAWATT! The brilliance of LeBron James is again SHINING brightly in Charlotte tonight!"

Seriously? The Megawatt?

Check it out at www.cavsinfo.com

I will miss Reghi a ton.

LBJ on Letterman, Sept 22, 2006

I stole this from YaYSports.com (which is awesome, and if you don't read it, you've missed out on a whole year of hilarious stuff).

Check it out:


(his jumper looks smooooooooooooth. LeBron's looks nice,too)

David Wesley Is A Cav

Cavs signed veteran guard David Wesley to play for them. This seems strange for two reasons, one the Cavs have a glut of guards, second Wesley and Damon Jones are very similar in their role. Both are about the same size and weight, can play a little PG, are more suited for SG, and the Cavs need them hit open jumpers and drain three's. Although Wesley should provide more defense. So, they got two players to do the same thing? We think it's pretty obvious the Cavs are going to move one or more of their guards at some point in the season, whether it be Luke, Sasha, Ira or DJ, someone has to go.

LBJ's Rookie Summer Shoe

I just dug this up and put it on the site.

A cool little advertisement for the Air Zoom Generation Low from the summer between LeBron's rookie and sopohmore years.
You can check it out here.



Its part of my ongoing documentation of the LeBron Phenomenon available on the Miscellaneous page.

Varejao gets tough

All summer we've been hearing that the Cavs need an enforcer on the inside. That the current frontline is too soft. Maybe not, allow us to submit this video as exhibit "A". Check out Andy jackin' some dude in his face. Apparently, he broke the guys jaw.

Also, it appears that Varejao has Anderson on the back of his jersey. Is he going Nene on us?

THROWBACKS NEXT YEAR!!!

Most of us loved the "Miracle Year" throwbacks from two years ago, and it looks like they are going for it again. But, this time (according to Uniwatch.com) LBJ, Z and company will be sporting World B. Free era throwbacks. Check it out (its the last article before the comments)!

The Throwback:


The Logo:

You may now search

Well, I added a search function to the Players page (its between the sword and the letters).

You can search by Name, Number and Position for now (more to come).

Go ahead, search for Mitchell Butler!

thanks,
the Management

LeBron IV's Confirmed (although we all knew it already)

Over at LeBron Talk (a website that I subscribe to and is quite cool if you are as obsessive about LBJ as me), they are linking this pic:

(the pic is from the NT)

So those ARE the IVs that have been floating around the web, so... yeah. We saw 'em back in like April.

The other good thing is it looks like they may actually wear the Wine colored uni's again someday (all blue in the playoffs was a little overkill if you ask me)

Mini Z is out... another guard is in

Eddie Basden is now a Cav

but we had to trade somebody to get him, and that means that our favorite stringbean in gone. Happy trails Marty we barely knew ya, enjoy eating Ben Wallace's HUGE elbows in practice everyday (remember what that did to Darko).

We gots a weirdo

We welcome Scot Pollard, the new big guy to the team.
Scoty's not known for being "sane" or an offensive juggernaut, but he should play solid D and hustle a la the Wild Thing.

We could have a very irritating defense next year (for other teams, I'll love it)

Drew Gooden resigns

Drew Gooden and trade rumors will continue to swirl for three more years. Drew signed a 3yr/$23 million contract extension with the Cavs, thus cementing his future as the player most fans will mention when they want the Cavs to make a trade. Forums and Kenny Roda's show are already lighting up with potential deals proposed by delusional fanatics.

Signing Drew is a good thing for the Cavs. First, they retain the service of a talented, yet sometimes focus-challenged, power forward who proved he's a team player. Second, Drew is capable of having a huge game once every three weeks, whether the Cavs win is another questions. C, Lebron Love Levitation. And finally, the contract does not break the bank, allows the Cavs to remain flexible and comes off the books before the big free agent class of 2010.

It's not like trade rumors are unprecedented for Drew, he has bounced around during his 4yr NBA career.

Damon Jones owns a house

The always stylish and equally chatty Damon Jones had a chance to give a tour of his home to MTV. Nothing to special about Damon's digs. Walls, stairs, carpet and furniture pretty much fill up the whole place. He's got a movie theater, but is that really a big deal anymore?

His cars are where it's at, all three of them. It's a toss up whether his house or cars are worth more.

Damon showing off his Flippity Floppity Flu to MTV Cribs

Reghi at his finest

with some help from Lebron, of course.

Lebron puts an exclamation point on a victory over San Antonio
Lebron's Top 10 of the 05-06 season
And 1 versus Utah
Lebron loves levitation


Plus, the goofy, funny and "wild" side of Reghi, along with his partner Scott Williams.

YOU'RE FIRED!!

In a stunning move, the Cavaliers (err, Dan Gilbert) have fired long time play-by-play man and noted word aficionado Michael Reghi. Trying to fill his shoes will be some guy who used to do play-by-play for the Pistions.

We get it Dan, you're from Detriot. You like to benchmark winners. Can you please leave something Cleveland? First we had to endure Public Address announcer Ronnie "Slam" Duncan, a blatant Mase rip-off, yelling at us the entire game and now this? Reghi, while at times a little over the top and maybe a little corny, brought a certain flair and life to the broadcast. His rapport and camaraderie with AC and Scott Williams was both genuine and entertaining.

You'll be missed "Plugs".

Reghi-isms:
Flight Number 23
lift and lace
sweet stroke that jumper
bottom out that jumper
stick back jumper
ripping some cord
the Candyman
The Wonder Kid from Akron St. Vincent St. Mary's
wheeling in the lane
the rip away
hammer it home
the blow by
gets a blow
You can book this one for the Cavaliers

Regular Season Schedule announced

The NBA announced the regular season schedule for the league and as a memeber of said league, the Cavs are included in this announcement. They open at home against the Wiz, then do a strange San Antonio to Charlotte back to back on the road. Some games to note: @LAC Jan. 13th, @Denver Jan. 19th (a day everyone should celebrate), LAL Feb. 11th, and ironically enough @Utah Feb. 14th (be sure to give Boozer my love) before wrapping up the regular season against Milwaukee at home on April 18th.

Also if you live out of market, don't fret. The Cavs are on national TV a ridiculous 33 times this season. I'm all for promoting Cleveland and the Cavs, but lets save some for the wedding night.

Welcome Shannon and Dan

Looks like the Cavs got to good pickups to help out at the 1 and 2 position.

meet Shannon Brown

who we got at 25

and Daniel Gibson

who we got at 42

Dan Gilbert is Thankful

and a bit long winded.

Dan Gilbert's Thank You Letter to the fans

Traitor

Eddie Jordan

Go Cavs! Win game 6.

that is all

Game 3

Lebron reassured everyone that a lessoned was learned after losing game 2 and having one of his worst big game performances.
``I've watched the game over and over,'' James said after the Cavs' workout Thursday. ``You'll see a different performance out of me. I'll be ready, I promise you.''

'nuff said

LeBron on Cover of SI

For the 4th time, LeBron gets a SI cover all to himself



This one is called "LeBron In Full" (check it here)

other classic LeBron SI cover titles are:

The Chosen One
The Importance of Being LeBron
and (my favorite)
Best Ever?

Air Zoom LeBron IV's?

Came across this pretty authentic looking pic of the (maybe?) AZLBJ IV for next year. We won't know if this is real for probably about 6 months, but I'm posting it now anyways because I'm a little LeBron obsessed at the moment.



Check out the his Nike page here

New LeBron Phenomenon Layout

I changed the layout of the LBJ Phenomenon page. It was getting too big so I spread it out over several pages. Check it out.

Drew Gooden McDonalds Commercial

Added the new Drew Gooden Mickey D's commercial (its on the vids page)


check it here