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

UPDATE!!! Vids back up

OK, as you may know because of so many people downloading the Videos off of the Multimedia page, I had to remove them and rework the hosting. Well... its done and back up

Check out the Vids page, back in all its glory

Fear the Abe Lincoln Beard

I gotta say, ever since LBJ grew the Abe Lincoln Beard... we've been winning

Good night at the "Quicks"

Lebron got the proverbial monkey off his back by hitting his first game winner with .9 secs remaining in OT, capping off another spectacular night while notching his 5th triple double of the season and 9th of his career. However, it wasn't just all Lebron all the time, Big Shot Ron Murray continues to rescue the Cavs by draining clutch jumpers, as he did last night to send the game to overtime, and Damon Jones even found his stroke and went 4/5 from behind to arc. "Team Streak" continues to roll along and got back to 10 games over .500.

Oh yeah, Lebron was also named player of the week, just another week at the office.

"I said he'll flip you. Flip ya for real"

Now that Ronny Murray is a memeber of the Cavs, everyone has been asking us, "Where does he rank on Cavs All-Time Nickname team?" We're glad you asked. After minutes of consideration, Cavshistory.com is proud to present, The Cavaliers Top Ten All-Time Nickname squad:


10.) Wayne "Tree" Rollins

9.) Ronald "Flip" Murray

8.) Clarence "Foots" Walker

7.) Robert "Tractor" Traylor

6.) "Flat-Top" Freddie Roberts

5.) "Dinner Bell" Mel Turbin

4.) William "Smush" Parker

3.) Bobby "Bingo" Smith

2.) John "Hot Rod" Williams

1.) "Magic" Milos Babic

Look who came crawling back...

Cavs get Lee Nailon back from the 76ers for a 2006 2nd round pick. Sweet! My dude can score.



Give a shoutout to Cavs who did two tours of duty!

Ty Hill
Tractor
Campy Russell
Paul Mokeski
Henry James
Chucky Brown

(who else did i miss - not bad for off the top of my head)

Hiya Flip!

Cavs trade Mike Wilks to Seattle for Flip Murray!

He'll be a nice PG backup

LBJ = MVP

LeBron had a helluva All-Star Game en route to leading the East All-Stars to a win over the West squad 122-120.
29 pts, 6 rbs, 2 ast, 2 stl - Not too bad, eh?
The voters thought so too. He was named MVP of the game.

I updated the awards page to reflect it.


Way to go LBJ.

FACED!!

Which one did you like better?



OR




One more, just because it looks cool!

Cavs sign Joe...er Stephen Graham

In an effort to fill out a roster, the Cavs signed former Oklahoma State gaurd Stephen Graham to a 10-day contract. Graham will fill in while the Cavs are without Luke Jackson (wrist), Larry Hughes (finger) and Ira Newble (face). If he's lucky, he'll get into a game and will forever be recognized as an official Cavalier and grace the players page on this website. Stay tuned.

Major Update!!! About videos

Guys, you have one week to download any vids you want on this site, because as of Feb 12th, they are all coming down and I'll be showing em on youtube (YouTube.com) instead.

The site has gotten more popular than my bandwidth can hold (over a million hits a month - GOSH!).

Anyways, too many links to the vids, too many weird MySpace pages linking to the vids (apparently a lot of people on MySpace like LeBron, go figure). Anyways, the site is going down daily at about 5pm PST (8pm EST) because of lack of bandwidth.... so, in an effort to keep it up, vids have to go.

They'll still be visable, but just with a Flash YouTube plug-in.

Sorry, changes had to be made, I can't support your LBJ habit alone any more

d

p.s. the site is STILL free and always will be, go Cavs!

More accolades for LBJ...olades

Lebron was once again named Eastern Conference Player of the Week. This is the second time this season Lebron has taken the honor, first capturing it back on Nov. 21 after a week that saw the Cavs go 4-0 and Lebron average 29pts, 8 rebs, and 5 assits, including a triple-double over Philia. This past week he averaged 33.8pts, 8.5rebs, 7.5 assists and 2.3 steals, again leading the Cavs to a 4-0 record with the ultimate highlight coming in a comeback victory over the Phoenix Suns.

Lebron also spurned the league office and will not compete in the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star break festivities. Opting instead to compete in the Skills Challenge. For those of you who don't know what the Skills Challenge is, it's the other event that takes place on All-Star Saturday night that nobody cares about.

Remember this?



Riveting.

We are All Witnesses

The HUGE banner on the side of Tower City.


Check it out on the LBJ page

New Q Court Design Added

Just put up the new court Design for The Q



Check it out with the other court designs here

New Alternate Jersey is for Sale!

Go get yours on Eastbay only $149! (sheesh).

Two new Nike commercials

Found two LBJ Nike commercials and posted 'em, they are both pretty cool.

The summer training one even features Cavs conditioning coach Stan Kellers!

See it here

The other one is cool, but LeBron looks kinda evil (maybe that's why I never saw it on T.V.)

See that one here

Both are available on the LeBron Phenomenon page

LeBron III

Updated the LeBron page to show the new shoe.



Also posted the new Zoom LeBron III commercial here

The new Jumbotron at the Q

It looks hot!

LeBron is King

I updated the header for the LeBron Phenomenon to include this cool pic of "King" James



Check it out

New Cavaliers Jersey?

I think this is sort of official.
Found this picture on SLAM Magazine online:

it looks like a tribute to the 70's "miracle" jerseys
Check it out!

LBJ on daytime TV

Akron's own sat down for an interview with Oprah on Sept. 22nd, 2005

Haven't had a Henderson since Cedric

To fill the hole left by an injured Side Show Bob, the Cavs signed Alan Henderson to a one year deal.

It's "The Q" Now...

... and we acknowledge it. Check it out

GO, Gilby, GO!
(p.s. nice job bringing jobs to downtown Cleveland, classy move indeed)

New LeBron Logo

LeBron's new "Signature Collection" logo is pretty cool.

Check it out with the rest of his Nike Stuff.

One of the top 5 shooters in the world!

On September 8th the Cavaliers got their three point threat in Damon Jones
Let's hope he knocks down some shots for us over the next four years.

Nascar?

LeBron will adorn the hood of Bobby Labonte's car for the 2005 Sharpee 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway.

Check out the article about it at ESPN

I almost got a little teary eye'd listening to this.

Just found THIS on the internet, Michael Stanley's awesome late '80s/early '90s Cavs them song:
Tonight's the Night (Hard Workin' Town Hard Workin' Team)


Man that song rocks... seriously, I love it.

So, visit the audio page and jam to the other tunes we got up there too.

Kinda Ugly, no?

This is the proposed logo for the "Q".

Usher doesn't approve.

Cavs Press Conference

The Cavs officially introduced Larry Hughes and Donyell Marshall this afternoon at a press conference at Q-Lo Arena. Larry says Lebron was recruiting him throughout the year and Marshall says it doesn't matter if he starts or comes of the bench. Mike Brown seems stoked to have a defensive player the quality of Larry.

Check out the video: Press Conference.

Gund Arena name change

No, it didn't convert to Islam, but the Gund Arena will be going by a new name. The Cavs and Quicken Loans have worked out an agreement to give the naming writes of the building to the biggest on-line mortgage company. Quicken Loans Arena, or "The Q" for short, will be the new home of the Cavaliers. PD article.

Works for me. I'll still probably call it the Gund for the next few years, but "The Quicks", "The Q", "The Q.L.A.", "Q-Lo" "The Raymond Usher III Dance Emporium" are all ok with me.