Alternate Added... Finally

Almost two years after it was unveiled, I finally got around to adding the blue alternate jersey to the site.


Check 'em all out on the jerseys page.

RISE UP!!

Couldn't make to the game yesterday, didn't want to pay $1000 to get in the door? Well, some dood hooked it up and filmed the last minute of the game and the post game ceremony, all from his center court, lower bowl seat (not jealous, by the way).

Two things, 1.) I can't believe Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part 2" is still the go to song during victory celebrations and 2.) Holy swear word! The Cavs are in the finals. It's been a ride.

2007 Eastern Conference Champions!

How Sweet It Is!

Historical Significance

LeBron's big day helped the 2006-2007 squad reserve a special place in Cavaliers History.

By scoring 48 points, grabbing 9 rebounds and dishing out 7 dimes AND getting us the win, the Cavs now have 3 wins in the Eastern Conference Finals...

This gives them more finals wins then Bingo and Austin's Miracle club of 1976 or Price and Brad's 1992 club...

In other words: We are looking at the best Cavaliers team in the history of its existence.

Congrats

TrueHoop Thinks Z is Elite!

The awesome blog of TrueHoop (now part of ESPN.com) gave Z some props (and a dig) today.

"Despite his hairline, Zydrunas Ilgauskas is an elite NBA player, and has also been one of Cleveland's most reliable crunch time scorers for a long time. It killed me to see him left on the bench for the final play. (By the way, remember that crazy play in the first half where a referee, trying to be helpful, let Larry Hughes re-shoot a free throw he had made? Then he missed? You can't get tangled in these kinds of hypotheticals, they're a big waste of time, but in theory if that hadn't happened then Cleveland would have only been down one on that last play, and I bet you Ilgauskas would have ended up with a look at a 17-footer to win instead of Marshall's three from the corner.)"

Cavs in Eastern Conference Finals

Not since 1992 have the Cavs gotten this far. Just four years and one superstar seperate the Cavs from the basement of the NBA and being an elite, top-four team in the league.

Its hard to remember how bad it was... but it was.

Ricky Davis was our #1 and Z was hurt. We had the Zoo Crew (Gatling and Tractor). But we didn't win

Now, this group can be held up against the Miracle Team of 1976


And with the GREAT, well rounded team of Nance, Price, Daugherty, Ehlo and Hotrod (Ferry was there too!)


Your kids will talk about this team 15 years from now like I am talking about those special teams. It feels good to be a Cavs fan!

Now Detroit awaits... lets go get 'em guys!

LeBron 2nd Team All-NBA (My Comments)

I very rarely have an opinion on this site (that is Crunch's department). I view this site as a historical repository of Cavs stuff. There are lots of Cavs sites (blogs, forums, etc...) where people let off steam and state their theories about Cavaliers junk in general. So, I try and keep out of it.
1. because my command of the written word is bad
2. because... who cares what I think?

But, for the first time, I'm going to comment.

LeBron not being on the All-NBA 1st team is bullsh*t (sorry kids).

First off, he has the same amount of total votes as Amare (who isn't a center) at 494. BUT, he has almost DOUBLE the amount of first team votes (64 to 36) of Amare (who, again, is NOT a center).

Basketball is not Baseball. Its not like position players make a whole hell of a difference. i.e. it wouldn't make sense to vote a pitcher into a catchers position. But having designated positions based on your listed position from the previous year (yes, that's how they do it) to be elligible for a slot is just stupid. So, with that in mind... shoehorning Amare (THE FORWARD) in at center is stupid, too. Hell, Duncan is a center. The only one that won't admit it is the position listing.

LeBron again put up numbers that only Oscar could muster. His team hit 50 wins for the second straight year. Second best record in the East, on and on.

Flat out, he has different standards imposed on him than other players do (Like Jordan for example. Remember when he was dominant EVERY year but they gave the MVP to the Mailman twice seemingly just to break up the monotony? That was bull, too). LBJ puts up 27-7-6 AGAIN, but because before the season everyone EXPECTED 30-8-8 he "fell short". Well he didn't. He was the man when it counted. But, once again, the hype and the hate hurt him.

I know James mailed it in during some games in the middle of the season. Everyone admits that. But he never got the chance to catch eight 'oops a game from Nash either. Dragging a team through the defence intensive east for 80 games AND scoring and passing against triple teams every night can wear a dude out. So "dogging it" he has the best statistical season in the NBA... again. Where's the props votes? Oh... that's right. They are out West.

I get so uptight about this because it hits me where it hurts... STATS. That's what this site is about. Making stats (points, rebounds, VOTES!) available to the common Cavs fan. And by slighting him of his earned historical significance of being a life 1st teamer is crap.

Regardless, its in the books and its part of CavsHistory now. I'll update the site in a day or two when I get the formatting right.

Three ESPN LeBron Videos Added

Just threw up three LBJ ESPN commercials


Chair Switch


Copier


2007 Playoffs

2006-2007 Regular Season in the Books

Just finalized the stats for this year.
I'll update the Playoffs stats after each round.

Go Cavs!

Austin Carr Inducted Into Inaugural NCAA Basketball Hall of Fame

Austin Carr has been announced to be part of the inaugrual class of inductees to the NCAA Basketball hall of fame (with other greats such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar).

Its a very, very high honor and AC is very deserving. Here are some notes on his HOF Notre Dame Career:
"The consensus player of the year for Notre Dame in 1971 and a unanimous first team All-America player, Carr holds the NCAA tournament career record for scoring average at 41.3 points per game. He also holds the tournament game records for points with 61, field goals with 25 and field goals attempted with 44. Carr was named to the ESPN Top 50 college players of all-time in 2005."

Way to go AC. "Mr. Cavalier" is a 100% class act and a Cav through and through. I also think he is cool as hell because he gave me (just a random crazed fan) a hug with tears still in his eyes at the draft party just after we won the lottery. THAT is a guy who loves the wine and gold.

LeBron is Eastern Conference PotM for March 2007

LBJ was named Eastern Conference Player of the Month for March 2007.
He posted stats of 30.3 ppg on .484 shooting, 6.7 rebounds and 7.0 assists per game in 15 games (Cavs went 11-4 in these games).

This is LeBron's 5th PotM award and he is still the only Cav to have ever won the honor.
Its all on the Awards Page.


All things considered, LBJ finished the season strong. He will most likely (in my estimation) finish 4th in MVP voting (Dirk, Nash, Kobe).
Remember he finished 8th his first year, 6th his second year and 2nd his third.
Also, looks like he has first team All-NBA locked up again as well (he was 2nd team his 2nd year and 1st team last season).
I keep track of that kind of crap on his NBA Page

Three LBJ Commercials

Added two new commercials and one old one for LeBron to the LeBron Phenomenon Commercials page.

The funny Cub Cadet commercial.


The dramatic Windows Vista commecial.


And the oldy Sprite ''Toy Riding a Dog'' commercial.

LeBron Shoe Leaks! (V and Soldier)

A leak has surfaced about the Air Zoom LeBron V


Also, (much like the LeBron 20-5-5) LBJ has an alternate shoe coming out called "the Soldier".


Check out the new Nike Year 5 Page in the LeBron Phenomenon page to check it all out.

(FYI: if you want to check out two awesome LeBron shoe pages, look at LeBron Talk and Nike Lebron.net. That's what I do.)

THE Ohio State University to Wear LBJ

Kindof a cool story I think. The Buckeyes are going to be a "LeBron" team. This means the jerseys will no longer sport the Nike logo. Now they will sport the LBJ 23 logo.

Also, they'll be a new style of "form fitting" jersey for a tailored look
(check out USA Today's coverage.)

This is pretty neat. I remember when a bunch of teams (Cinci most notably) became Air Jordan teams and started wearing the Jumpman logo and how cool I thought that was.

James (almost) sets All-Star Voting Record

Hard to believe but an Ohioan, playing in Cleveland has set the record for most votes ever for the NBA All-Star Game. James received a ridiculous 2,558,278 votes.

All this after all we hear is "he's gotta go to LA or Chicago or NY to be popular. Seems like he's doing just fine to me.


(UPDATE: I have updated this post because, James' total is actually second all time to Yao's total from last year)

LeBron Can Jump High

Added the vid of LBJ's big dunk against Philly back in November on the videos page.

Blog Update

Guys, I have upgraded our blog from Blogger Beta to Blogger V1.x
This means lots of new features (like better history organization, tagging and other stuff).
But, to use all of this stuff, this means that I have to rewrite the stylesheet (ugh). So, bear with me while I struggle through it.

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