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The Truth About The Cavs and Free Agency
The Truth About The Cavs and Free Agency
I just finished reading Rock’s piece on watching our beloved Cleveland Cavaliers continue to get passed over by the top free agents this week, while simultaneously rolling out the red carpet for the Big Freeze, Shaquille O’Neal. As Rock points out GM Danny Ferry was busy at a press ...
Ron Artest, Trevor Ariza, and the LA Lakers: It All Makes Perfect Sense
Ron Artest, Trevor Ariza, and the LA Lakers: It All Makes Perfect Sense
emptythebench.com — Kobe Bryant & Ron Artest Photos Credit: Icon SMI By: Brendan K. O’Grady If you’re Trevor Ariza, Ron Artest, or the Los Angeles Lakers, this all makes perfect sense. If you’re Ariza, you feel disrespected. It’s hard not to ... (more) Ron Artest, Trevor Ariza, and the LA Lakers: It All ...
Ireland: Artest Told Kobe He Was Coming To L.A.
Ireland: Artest Told Kobe He Was Coming To L.A.
cbs2.com — After Kobe Bryant and Ron Artest got into that, "war of words" in March back in Houston, I asked Kobe what he really thought of Artest. (more) Ireland: Artest Told Kobe He Was Coming To L.A.
Top choices slipping away; Cavs chase Anthony Parker, Shawn Marion
Top choices slipping away; Cavs chase Anthony Parker, Shawn Marion
cleveland.com — AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan DenetteRaptors forward Shawn Marion guards LeBron James during a February game. The Cavaliers have turned their attention to acquring Marion via free agency. The dominoes starting falling in the NBA on Day Two of ... (more) Top choices slipping away; Cavs chase Anthony Parker, ...
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Tuesday Frowndup: Trevor Spills the Beans, What it All Means
Cleveland Frowns — ... Of course, those title hopes depend on LeBron coming back, and we suppose that LeBron's connection to Cleveland might be something harder to understand for guys like Ariza and Artest, and folks who aren't from this area, generally. WFNY's Todd Dery picked up on this early last week, and Broussard confirms that "James' future in Cleveland has been an issue with potential signees," including Artest. ...

LeBron 2010 -- Killing the Fire: Ariza's Slip, LeBron's Beans, Warren Buffett, and the Omaha-Akron Connection
Cleveland Frowns — ... *As far as we noticed, WFNY's Todd was the first one to inject this topic to the discussion late last week, and it's worth noting that ...

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