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NBA Finals Preview: The Roar vs. the Bore
Published 6/7/2007 by Evil Ted at Basketbawful

Top Ten YouTube Moments of the 2006-07 NBA Season
Published 7/24/2007 by Steve Weinman at The NBA Source

LeBron James' Trusty New Sidekick: the Jumper
Published 8/29/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog

Eastern Conference Crystal Ball
Published 10/31/2007 by Jake Appleman at SLAM Online

Will Cleveland Trade Keep LeBron Around?
Published 2/26/2008 by Tim at Mind Rite Sports -- Quality, diverse sports coverage
Some NBA superstars demand trades when they feel like their team is inadequate. Some stay with their team against their will but phone in games . Others, who often get compared to larger-than-life deities , simply step up and proceed to carry their team to the NBA Finals. For the superstars who prove they can single-handedly take their team to the “promise land,” teams find it in their best interest to go out of their way to stockpile as much talent as possible. In Cleveland, general manager Danny Ferry has but one goal, and one goal only : keep LeBron James happy. A player like James comes once in a lifetime; with his ...

Ball Movements 2.26.08
Published 2/26/2008 by Hardwood Paroxysm at Hardwood Paroxysm
Reasons to Watch the Games of the NBA Tonight: Nothing Says "Magic" Like New Jersey: Well, then. Here's a nice little recipe. Let's take the team that lost it's franchise point guard and got back an injured youngster point guard, a behemoth underneatoth, and some bits and pieces. Then let's put on the other side a team that has the consistency of a malt with jello chunks in it. Tasty! Now let's put them in a game heading into the playoff stretch run while the rest of the East has improved via trades. Bake for 48 minutes at 500 degrees. Sprinkle with basil, paprika, and half-man, half-season for taste. ...

Does the Silence of Athletes Speak Volumes?
Published 3/18/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
Yesterday, we briefly mentioned that we attended a sportswriter forum last weekend. One of the hot topics was this column that ran in the New York Times Saturday. In summation: Should athletes speak out about Civil Rights issues? They certainly have the platform to potentially make a difference. Michael Jordan never did. Either has LeBron. Should it matter? Anytime this topic arises, we think of Charles Barkley’s commercial: “I am not a role model.” Our days of hero worship for athletes are long gone; posters of Don Mattingly and Magic Johnson that adorned our bedroom walls in elementary school have been ...

Tayshaun Prince Realizes Running Away From LeBron Might Not Be Best Way to Stop Him
Published 4/2/2008 by Brett Edwards at FanHouse
Filed under: Cavaliers, Pistons, NBA Videos I know that I'm being overly sarcastic here (even for me), but I couldn't resist when I heard Tayshaun Prince say that the players went to the coaches with some suggestions on how to better defend LeBron James. I mean, this is the same guy who can be seen literally running out of LeBron's way (:24 into the clip) late in Game 5 of last year's Conference Finals. So Tayshaun, just to clarify, you figured out that there's a better way to guard LeBron than by running off the court ...

King's Court: pre-Postseason Edition
Published 4/12/2008 by Matt at Le Cavs! A Cleveland Cavaliers Blog
This one is for Ori - we're ditching the card rankings and just using fancy numbers. What I'm doing here is listing out the players that are most important to the Cavs in terms of giving us a chance to win it all. For instance, let's say I figure we have a 50% chance of winning a championship right now. But if you take away Lebron, we're hopeless, so Lebron has added that 50% chance. In reality, I'd put our chances of getting out of the first round at 50%. Low, yes, but look how we're playing. Washington isn't playing great, but it's a close match any way you look at it. I think Lebron will put us over the top, breaking his back ...

Team USA: No Kidd'ing? Vote
Published 4/18/2008 by Alex <info@brewhoop.com> at Brew Hoop: Front Page Posts
With the Bucks' 2007-08 season officially over, we (as Bucks fans) are left with the dilemma of wondering what to do, other than scrutinize potential draft picks that are no longer playing and make a list of top coaches for the coaching vacancy. We could pick a team that had the audacity to actually make the playoffs, since there is a lot of good basketball scheduled in the next couple months. The Hornets are a logical choice, given they overcame Hurricane Katrina in style, have Chris Paul, are the least respected number two seed ever, and the fact that over the winter there were rumblings of Bucks fans considering ...

DeShawn Stevenson: Will keeping it real go wrong?
Published 4/18/2008 by Truth About It at Truth About It - Washington Wizards Blog
Charles Barkley threw the Wizards through a plate-glass window and spit on them like a little girl when he called Washington the "dumbest franchise in the history of civilization." ...

LeBron James and YouTube
Published 5/6/2008 by Jim at Green Bandwagon: Front Page Posts
I wouldn’t say I’m a fan of LeBron James. In fact I launched an ill-fated campaign against him when he wore a suit to a preseason game against the C’s back in 2006. However, as someone who enjoys basketball in general, I do respect what he brings to the table. But now is not the time to talk about his ability to drop a triple double ...

Worthy of Your Attention
Published 5/6/2008 by Marcel Mutoni at SLAM Online
by Marcel Mutoni Boston Celtics fans are nervous about this series, and justifiably so. The shocking dogfight with the Atlanta Hawks gave everyone who cares about the Green & White an uneasy feeling, and now they must deal with LeBron and the James Gang. On paper, the C’s have an infinitely better team than the Cavs; but the games aren’t played on paper, and LeBron has shown a frightening ability to conquer superior teams nearly by his lonesome. Tonight, the series tips off in Beantown, and the Celtics will be looking to get off on the right foot since the road hasn’t exactly been ...

The games I'd most like to attend
Published 6/27/2008 by Andy (noreply@blogger.com) at Forest City Fanatics
I've seen a few articles recently where writers have selected the best games ever, the best they've personally viewed, or the historical games they would most like to attend if time travel was possible other than via relativistic speeds. The first I saw was Bill Simmons picking his top three a while back - I can't find the link, but I remember one of them was a boxing match so, thanks for the good idea at least, I guess. Sports Illustrated's writers have been recapping the best game each of them ever saw ...

Vacationing Up North
Published 7/12/2008 by Pfef at Around the Oval: Front Page Posts
  I'm going on a vacation starting tomorrow for about a week to that state up north for some quality boating and whatnot.  I finally got around to picking up a Big Ten preseason mag, so I'll finally be able to do a bang up review when I get back.  Sean will still be around here.   In honor of this vacation, here are videos of people from Ohio doing great things in the state of Michigan.     ...

Ballin’: LeBron’s Ascension To The Throne
Published 29 days ago by Brandon Hoffman at ballerblogger.com
On May 31, 2007, LeBron James put on one of the greatest shows in playoff history.  James scored the Cavs final 25 and 29 of Cleveland’s last 30 points in a 109-107 double-overtime victory. [Note: RSS readers, there is a video within this blog]