Lebron James

After being left out in the cold by Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, John Paxson and GM Gar Forman have struck back in the LeBron sweepstakes, signing free agent power forward Carlos Boozer to a 5, year, $80 million contract according to ESPN. 

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Braylon Edwards and his posse apparently are rolling Cleveland looking for LeBron and his posse?  What is going on here?  Braylon Edwards, king of the drop and the one year wonder season, decided that he was ALLEGEDLY going to throw a punch at one of LeBron's friends.  And, I want to be honest here, I've made Rocky references my entire life.. but Braylon really can throw a punch like Rocky and even Ivan Drago.  Rumor out of Cleveland.. and even around the NFL is that Braylon's hands are made of stone, literally.  LeBron's friend basically got lit up with a brick to the face.  That had to hurt a little bit.  

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 The Cleveland Cavaliers know that Lebron James could leave them soon for money, bright lights, and more opportunities in other avenues such as New York City and other places. Many teams are positioning them for a run at James and other free agents in 2010 and that is why Cleveland not making any trades is kind of interesting. Cleveland was trying to make trades for Shaq and Richard Jefferson, but nothing became of it. Now Shaq and Lebron together would had been a very interesting pairing and one that would have been tough to stop. Richard Jefferson was another player that could have helped the Cleveland Cavaliers as well, but a deal could not be worked out.

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This November 4th, Americans will likely witness an historic and national change.  In addition to embracing this change, I’d like to propose other movements the world of sports would likely benefit from.

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He just wasn't hitting shots. And where Dwayne Wade and Lebron James seemed to be everywhere on the floor all at once, Kobe seemed to be picking his spots.

He wouldn’t crash the boards, he would too easily switch on defense, he would overpressure the ball at the top, and for being the supposed “team stopper” he sure let a lot of the guys he was guarding score a lot of points—check Rudy Fernandez’s game in the gold medal match up, check Juan Carlos Navarro.

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When the original Dream Team tore through the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, it was like the Beatles reunited.  With the likes of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Karl Malone, John Stockton, and Clyde Drexler suiting up, the team touted so much star power that opposing teams didn’t mind getting drubbed by over forty points a game.  Although a gold medal for Team USA was a forgone conclusion before the games even began, the team was still a joy to watch.  It was arguably the greatest sports team ever assembled. 

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The 2008 Beijing Olympics is upon us and decorated swimmer Michael Phelps is not the only recognizable American hoping to return home with gold.  There are twelve other American athletes, the men who comprise Team USA Basketball, who this time travel to China with a chip on their shoulders, for they are no longer considered the best in their sport.  On August 10th, Team USA Basketball officially begins their quest for Olympic gold, a shot at redemption and the right to once again proclaim that America’s brand of basketball is the best on the planet. 

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Friday night's exhibition game in Las Vegas was not much of a contest, which is how the U.S. senior men's basketball team wishes all their games would be this easy in the Olympics.

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The Lakers put another impressive, yet still somehow shaky victory over the Utah Jazz into the books and now sit on a cool 6-0 record in the 2007-08 playoffs. Not much to write about in their victory, because, well, they’re cruising but with rabid intensity. 

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Getting Lebron James homecourt advantage, where they are 27-13 as opposed to 18-23 on the road, seems a little bit, I dunno, fishy.

I mean, just look at the lack of major calls that the Phoenix Suns have gotten (a phenomenon I thought would change with the addition of Shaq and hasn’t yet, though we’ll see come playoff time). All one needs to do is look at last year’s playoffs against San Antonio. Sure, one could argue that the Suns shot more freethrows, but my point is the types of fouls that were called and how they changed the outcome of the game. When Amare gets called for a touch foul and is forced to the bench four minutes into the game, and Bowen is allowed to kick him in the heel and knee Nash in the groin, all without any fines or suspensions, a normal person is bound to wonder.

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Very rarely does an MVP race turn out the way last year’s American League race did.  A no-brainer.  It was obvious to see that Alex Rodriguez would win and by a large margin.  Usually there are two or three candidates and you can make a case for all of them.  This years MVP race in the National Basketball Association is no different then the AL race last season though, it’s just no one sees it.  There are seven or eight people who you could make a strong case for but picking the winner is easier then people think.  That’s only if you use my way of finding the true MVP.

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LL:   Milwaukee, New Jersey, Atlanta, Sacramento     

Lebron James (10-9)

           33.2 ppg, 7.8 apg, 9.2 rpg, 1.4 spg, 1.3 bpg, 45%

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The following is an excerpt from a chat of ESPN analyst John Hollinger on his MVP selection up to this point in the season:

Jason (Upland): Who is your MVP for this season? Last week you said Lebron, CP3, then Kobe, despite Lebron only having a subpar 34-26 record (8 games over .500) in the WEAK East (who's team won't even be in the playoffs if they were in the West), while both CP3 and Kobe have their teams a whopping 20+ games over .500 on the TOUGH West.

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(Repost from an old site of mine)

The world is so awesome.

I mean, I can blow bubbles with LeBron James bubble gum, jump to the moon in Nike Air Jordan shoes and I can set up huge armies of four-inch-high sports toy figurines (they're statues!).

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Lebron James the staple of the Cleveland Cavaliers looks like in a couple of years he could be jetting right out of Cleveland. James for the most part has been real patient with the Cleveland Cavilers management about getting some talent around him, but  he hasn't seen much. Yes, Cavalier fans you made it to the NBA Championship last year because of Lebron, but one man doesn't carry a team as you found out in the finals.

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What has happened to the NBA that I grew up with? I must admit, I have paid less attention to my Los Angeles Lakers and the NBA in general in the last season or two. Even so, I really feel like there is something missing.

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So shoot me or stop reading (just kidding, please soldier on). Last night Lebron James defended his home floor and put the “defensive stop” on Mr. Bryant. He dropped 33 points, 5 assists, 10 boards and threw in a block and a steal to boot. Amazing numbers no doubt.

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Who’s better? 

To be fair, Lebron James has a sprained finger on his non-shooting hand that kept him out of five games, so it’s not like #24 is the only one suffering serious injury…Kobe didn’t even have to miss any games for his…

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