Lebron Tells Wade: If We Aren't Better This Year, We're Going To Reunite

Chase chase chase. Pick a freaking team and stay, "King". He leaves Cleveland again after all the happy horse bleep he wrote in that letter about why he was coming back and the media will turn on him finally. Especially if his game really is starting to go downhill. At 30? All the great ones that were in lots of postseason competition had a lot of games and minutes on their bodies by 30. No slack for him deserved.

 

Im not gonna lie, i would LOVE if he did it again. Not only would he screw Gilbert and the Cavs -> LOL (Love is as good as gone too when Bron bolts) but he would also get some real hate -> finally.
Popcorn time either way...

 

As Kenzo said above, and it is needed since way too long ago for the Sterling / Clippers situation ....... "Popcorn time".

I am leaving in the middle of this copy/paste ..... the off topic "typical up to now story" link which I haven't even read.

On another note, I'm now seriously doubting what many of us assumed, that Ray Allen shows up with the Cavs for their post All Star Game playoff run.




LeBron James out two weeks
Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY Sports 5:32 p.m. EST January 1, 2015
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Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James is expected to miss two weeks with left knee and low back strains, the team announced Thursday.

James, who sat out Cleveland's past two games, was evaluated by team doctor Richard Parker and had an MRI, physical and radiographs on Wednesday. Treatment will include anti-inflammatory medicine, rehabilitation, training room treatments and rest, the Cavaliers said.

The Cavaliers are without center Anderson Varejao (torn Achilles) for the rest of the season, and at 18-14 and in fifth place in the Eastern Conference, they can't afford injuries, especially to James, a four-time MVP.

Cleveland has been struggling lately, losing three consecutive games, and now they could be without James for the next seven games, which be the longest absence of his career because of injury, according to trainer Jeff Stotts who tracks NBA injuries.


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If James doesn't play the next two weeks, he will miss games at Charlotte, against Dallas, at Philadelphia, against Houston, at Golden State, at Sacramento and at Phoenix.

Without James and Varejao in the lineup, Cavs coach David Blatt will start Mike Miller, Tristan Thompson, Kryie Irving, Matthew Dellavedova and Love, when Love is ready to return.

It's also possible Blatt starts Marion in place of Miller when Marion is healthy. But there's glaring absence without James. Blatt prefers to bring shooting guard Dion Waiters off the bench for a spark for the second unit.

For as long as James is out, Irving will be the primary ballhandler and will continue to score. Thompson has played well, but Cleveland needs not only more offense from Love, who will become the No. 2 option, and Waiters but from Miller, Dellavedova, Marion and rookie Joe Harris.

A championship wasn't necessarily a given when the Cavaliers put together this roster in the summer, but they were expected to be one of the better teams in the East. That has not been the case.

Even if the Cavs get more offense from Love, Waiters and others, the defense remains an issue. Cleveland is 23rd in defensive efficiency allowing 105.6 points per 100 possessions. It doesn't help that Varejao is out and the Cavs don't have reliable depth at center and power forward. But Cleveland is looking to trade for a big man.

Though he declines to admit how injured he is, James' back has bothered since the start of the season and he missed Cleveland's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Dec. 11 and may have re-tweaked that knee while trying to save a loose ball against the Miami Heat on Christmas. James jumped a row of courtside seats then went to the locker room to have something check out.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...1/lebron-james-out-knee-back-injury/21156971/

 

Kobe jumped over courtside seats too this year at the age of 36, landed, looked like it hurt and he checked himself out for a few seconds, and then got back to playing Kobe Bryant basketball, effort wise anyway.

 

it would be absolutely hilarious if he left cleveland again but i highly doubt he will

we all know the cavs will be in the finals come june

 

That's not a given at all, seriously.

 

i feel like that would be the only way dan gilbert would get what he deserves

 

Yahoo had a Sports Illustrated section today on a number of teams and players, starting with Hibbert in Indiana. I did not know that Kareem contacted the Pacers wanting to work with him and they took him up on it. Vogel says he is seeing improvements in Roy's presence in the paint as a result. Not about Roy learning the Sky Hook.

But here's some "Scout's" take currently on the King and Cleveland. Not a very positive assessment.

Scout's Take: Cavaliers
A Western Conference scout on Cleveland, which has dropped three straight games and will be without LeBron James for possibly the next two weeks.

They have really bad body language right now. Even when they are ahead in games, they just don’t look like they have any passion. Guys go hard, then as soon as an opponent hits back and makes shots, it gets bad. They are just going through the motions, all the way through the lineup. LeBron is casual with the ball, just throwing it all over the place. He’s not engaged during timeouts. It’s just a bad feeling for them.

Offensively they are not really running much of anything. Everyone was anticipating David Blatt running a lot of Princeton, but they have been really simple. It’s just simple NBA stuff. LeBron is willing to hijack the offense when he wants to or when it’s not going the way he wants it to go. There is not a lot of direction. Kevin Love is standing out on the perimeter shooting jumpers; he doesn’t spend a lot of time in the post. They don’t utilize his passing skills. You would think that would be an area he could get something done. He doesn’t look like he is engaged either.



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They don’t have a rim protecter, which has been a major problem. Tristan Thompson is the only guy out there who can block shots. The effort on defense is not there. When LeBron was in Miami, he was all over the floor, running, double teaming. They are a passive defense and there is nothing in the middle to dissuade someone from getting easy shots. Even when [Anderson] Varejao was in there, he wasn’t dissuading them. There is not a collective paint presence.


They show frustration coming out of timeouts. They are not executing. It’s a small sample size so you don’t know what Blatt is as an NBA coach. But scheme-wise they are not doing anything to make up for whatever they lack. There is not a lot of buy-in for what they are trying to do defensively. The roster doesn’t help. In Miami, Erik Spoelstra would double team, would overplay the wings, but he had a more athletic group. Kyrie Irving is solid but he is out there trying to get steals. Waiters is not a defense first guy. In Miami, Mario Chalmers was a defender, Dwyane Wade would at least play with intensity. And when LeBron was out there, it was hard to get the ball into your initial pass to get into the offense. He hasn’t been the same guy in Cleveland.

 

Poor Dan, poor Bronnie, poor bandwagon fans
Things will get better, hang in there guys...

 

is it wrong this makes me a lil happy?

 

Do it James. Just to to stick it to Gilbert. Then Love will leave and sign with the Lakers and stick it too him even more.

 

No, don't be silly, of course not .....

 

I would love it if Lebron goes back to the cHeat. I would love it even more to see how Dan Gilbert would react to that. That's what Gilbert deserves.

 

I didn't notice where LeBron said this, anyone else?