Paul Pierce scored 27 points to lead the defending champion Boston Celtics to a 90-85 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the opening game of the National Basketball Association’s regular season. LeBron James and the Cavaliers led the Celtics by as many as 11 points in the first half and held a 50-43 halftime advantage at […]
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Is Daniel Gibson Batman?
I thought LeBron was Batman and we were looking for a Robin. Turns out that maybe we are looking in the wrong places. Daniel Gibson was sporting a new hair cut and said he wanted to do something different, so he had the Batman symbol shaved into the back of his head. Now maybe we […]
Eric Snow will join NBA TV
NBA TV’s coverage begins Tuesday with a pregame show featuring an interview with commissioner David Stern and coverage of the Boston Celtics’ ring ceremony. Eric Snow will join the NBA TV studio this year as one of the analysts on the network’s programming. TNT’s studio team of Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson also […]
Is Mo Williams Robin?
But, Cleveland’s “Batman” has never had a “Robin” and general manager Danny Ferry’s annual attempt to garner the key complimentary piece has now led to former Milwaukee Bucks point guard Maurice Williams. Seattlepi.com
Cavs top Sixers
LeBron James scored 20 points and had eight rebounds, four assists and four steals before sitting out the fourth quarter of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 91-83 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in a pre-season game Tuesday night. James’ soaring slam dunk off an alley-oop pass from Ben Wallace late in the second period provided the game’s […]
ESPN’s Hollinger’s Cavs Outlook
John Hollinger from ESPN gives us his outlook for the 2008-09 season. Prediction: 47-35, 2nd in Central Division, T-5th in Eastern Conference “The Cavs aren’t really built to be a good regular-season team, and if James misses any time they’re going to rapidly slip in the standings — they lost all seven games that he […]
Cavaliers considered Jermaine O’Neal
Coach Mike Brown said the Cavs considered trading for O’Neal over the summer when Indiana Pacers President Larry Bird basically made his whole team available as he started a makeover. Brown coached O’Neal for two seasons when he was an assistant with the Pacers from 2003 to 2005 and knows him well. But the two […]
Flash Seats in the Hot Seat?
Peter Krouse from Cleveland.Com is reporting that U.S. District Judge Kathleen O’Malley has ruled that the Cleveland Cavaliers use of the Flash Seats ticketing option violates Ticketmaster’s exclusive contract with the basketball team. The Cavaliers had been offering the use of Flash Seats to its season ticketholders as an online venue for selling unused season […]