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Following Monday night’s series-clinching win over the Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers big man Kevin Love spoke to reporters with regards to playing alongside LeBron James. Love, who has been James’ teammate since joining the Cavs in 2014, says he has learned a lot about sacrifice from the King. “In playing with him, I’ve learned a […]

LeBron James bringing the Cleveland Cavaliers their first-ever NBA championship is more than what the history books indicate. More than the toppling of a supergiant, more than besting the team with the all-time best regular season, more than a 3-1 comeback in the NBA Finals — but a complex sequence of factors that wound up […]

LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers continues to add to his narrative that he may just be the best basketball player to ever live. Sorry, Michael Jordan stans, but it’s true. He’s in his 15th season and literally dismantled the No. 1 seed Toronto Raptors with a lot of lesser players. Now the talk is […]

There was a lot of doubt about the surrounding cast around LeBron James during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ series against the Indiana Pacers. It seemed at that point that the Cavs were going to go as far as James carried them. For James though, he knew what his teammates could provide, and never lost any faith […]

Before the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Cleveland Cavaliers seemed dead in the water. They were getting bullied by the Indiana Pacers, and it looked like the Toronto Raptors would be yet another challenge. Hindsight is telling everyone that they should have relaxed. LeBron James must have snapped his fingers like Thanos […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are headed to the conference finals again after blowing the Toronto Raptors out of the water on Monday with a 128-93 victory. The 35-point win was the most among all series-clinching triumphs by a LeBron James squad. We’re not here to discuss how the Cavs ripped Toronto’s chest and pulled its heart […]

The kids have come out to play in the playoffs. And Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James, despite being busy in leading his team in the postseason, is seemingly keeping a close eye on the rookies. After the Cavs destroyed and eliminated the Toronto Raptors in Game 4 of their second-round series with a 128-93 win, […]

After getting swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers, Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey admitted that LeBron James is a totally different player right now. As reported by Ashley Bastock of NEO Sports Insiders, Casey discussed James’ in-season evolution by comparing his form in the regular season and in the playoffs. “He’s just like a different […]

With every series win that LeBron James racks up, it makes his career more and more impressive. With the Cleveland Cavaliers’ win on Monday night, it wrapped up a sweep of the Toronto Raptors, something James has gotten very used too. According to Elias Sports, the only players that have swept a playoff series more […]

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers have sent the Toronto Raptors to extinction. That’s exactly what happened Monday night when the Cavs completed a sweep of the Raptors in the second round. The game was not even competitive at all, as Cleveland made sure that any trace […]

LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar and known crusher of the hopes and dreams of the Toronto Raptors, is back making basketball look easy — in the playoffs. Late in the second quarter of Game 4 Monday night, James dished out a sick and slick no-look behind-the-back dime to Kevin Love, who completed the sequence […]

The NBA Playoffs have spawned a lot of hot takes from experts, but Skip Bayless scoffing at and degrading every great thing that Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James does is perhaps the most head-scratching of them all. Then again, that’s not at all surprising considering he’s been doing this schtick for a long time now. […]

After their first-round series against the Indiana Pacers, a lot of Cleveland Cavaliers fans were worried. This writer included. The Cavs looked grim with LeBron James being their only saving grace. One of the biggest letdowns in the series was All-Star forward Kevin Love. Through seven games, Love was carrying averages of 11.4 points, 9.3 rebounds, […]

The Saturday Night Live production crew is well-known for their witty skits and comical parodies. Over the weekend, Donald Glover, Kenan Thompson and a few other members of the popular late night show released a playful spoof aimed in the direction of Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James (and his teammates). As most hoops fans know, […]

Thanks in large part to LeBron James’ game-winning floater at the end of regulation on Saturday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers have taken a commanding 3-0 lead in their Eastern Conference Semifinals series against the Toronto Raptors. There were several notable takeaways from Game 3 — Jame’s buzzer-beater included. However, there was also one story line […]

Over the years, LeBron James has been labeled as a player who shies away from clutch moments. ‘He doesn’t want the ball at the buzzer,’ critics would say. To solid Cleveland Cavaliers fans, that sort of rhetoric is nearly blasphemous, as they have witnessed the King’s greatness during several closing times. In fact, James has hit […]

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James is at worst one of the best players in the world, but there are still many in this round Earth that think the Cavs star is overrated. If you are trying to land a coaching job especially at North Carolina Central, it’s a good idea not to talk about those thoughts […]

LeBron James is not only a great basketball player, but he is also a very smart businessman and most of the things he does in terms of business are usually done for a reason. After he hit his buzzer beater to give the Cleveland Cavaliers a 3-0 series lead over the Toronto Raptors, he wore […]

Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James has had one of the most impressive postseasons of his career, and he has opened up a lot of eyes and made a lot of new fans during this playoff run. One of those guys who has been impressed by his play is Los Angeles Lakers legend, Kobe Bryant, who […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have moved to just a win shy of reaching their fourth straight Eastern Conference Finals appearances after grabbing a 3-0 series lead over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night. Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue had to be happy about that. All of that was led by some late-game heroics by star forward […]

If you guys believed the pettiness circling around Drake and his allegiance with the Toronto Raptors and the Cleveland Cavaliers was over, we were all clearly wrong, as now someone set the artist’s song God’s Plan to LeBron James hitting the game-winner on Saturday. https://twitter.com/AllaireMatt/status/992967862540267526 In this year’s playoffs, LeBron James is averaging 34.4 points […]

When LeBron James drove the length of the court and hit the buzzer beater on Saturday night to put the Toronto Raptors on the brink of elimination he once again shocked the NBA world. Even though James made the shot look easy, it was a difficult shot that not many people could make, especially with […]

Richard Jefferson may have played sparingly for the Cleveland Cavaliers in his two seasons with the team, but he has endeared himself so much to Cleveland’s fans and players. Aside from being a well-loved figure, he also provides good insights every now and then, making him a true authority on the subject that is the […]

LeBron James for the second time in this year’s playoffs capped off another impressive performance with a game-winner with a running floater that he banked in against the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night. It was a highly difficult shot that saw him take it fading left to the baseline over Raptors forward OG Anunoby to push […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers grabbed a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Toronto Raptors after yet another dominant performance from LeBron James leading the way. It was all capped off by an impressive floater moving toward the baseline that was banked in before the buzzer. The shot has received some sound reaction from some of the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers were one game away from elimination last Sunday afternoon as they prepared for Game 7 against the Indiana Pacers. Less than one week later, they’ve not only advanced, but they’re also just one game away from advancing to their fourth consecutive Eastern Conference Finals. LeBron James has come through in every game […]

LeBron James has shown basketball fans everything. Step-back 3-pointers, fadeaways, powerful slams, fright train-like drives, name it and the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar has done it. When it comes to crucial moments, it’s only natural for James to go to his familiar weapons as they present the higher success rate. In Game 3 of the Cavs’ […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night in Game 3 of their second round series, 105-103. It was another nail-biter just like Game 1 of this series, with the game coming down to the final seconds. To no one’s surprise, however, it was LeBron James who came up big. With eight seconds […]

LeBron James delivered another masterful performance against the Toronto Raptors, lifting the Cavs to a 3-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Semifinals via a game-winning runner that saw the bank as the buzzer sounded. The Cavs are now one-game away from sweeping the Raptors for the second-straight series. If that happens, one can only imagine […]

The Toronto Raptors entered Quicken Loans Arena with their backs against the wall, facing a 2-0 series disadvantage against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The top-seeded East team hasn’t shaken off the ghost of their recent past where the Cleveland Cavaliers have dominated them back to the prehistoric age. Game 3 isn’t any difference, albeit being much […]

All season long, Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James has gone above and beyond expectations. Whether it’s playing in all 82 games and churning out career-best numbers, the Cavs forward does all these with a relative ease. But what’s remarkable is the fact that James is playing at this high level on his 15th season and […]

In the next few months, once the offseason gets into full effect, the center of focus will be around LeBron James’ future with the Cleveland Cavaliers. There is no certainty at this point with regards to what he is leaning toward in his expected free agency. According to Todd Fuhrman of Betboardpodcast.com, the Cavs are […]

LeBron James means a lot to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Not only is the best player the franchise has ever seen, he’s also arguably the best player anyone has ever seen. That means he does wonders for the game of basketball and city of Cleveland’s economy. At this point, he’s become a historical figure, one that […]

Over the years LeBron James has been criticized for many things in his game. He can’t shot free throws, he isn’t a good outside shooter, he isn’t clutch, and the list goes on and on. One thing that kept coming up early in his career was that he couldn’t take guys down in the post and […]

Thanks in large part to yet another iconic performance from LeBron James in Thursday night’s 128-110 Game 2 victory, the Cleveland Cavaliers are now leading their Eastern Conference Semifinals matchup against the Toronto Raptors, 2-0. If history can be used as a gauge of what’s to come, the Raptors could be in trouble. Since the […]

The 2011 NBA Finals is easily one of, if not the biggest low light in LeBron James’s stellar career. It was his first year with the Miami Heat after parting with the Cleveland Cavaliers in controversial fashion. Notably, it was “The Decision” TV special as well as their introductions in which the King boasted that […]

As the Cleveland Cavaliers begin their quest for a fourth straight NBA Finals berth, the team is borderline unrecognizable from the squad that fell to the Golden State Warriors in five games last June. Most notably, All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving is no longer with Cleveland. He’s now, obviously, with the Boston Celtics. But the […]

It took Cleveland Cavaliers start LeBron James a long time and a lot of work to get to where he is today as the NBA’s best player and arguably the best player of all time. But before James could rise to the top of the mountain as a three-time NBA Champion and three-time NBA Finals […]

LeBron James is tough for anyone to beat, but over the past few years Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, and the Toronto Raptors just can’t find a way to get past the King and his Cleveland Cavaliers. During this offseason, the Raptors changed the entire way they ran their offense in hopes of getting past the […]