LeBron James Articles - Page 93

  After the Cavaliers lost in the NBA Finals, many have started to question the job security of NBA rookie head coach, David Blatt. You could say that Steve Kerr who headed the Golden State Warriors in his first season as well, out-coached him during the Finals. In Game 4, Kerr changed his lineup to […]

  While the Cavs defeat is still fresh in our memories, the team has little time to waste in looking forward to next season. There are still very high expectations for the team, with Vegas odds makers picking them as their early selection for the 2016 championship. The Cavs played their best basketball late in […]

  Dwyane Wade could be a free agent if he and the Heat don’t agree on some sort of contract that both parties that pleases both. Wade was reportedly offered a contract that was around $10 million per year, far below what he was expecting. RELATED: 12 Free Agents The Cavs Should Go After This […]

  “Nothing is given. Everything is earned.” That’s the motto LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers have gone by since the return of James to his home. The Cavs pushed themselves beyond limits even some of the fans believed they could reach, and that got them just two wins from the NBA Championship. RELATED: Craziest […]

  LeBron James had a daunting task when he returned to the Cavaliers almost one year ago to the day. After reaching four straight Finals with the Heat, James was expected to help Cleveland win their first professional championship in over a half-century. “I can’t make any promises, because I know how hard it is […]

  Kendrick Perkins has seen and played with the best of the best in the NBA. Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett in Boston, Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant in Oklahoma City, and now LeBron James in Cleveland. In his years with those teams, Perkins has also been lucky enough to get to two NBA Finals […]

  In the 2012 Finals, the NBA world witnessed the two best overall players go head-to-head in a series that could easily have been one of the best of all time. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh vs. Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden. As LeBron arrived at the top of the list […]

  The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors are in a dogfight in these NBA Finals, with Game 6 of the series tonight in Cleveland. The Cavs will try to stave off elimination at home tonight to force one final matchup, a Game 7, back at Oracle Arena for the NBA Championship. This playoff series […]

  The Cleveland Cavaliers came into the NBA Finals beyond shorthanded having lost their starting power forward in Kevin Love to a season-ending shoulder injury from the first round of the playoffs. In addition to that, Kyrie Irving was constantly bothered by tendinitis in his left knee, but was reportedly feeling good enough going into […]

The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon has a bunch of talented writers that have helped make the show a huge success. On Thursday night, Fallon unveiled his NBA Finals edition of NBA Superlatives, where NBA players in the Finals will be judged on what they look like they’ll be when they grow up (based on […]

LeBron James has had an illustrious career with the lowest of lows in the NBA and the highest of highs in the Finals. After winning back-to-back championships and now back in Cleveland, James’ basketball career can now even be followed by the covers he’s been on for Sports Illustrated. We take a look at the […]

The city of Cleveland’s last professional sports title was in 1964, when the Cleveland Browns won the NFL Championship, now called the Super Bowl. A member of that team and longtime Clevelander Jim Brown was in attendance to witness the Cleveland Cavaliers’ first ever NBA Finals home victory on Tuesday. Before Game 3, LeBron James […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have a relatively young core, and just prior to the start of the NBA Finals, LeBron James arranged a team gathering at the team’s hotel in San Francisco. There James held a team dinner and talked to the team about the challenges ahead. “He was like, we’re here for business and to […]

Dwyane Wade and LeBron James are best friends on and off the court. They played four years together in Miami with the Heat before James made his epic decision to return home. Less than a year later, James and Wade are reunited. This time, on completely different terms. RELATED: Will Miami’s Contract Situation Push Dwyane […]

The city of Cleveland’s last professional sports title was in 1964, when the Cleveland Browns won the NFL Championship, now called the Super Bowl. Back when he played for the Browns as a fullback in his nine year career, Brown left the sport of football having set numerous NFL records at the time. in 2002, […]

The Cavs and Warriors once again went down to the wire in Game 3 despite Cleveland holding a 72-55 advantage through three quarters of play. After the 96-91 Cavalier victory which gave Cleveland a 2-1 series lead, Kobe Bryant tweetted out his opinions of how the Finals were going thrus far, especially in Game 3. […]

Shaquille O’Neal played 19 strong and successful seasons in the NBA before retiring after the 2010-2011 season. He played with greats like Penny Hardaway, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Steve Nash, Lebron James, and Paul Pierce. RELATED: The Greatest All-Around Players In NBA History According to Shaq, who spoke with Ethan Skolnick on Bleacher Report Radio, […]

LeBron James and the Cavs are ready to move on from starting point guard Kyrie Irving’s season-ending knee injury that occurred in Game 1. The whole squad is now looking ahead to taking Game 2 at Oracle Arena Sunday night. LeBron James talked about his mindset ahead of Game 2. “My mindset [for Game 2] […]

Unlike a lot of us everyday citizens, Rihanna has a lot of money to burn for some fun. Last night, she made a courtside appearance next to Warriors’ owner Joe Lacob. Lacob sat next to Rihanna when the game tipped off, but quickly switched seats with his fiancee after seeing that Rihanna was cheering on […]

When Kyrie Irving went down with an injury, a lot of people held their breath. After his fractured kneecap was announced, everyone was sympathetic towards Irving. That is, everyone except that Bay Area rapper Lil B. Before the series began in early June, Lil B. decided to start a beef with the Cavs and their […]

With the weight of the NBA’s most patient fans on his shoulders, LeBron James has to avoid drowning in his hometown’s half-century thirst of a championship. Thus far, the King has led his the Cavaliers to 12 impressive playoff victories in a postseason-low 14 games. Now in his fifth consecutive Finals showing, James is leading […]

The LeBron James vs Michael Jordan discussion will always come up. Right now there is no real answer to the question of who is a better overall player. But whether or not LeBron will be the greatest ever when his career is over is obvious, he will be. Some may disagree but that is only […]

The Golden State Warriors defeated the Houston Rockets to set up a matchup of MVP’s. LeBron James vs. Stephen Curry. In what should be one the greatest NBA Finals showdowns in recent history, Cleveland who’s on a 51 year professional championship drought, will take on the Warriors from Oakland, a city that hasn’t won a […]

Dwyane Wade has been a member of the Miami Heat since his drafting in 2003. His name has never been mentioned in a trade, and him possibly wanting to leave via free agency back in 2010 to Chicago was a far cry from the truth. Thursday afternoon, however, it was made known that Dwyane Wade […]

With the NBA off for eight days, the highlight of the day on Thursday night was the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee. In a back and forth effort, 13-year old Vanya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas and 14-year old Gokul Venkatachalam of Chesterfield, Missouri could not break away from one another and ended up as co-champions […]

Detroit Pistons legendary big man Bill Laimbeer, mostly known for his extremely physical play in the 1980’s and early 90’s, had many battles with another fellow legend in Michael Jordan. Now a coach for the WNBA’s New York Liberty, Laimbeer visited the Dan Patrick show Thursday morning and got right to the point when asked […]

Could anyone ever be like Mike? Do championship rings mean everything? Will there ever be a player as clutch as him? Those are some of the sub-questions that are brought up after you ask the main one: LeBron James or Michael Jordan? The debate has been going since LeBron came into the league. It continued […]

Despite being arguably the best basketball player in the world right now, many critics of LeBron James say that he does not stack up against the greats to ever play the game (e.g. Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, Bill Russel, etc.). Others say that according to his current pace and performance through 12 seasons, […]

After a grueling and unexpected sweep of the NBA Finals in 2007, the Cavaliers will have a second shot at an NBA Championship. That’s due to the fact that Cleveland was able to sweep their way through the Atlanta Hawks with four consecutively convincing victories. After the game, the Cavs ‘Big Three’ from Game 4 […]

Kent Bazemore does not shy away from the big stages or the biggest players in the NBA. After a relatively quiet start to his NBA career with the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers, Bazemore has been a good sixth man for the Hawks this season. He’s now a starter in the Eastern Conference […]

One year after LeBron James’ migration to Miami, the Cleveland Cavaliers limped out of a 19-63 season with a single bittersweet purpose: rebuild. This construction project’s foundation was the 2011 NBA Draft. Three picks after selecting Kyrie Irving first overall out of Duke University, Cleveland spent their fourth pick of the Draft on Tristan Thompson […]

LeBron James and Matthew Dellavedova helped the Cavs earn one of the biggest victories of the year on Sunday night. In Game 3 against the Hawks, LeBron james came up with 37 points, 18 rebounds, and 13 assists while Dellavedova added 17 points, three rebounds, two assists, and one incredible defensive performance to follow up […]

LeBron James and the Cavs stunned a lot of people going into Atlanta and winning Game 1 on the road to steal home court advantage. Game 2 was even more incredible, as the James picked apart and started toying with the East-leading Hawks on the court. “[This was] a huge win for our team. We […]

  LeBron took his motto “Strive for Greatness” to a whole new level during his first season back with the Cavs. During the 14’-15’ season, LeBron had some games to cherish as he racked up some more records for the trophy room. Here are some examples: 10. Youngest player to 24,000 points: One of LeBron’s […]

LeBron continued to dominate the Hawks in Game 2, nearly notching a triple double with 30 points, 11 assists, and nine rebounds. As Shaq put it – “It was the King’s game tonight”. LeBron, however, was a bit more modest, stating that it was a collective team effort. Whether it’s DeMarre Carroll, Paul Millsap, a […]

There is a level of respect you get when you stand up after being shoved by another player who’s got 60 pounds on you. But read his lips, and you realize he might’ve just ignited LeBron James, who silences trash talk with domination.

After stealing Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals in Atlanta, the Cleveland Cavaliers have validated the theory that, come playoff time, regular season records are meaningless. The Houston Rockets were swept by the Golden State Warriors by an average difference of 14.1 ppg in the regular season before insinuating this thesis after falling short […]

J.R. Smith played 24 games with the New York Knicks this season and missed 10 games in December with a heel injury. Smith scored in double figures just 10 times of those 24 games, meaning 41.6% of his games were double figure scoring games. At 10.9 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 3.4 assists, the former sixth-man […]

On Thursday afternoon, the NBA announced their All-NBA Teams. Cavs forward LeBron James and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry earned unanimous selections with 129 first-team votes each. Joining them were Houston Rockets guard James Harden, New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis, and Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol. James was selected to his eighth consecutive […]