Cleveland Cavaliers 11-12 season thread

• SportsAndLady

  

  I don't understand not signing Manny...at all
  
  Even if he's the 10th guy on the bench, why not? It's not like it'd negatively effect any short or long term plans for the team, and there is potential there.
• Drums of War

  Headed up next Tuesday for the Pistons game. What is the best place to eat near the Q? Tried Local Heroes last year and was very dissappointed.
• bases_loaded

  

  @JasonLloydABJ: Police sweeping Q right now with bomb sniffing dog. Asked a cop if this was standard before every game. "Nope, just for that asshole."
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• Wooball

  

  Drums of War;1088898 wrote:Headed up next Tuesday for the Pistons game. What is the best place to eat near the Q? Tried Local Heroes last year and was very dissappointed.

  City Tap is pretty solid. You can enter the restaurant from either Prospect or Huron. Big selection of beer on tap and food is pretty good also.
• KR1245

  

  LeBron James’ sly campaign to return to Cleveland followed a private message to Dan Gilbert
  By Adrian Wojnarowski
  
  LeBron James came to Cleveland with an unmistakable mission this week, the beginning of a campaign to soften the fans and ownership on his desire to return to the Cavaliers in 2014. Free agency is forever on his mind, and James is determined to make his hometown want him as much he wants it again.
  
  This was no accident, no misspeaking, nothing out of context. Before mentioning Thursday his openness to playing in Cleveland again, James months ago had an emissary or two carry that message to the Cavaliers’ front office, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. His camp wanted the message delivered to owner Dan Gilbert, sources said, but so far, the response has been silence.
  
  The Heat play the Cavaliers on Friday night in Cleveland, and yes, LeBron has manufactured the drama of his return again. James can’t opt out of his contract until after the 2013-2014 season, but he understands that the Cavaliers would have to make a decision to hold back on its rebuild, preserve cap space, and wait on him all over again. He has to convince Gilbert to make the leap of faith, and that includes first working over the fans.
  
  Of his return, James said: “I think it would be great. It would be fun to play in front of these fans again. I had a lot fun times in my seven years here. … I’m here as a Miami Heat player, and I’m happy where I am now, but I don’t rule that out in no sense.
  
  “And if I decide to come back, hopefully the fans will accept me.”
  
  And then, Friday morning, James tried to play the other side: “The fans of Miami shouldn’t be worried about anything at this point.”
  
  At this point. Make no mistake: James will need to make this easy for Gilbert, make it a public mandate. It promises to be a delicate dance for Gilbert. After all that, how do you welcome him back. And, well, how do you tell that talent, that kind of winning and profit, no?
  
  “He has started to lay the groundwork, and he’s waiting to see what Dan Gilbert’s reaction to it is,” one league source with direct knowledge told Yahoo! Sports.
  
  Here we go again, yes. Sam Amico of Fox Sports Ohio reported a month ago that James had expressed unhappiness in Miami, and that a return was on his mind. Different dynamics are working here too. James loves to be in perpetual recruitment, always wanting to be wanted. LeBron is the MVP of the NBA this season, and yet, he isn’t the story. And he likes to be the story. In the middle of Linsanity, James made a bid for some bold headlines – and that worked. It always works for him.
  
  James’ doubts on his choice of Miami started as soon as his cable television show ended July 8, 2010, sources said, and it wasn’t until Gilbert released that hellacious public statement that James knew fully that he would leave Cleveland behind. Cleveland’s reaction still haunts him, and he never wanted to be hated there.
  
  Those who know Heat president Pat Riley believe he has to be livid with the past 24 hours, because loyalty is everything to him. The Heat stood with James through the public evisceration of a season, the NBA Finals collapse, and, with three more trips to the playoffs under this contract still awaiting him, it is beyond belief James is publicly discussing his next stop in free agency.
  
  James’ camp hasn’t heard a word out of Gilbert, nor will they. Under NBA tampering rules, Gilbert isn’t allowed to engage them on the matter. Gilbert hired a private law firm and spent several hundred thousand dollars to investigate what he believed to be tampering by Riley and the Heat when James was a Cavalier. He never made any of those findings – if there were any – public, or turned them over to the league office.
  
  Gilbert hasn’t bothered to weigh the pros and cons of such a historic reconciliation, sources said, largely because it’s well over two years away. Things change. How James feels tomorrow could be entirely different than how he feels today. Within the Heat, they have to wonder about his investment with them, his commitment. As one league executive briefed on this matter said, “At least with Cleveland, this didn’t start until the last year, or year and a half. He has a long way to go there. “
  
  Whatever his desire to win championships, LeBron James lives for the recruitment, lives to be wanted elsewhere. That never changes, and it promises to start the hysteria to 2014 free agency all over again. LeBron James comes home on Friday, and yes, he may yet come home again for good.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Glad to se lebronadict arnold is upset. Hope it continues to haunt him.
• KR1245

  

  Commander of Awesome;1089195 wrote:Glad to se lebronadict arnold is upset. Hope it continues to haunt him.

  I think it will, he wishes he was still in Cleveland imo
• ts1227

  

  Holy fuck are they getting smoked tonight so far.
• Ironman92

  

  83-52 so far
• dazedconfused

  

  Maybe we shouldn't wear the wine unis at home against miami anymore?
• KR1245

  

  Cavs never had a chance. You're not going to beat a team like Miami with 3 of your top 6 guys out
• Mulva

  

  DeMarcus Cousins with a huge steal and outlet pass to give the Kings the lead. Then grabs 2 offensive boards to keep a Kings possession alive with under 15 seconds left.
  
  And then fouls 90 feet from the hoop to put Gee on the line for the potential winning free throws with 6 seconds left.
  
  Classic Cousins.
• Mulva

  

  And then he goes to work on Jamison to put the Kings back up. More classic Cousins.
  
  Cavs were up 80-70 at one point I believe. This would be a bad one to let slip away. 2.9 seconds for Kyrie.
• Rotinaj

  

  Atta boy Irving!!! Do work!!!
• KR1245

  

  What was Tyreke Evans doing? Maybe check with the coaching staff to make sure that you have a foul to give
  
  Kyrie and TT both played solid games
• Mulva

  

  Kings are the dumbest team in the league. I don't think it's even close. What a terrible foul by Evans.
  
  TT was solid tonight. Best game he's played all season for sure.
• hoops23

  

  15/12
• ichsnjb

  

  Nice win vs. the Kings tonight.
• Benny The Jet

  

  What the hell happened to J.J. Hickson? I thought that guy was going to be pretty good after watching him play for us. He's done squat for the Kings
• KR1245

  

  hoops23;1090666 wrote:15/12

  Kid finally got some real playing time.
• Midstate01

  

  Benny The Jet;1090681 wrote:What the hell happened to J.J. Hickson? I thought that guy was going to be pretty good after watching him play for us. He's done squat for the Kings

  
  His attitude. He doesn't want to be there.
• KR1245

  

  Does anybody know why Samardo Samuels cant get off the bench? I know Scott wanted him to lose some weight but I thought that stuff was in the past. He brings more to the table than Harangody and Hollins
• hoops23

  

  T2 really neutralized Cousins, who had his way with Erden and Hollins.
  
  JJ also said he wouldn't mind coming back to Cleveland lol!!
• hangonsloopy

  

  Won the best seats I've ever had for tonights game from their trivia promotion. The rookies played well. Great atmosphere once again at the Q.
• Midstate01

  

  hangonsloopy;1090714 wrote: Won the best seats I've ever had for tonights game from their trivia promotion. The rookies played well. Great atmosphere once again at the Q.

  
  Only because Sacramento was in town........skyhook'd