Good news for the Cleveland Cavaliers! According to Brian Windhorst, Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James practice on Thursday with no issues. “LeBron says he went through whole contact practice today with no elbow flareups,” he tweets. A second MRI on his bum elbow has been canceled for now, provided that there are no more issues. [...]
Is Danny Ainge trying to cheat? Television cameras captured the Boston Celtics general manager tossing up a white towel into the air to distract Cleveland Cavaliers forward J.J. Hickson at the free-throw line during the third quarter of Monday night’s game. Boston ended up winning the game and tying the series at 1-1. Ainge was [...]
When we first read that there was a “good chance” that Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James would sit out the season finale, our first thought was ‘what season finale!?’ The season finale of “Lost!?” Really? He isn’t going to watch it? That’s criminal! Then, several people sat us down and gave us a glass of [...]
Toronto Raptors All-Star center Chris Bosh took a devastating elbow to the face from Antawn Jamison in Tuesday night’s game against the Cavaliers and was taken to a nearby hospital in Cleveland. After receiving a CAT scan it was revealed that Bosh has a fracture in the right side of his upper jaw and nose. [...]
Zydrunas Ilgauskas and his agent Herb Rudoy are working on a couple deals with the Cleveland Cavaliers and will decide by Tuesday morning on which one to sign. PHOTO CAPTION: Ilgauskas tries to remember if he put on deodorant as it smells like he didn’t “It’s just a matter of how long of a contract [...]
According to Brian Windhorst on Twitter, LeBron James is expected to make his return to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, while teammate Antawn (pronounced Antwan, although we don’t know how) Jamison is likely to sit. “LeBron set to play tomorrow in Philly. Antawn Jamison likely to sit with sore knee,” he tweets. LeBron had been [...]
George Thomas via Twitter is informing the whole basketball world that Lebron James will not be playing in Saturday’s game at Milwaukee. PHOTO CAPTION: If Cleveland wants to win tonight Delonte West might need to pull out all of his guns Officially it is listed as a coach’s decision, but Lebron did tweak his ankle [...]
Detroit Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey collapsed into the arms of strength and conditioning coach Arnie Kander during a timeout in Friday night’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. He never lost consciousness or stopped breathing, but was taken to Cleveland Clinic where he stayed over night for observation. The Pistons reported Saturday morning that his status [...]
You may or may not have noticed, but we’ve pretty much ignored every other sport not named football today. We can’t help it. Football is our favorite, we admit, but there was clearly way more going on in the NFL today than with any other sport. So anyway, lost in all of the free agency [...]
We posted this in an earlier item and wanted to update it in a separate post so that we could increase our advertising revenue. Don’t hate. Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O’Neal, who you may remember from his days with Fu Schnickens, will undergo surgery on his sore right thumb. O’Neal visited with a doctor in [...]
Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O’Neal (some refer to him as Shaq) banged up his right thumb against the Boston Celtics Thursday night, and now it ain’t looking so hot. An MRI on Saturday night confirmed that he did indeed sprain some ligaments. Now, Shaq and team physician Richard Parker are headed to Baltimore to get [...]
The Cleveland Cavaliers have finally made a deal, but it’s not with the Phoenix Suns, league sources have told Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. The Washington Wizards have sent All-Star forward Antawn Jamison to Cleveland in a six-player, three-team deal. The Cavs are sending Ilgauskas and a first-round pick to the Wizards. The Wizards get [...]
UPDATE: ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard had this to say “Sources with direct knowledge of negotiations between the Cavaliers and Wizards deny a report that the Cavs have made an offer (Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Jamario Moon, first-round pick) for Antawn Jamison.” However, OTR is siding with Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports on this one. ORIGINAL STORY: With Phoenix [...]
Contrary to what The News-Herald is reporting about Stoudemire not being interested in playing in Cleveland, NBA columnist for Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski had this to say on Twitter, “Source close to Stoudemire says he’s completely open to Cleveland, loves idea of playing with LBJ and has never indicated otherwise to Cavs. Cleveland Cavaliers beat [...]
What happens when you do something really, really bad? Wally Szczerbiak spanks you… …and you know Wally enjoyed that more than Lebron. The spanker always does.
UPDATE: Cavalier’s beat writer Brian Windhorst on Twitter, “Contrary to reports, sources say Amar’e Stoudemire has not told Cavs he doesn’t want to play in Cleveland.” ORIGINAL STORY: I have no clue where the source got their information or who the source is, but The News-Herald is reporting that Phoenix Sun Amare Stoudemire let it [...]
The dealings between Cleveland and Phoenix seem to be a last resort for the Suns. They aren’t impressed with Ilgauskas and J. J. Hickson, but realize they need to get something for Amare Stoudemire before he walks away. The something the Suns want still remains to be Philadelphia Sixers guard/forward Andre Iguodala. Phoenix has even [...]
There seems to be a snag in the trade that would send Zydrunas Ilgauskas and J J. Hickson to Phoenix in exchange for five-time All-Star Amare Stoudemire. And that snags name is Andre Iguodala. PHOTO CAPTION: “I once caught a fish this big” The Philadelphia 76ers forward/guard is Phoenix’s top choice, according to numerous sources. [...]
The Cleveland Cavaliers and Phoenix Suns are inching closer and closer to getting a deal done that will send five-time All-Star Amare Stoudemire to Ohio. League sources tell ESPN.com that the Cavaliers would send Zydrunas Ilgauskas and J. J. Hickson to Phoenix to acquire Stoudemire’s rights. There was no mention of a first-round pick being [...]
If the Cleveland Cavaliers want to land Amare Stoudemire before the trade deadline on February 18th it looks like they might have to give up a lot. But what’s a lot? PHOTO CAPTION: “Trade me already!” The Suns are insisting they get back a young player and a first-round pick in any deal for Stoudemire, [...]
Lebron James might be getting some offensive help very soon. The Plain Dealer, a newspaper in Cleveland, is reporting the Cleveland Cavaliers and Phoenix Suns have been discussing a deal involving five-time All-Star Amare Stoudemire for nearly a month. PHOTO CAPTION: When asked to play defense, Amare gets confused The report confirms a meeting between [...]
The Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James has been fined $25,000 for kicking a water bottle during Wednesday night’s game. He likely won’t face any real discipline like getting suspended or anything like that. He played for 30 minutes and scored 12 points on 3-8 shooting. He also grabbed six boards and dished 11 assists. Sounds like [...]
Chicago Bulls forward Joakim Noah doesn’t seem to care for LeBron James. Maybe he doesn’t like his dancing?
OTR’s favorite NBA basketball player Delonte West skipped the Cleveland Cavalier’s first day of practice by missing the morning workout and the evening session on Tuesday. We are all aware that Delonte West was recently arrested in Maryland after he was pulled over on his motorcycle for a traffic violation. Why arrested? Because when he [...]
One of OTR’s favorite NBA players was arrested Thursday after police found a handgun in his pocket, a handgun strapped to his leg and a shotgun in a suitcase he was carrying all while speeding on a motorcycle. Let me repeat that, after police found a handgun in his pocket, a handgun strapped to his leg and a shotgun [...]
