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Ballin’: ‘The King’ vs. ‘The Truth’
BallerBlogger | 23 hours ago by Brandon Hoffman
On May 18th, 2008, LeBron James and Paul Pierce squared up for the seventh game of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Matched up with one another for most of the game, James scored 45 points on 14-of-29 from the field, 3-of-11 from the three-point li read more
Boobie Gibson, Scoring Points
WaitingForNextYear | October 9th 2008 by Scott Sargent
Apparently, there has been some back office uproar amongst the agents of NBA players. There is no denying that this past off season has been near stellar for Danny Ferry. Stellar would have been if Chris Paul was a Cavalier. What can I say, I&# read more
Think You’ve Got What It Takes?
WaitingForNextYear | October 9th 2008 by Scott Sargent
“So if any of you has any fantasies about running out of that tunnel with your helmet shining in the sun …you best leave them right here.”- RUDY Have you dreamed of making the final shot at the buzzer? In your backyard do you set u read more
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger | October 9th 2008 by Brandon Hoffman
Ramona Shelburne of The Los Angeles Daily News: “”If I had to do it all over again, I would probably bring it up more, I would probably start more fights with him (Kobe Bryant). I was putting up great numbers, he was putting up great nu read more
WFNY Podcast #7
WaitingForNextYear | October 8th 2008 by Scott Sargent
This week the WFNY podcast is hosted by Scott and myself as we welcome Dan Labbe from Cavaliers Corner on cleveland.com. We talk about some of the Cavaliers key issues of the moment including the first preseason game, Anderson Varejao, the possibilit read more
First deaf player in NBA gets released
Sports Perspectives | October 8th 2008
The NBA is trying to show a classy side now and restrain from discriminating against any player. This week the Cleveland Cavailers decided to release a first year player, Lance Allred who signed a short-term contract...and I mean really short (20-da read more
Cleveland Sports in 2001
WaitingForNextYear | October 8th 2008 by Scott Sargent
Google has this pretty cool tool available for the time being, where you can go back to the year 2001 and see what the top generated links are to your respective search terms. So, with this at my fingertips, I decided to take a look back at what to read more
Running on Empty?
WaitingForNextYear | October 8th 2008 by Scott Sargent
The Cavaliers lost their first exhibition game of the season last night at the Q, and the story of the night from Brian Windhorst was the up-tempo style the Cavaliers unveiled. Quick story- It’s fall 1993. I’m working at a sports themed r read more
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger | October 8th 2008 by Brandon Hoffman
Dan Bickley of The Arizona Republic: “‘I’m always going to be a force,’ O’Neal said. ‘Whatever team I’m on is going to have a great shot.’ The new Suns are a fascinating study in change. The coach has read more
Varejao Not Gone Just Yet
WaitingForNextYear | October 7th 2008 by Scott Sargent
By now we all know the story of Anderson Varejao last offseason. He was a restricted free agent, he held out and made ridiculous demands and thought he was worth way more than anyone would actually pay him, his holdout got ugly and personal between h read more
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger | October 7th 2008 by Brandon Hoffman
Jeff Eisenberg of The Press-Enterprise: “With 14 returners back from last season who are each already familiar with Jackson’s triangle offense, the Lakers have been able to spend more time emphasizing defensive principles the first week read more
NBA Blogger Previews - Atlantic Division
WaitingForNextYear | October 6th 2008 by Scott Sargent
While we are doing our own NBA divisional previews here at WFNY, CelticsBlog (one of the absolute best in the business) is also hosting their annual Blogger Previews, and this year we were invited to participate. Our preview of the Cavaliers, along w read more
The Other Guys
WaitingForNextYear | October 6th 2008 by Scott Sargent
In Boston last season, the Celtics had a lot of “bonus players” show up and play well. It wasn’t so much about Paul PIerce, KG, and Ray Allen. They are the known quantities and everyone knew they had to play well. And even as read more
Northwest Division Preview
WaitingForNextYear | October 5th 2008 by Scott Sargent
The Cleveland Cavaliers play their first preseason game at home on October 7th against the Toronto Raptors and then their first regular season game is October 28th against the Celtics in Boston. That gives us a little under a month until the season i read more
Cavaliers Building a Farm System?
WaitingForNextYear | October 3rd 2008 by Scott Sargent
Sure, we all know that the Cavs have their very own (okay, shared) team within the D-League. But typically, this has been a place for the Billy Thomas’ of the world to hang out and chuck up threes. Now, it appears that Danny Ferry is usin read more
I Am Not Superstitious But I Act Like It Anyway
WaitingForNextYear | October 3rd 2008 by Scott Sargent
I know better. This is my mantra when it comes to watching sporting events. Particularly, this is my mantra when watching big, important sporting events like playoffs. I know better than to think that sitting in a certain seat on my couch makes read more
Sixers 8th in ESPN’s Power Rankings
215 Sports | A Philly Sports Blog | October 2nd 2008 by Brian
Marc Stein of ESPN.com has ranked YOUR Philadelphia 76ers 8th in the NBA in the pre-season Power Rankings. This is probably the highest the Sixers have ever been on Marc Stein’s over-hyped ranking system, but you know, I’ll take it. I a read more
Jim Thome, Thin Thome
WaitingForNextYear | October 2nd 2008 by Scott Sargent
It was somewhat hinted in the comments here. And while I’m still bitter that his solo shot put Chicago in the playoffs, I could not pass up this gem that Mister Irrelevant produced yesterday afternoon. Make sure you check out the height and read more
Start Saving Now…
WaitingForNextYear | October 2nd 2008 by Scott Sargent
…Because you’re going to need some cash for all of those surcharges. U.S. District Judge Kathleen O’Malley has ruled that the Cleveland Cavaliers use of the Flash Seats ticketing option violates Ticketmaster’s exclusive cont read more
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger | October 2nd 2008 by Brandon Hoffman
Mike Bresnahan of Los Angeles Times: “Forget about that Lakers frontline of Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum. Odom has been shifted to ball-handling guard, part of an experiment conducted by Coach Phil Jackson in a monthlong petri dish read more
NBA BREAKDOWN: Back to the Eastside
Sportaphile | October 2nd 2008 by Chuck
The league-wide crusade continues. Today’s NBA report turns our attention to the teams in the meat-and-potatoes Midwest. Here’s what’s on tap this season with the teams that comprise the Eastern Conference’s Central Division: read more
WFNY Podcast #6
WaitingForNextYear | October 1st 2008 by Scott Sargent
We’re back with another installment of the Waiting For Next Year podcast. This week, hosts Rick and Craig welcome Todd Dery, formerly of Dump David Dellucci (which was formerly Dump Casey Blake), who is now writing at The World According To TD. read more
Getting To Know Mo…
WaitingForNextYear | October 1st 2008 by Scott Sargent
Cavalier training camp generally doesn’t get a lot of attention. Playoff baseball certainly steals the spotlight when the Indians are in. The Browns always get the most attention in town, and usually aren’t writing off the season quite ye read more
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger | October 1st 2008 by Brandon Hoffman
Marc J. Spears of The Boston Globe: “Miles last worked out with the Blazers in January, but coach Nate McMillan said he couldn’t practice regularly on back-to-back days. McMillan said he, the coaching staff, and the trainers did the bes read more
Will The Statement By LBJ Quell The Rumors Of His Leaving Clevela…
le basketbawl | September 30th 2008 by kellex
LeBron James addressed the issue of his staying with the Cleveland Cavaliers head on Monday as the team had their annual Media Day to kick off training camp. James has been the subject of rampant speculation almost since the day the Boston Celtics wo read more
The Highlights
BallerBlogger | September 30th 2008 by Brandon Hoffman
Marc Berman of The New York Post: “The upset of the first day of training camp at Skidmore College is Jerome James made it through the first session and Eddy Curry was nowhere to be found. Curry was back at the hotel room battling an infectio read more
Damon Jones Asked To Stay Home
WaitingForNextYear | September 30th 2008 by Scott Sargent
Apparently the self-glossed “best shooter in the NBA” will not be needed in Milwaukee this season after being a part of the trade that brought Mo Williams to the Cavaliers. Yesterday, Milwaukee announced that they feel it best for all p read more
Eastern Conference Overview
BallerBlogger | September 30th 2008 by Brandon Hoffman
Today I’m looking at the Eastern Conference as a whole. If you missed it, the Western Conference preview was yesterday. Tomorrow we’ll head into the individual team previews, where the real meat of this season preview resides. Also, you may want read more
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger | September 30th 2008 by Brandon Hoffman
Mike Bresnahan and Broderick Turner of The Los Angeles Times: “Odom wasn’t overjoyed to hear he might come off the bench if Jackson’s plan of a Bynum-Odom-Gasol front line doesn’t meet expectations. Entering the last year of a read more
Cavs Training Camp Full Of Happy Campers
WaitingForNextYear | September 30th 2008 by Scott Sargent
The one story you’ll read over and over again this year is about the stark contrast between Training Camp 2007 and Training Camp 2008 for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Last year, the Cavs were coming off a hangover of having been swept in the NBA Fi read more
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