Cavalier Chronicle: Life After LeBron

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- What better way to dismiss a trade rumor than to have the general manager of the team clear the air in front of the press? The Cavaliers moved to 5-11 with Saturday's loss, and perhaps began what many believe to be their dramatic fall from grace. Having lost LeBron James, many assumed it would soon kick off a massive rebuilding period. However, trading away two young talents, as last weeks rumors indicate Cleveland is doing, doesn't quite seem like the best way to go about doing so.

NBA Standings Updated: Nov 27, 2010
CENTRAL	W	L	GB
Milwaukee	10	6	--
Indiana	8	6	1.0
Chicago	7	8	2.5
Cleveland	5	11	5.0
Detroit	3	13	7.0

First-year general manager Ron Arens agreed when addressing the media on Sunday. "I don't know where these rumors came from, why anybody believed them, and why any news outlet felt they were credible enough to publish," declared Arens. "They are absolutely false."

J.J. Hickson, who has been rumored to be en route to Toronto for a package including Leandro Barbosa, has started the season at a torrential pace coming off the bench and is finally showing the skills that prompted Cleveland to draft him with their first pick in 2008. It appears that it is only a matter of time before he forces his way into the starting line-up and potentially pushes a veteran out the door.

The other rumors in circulation have backup point guard Ramon Sessions on the move, with New York and Detroit as possible destinations. Sessions, who has displayed tremendous playmaking ability on occasion during his tenure in the league, has had several double-digit assist performances already this season while relieving Mo Williams. General managers around the league believe the Cavaliers are far more likely to trade the veteran Williams than Sessions.

If Cleveland continues to lose as the season progresses, we should undoubtedly see a number of trades made; just don't expect for them to include Hickson and Sessions at this point.

[Downgoesfrazier]

Bad luck, but it's still early. Hickson is a great player to keep around.

Just wondering where you get the pics from your games from? The 2k11 site that you upload to? Your own camera?

I'm trying to make my Bulls franchise more compelling, the plain text and real-life pics aren't totally doing it for me lol.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Downgoesfrazier

Bad luck, but it's still early. Hickson is a great player to keep around. Just wondering where you get the pics from your games from? The 2k11 site that you upload to? Your own camera? I'm trying to make my Bulls franchise more compelling, the plain text and real-life pics aren't totally doing it for me lol.

Yeah i get them from either going into a replay and positioning the view how I want to upload to the 2k site or by uploading the press book at the end, although that takes a while

[44drob]

ill be following !!!

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CLEVELAND (AP) -- He tuned out the boos. He smiled at the derisive chants. He embraced all the negativity Cleveland could muster.

LeBron James wasn't fazed by anything.

He brought his talents back home and reminded everyone - even the haters - why he's missed.

Returning as a villain to his native state and the city he scorned this summer, James scored 21 points - despite leaving with 2:26 left in the third quarter - to lead the Miami Heat to a 122-111 win on Thursday night, turning his hostile homecoming into another embarrassing moment for the Cavaliers.

Dwyane Wade produced a triple-double in Thursday's Miami victory.

Cleveland fans had been looking forward to this game ever since the July 8th "Decision" was made and came to Quicken Loans Arena prepared on Thursday. Fans booed every time James touched the ball and they were armed with signs that read "Akron Hates You Too," "Merry Quitness," and "Remember Game 5," a reference to his final home game with the Cavs, when he went just 3 of 14 and scored 15 in a lopsided loss to Boston in last season's Eastern Conference semifinals.

Unfortunately, the king's return to his former castle would be cut short, as he was forced to leave the game in the third quarter with a wrist injury after being fouled by Anderson Varejao. This came just 8 minutes after Mike Miller left the game with a wrist injury on a similar play.

Miami hardly needed James, as Dwyane Wade had an impressive performance himself, earning the fourth triple-double of his career. For Cleveland, Mo Williams set out to show that the Cavaliers didn't need James and put up 32 points of his own, but unfortunately the team fell short. Cleveland's leading scorer so far this season, Antawn Jamison had a disappointing night going 1-for-10 from the field to muster only 6 points.

The loss to Miami came two days after a 9-point loss to Boston and was followed by a narrow victory against Minnesota, pushing their record to 6-13 to start the season. The Cavs have a busy week ahead of them, as they play four games next week and hope to start turning their season around.

Game Results
November 30, 2010

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	104

Top Performers

Boston	Cleveland
R. Rondo Points: 22 Reb: 4 Ast: 9 Stl: 1 Blk: 0	J. Hickson Points: 26 Reb: 5 Ast: 1 Stl: 0 Blk: 2

Box Score

Spoiler

Nov 30, 2010 - BOS at CLE
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Boston Celtics (12-5)	34	31	14	34	113
Cleveland Cavaliers (5-12)	25	21	38	30	104

Boston Celtics
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
R. Rondo	39	9-16	1-2	3-5	4	9	1	0	4	22
P. Pierce	23	6-13	4-6	2-2	4	1	0	0	1	18
R. Allen	35	4-9	2-5	7-7	2	0	0	1	2	17
K. Garnett	35	3-7	0-0	9-11	13	0	2	3	0	15
S. O'Neal	31	4-9	0-0	2-3	9	1	0	2	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. O'Neal	11	5-8	0-0	4-5	4	0	0	0	0	14
G. Davis	9	1-2	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	4
D. West	11	1-3	0-1	2-2	0	1	1	0	2	4
N. Robinson	22	2-4	0-1	0-0	2	5	0	0	1	4
M. Daniels	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
K. Perkins	9	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
A. Bradley	10	0-2	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	1	1
TEAM TOTALS		37-77	7-15	32-39	44	17	4	6	11	113

Cleveland Cavaliers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
M. Williams	36	9-16	2-5	2-2	3	2	1	0	2	22
A. Jamison	27	6-12	2-2	2-4	7	0	0	0	3	16
J. Graham	21	1-6	0-0	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	8
A. Varejao	30	2-6	0-0	1-2	11	0	2	1	0	5
A. Parker	36	1-3	1-1	0-0	5	7	2	0	0	3
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. Hickson	30	8-15	0-0	10-12	5	1	0	2	1	26
R. Sessions	21	3-5	0-1	6-8	3	3	2	0	2	12
A. Gee	22	3-5	1-1	1-4	2	1	0	2	1	8
D. Gibson	5	0-2	0-1	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	2
M. Harris	3	0-1	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	2
L. Powe	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
J. Moon	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS		33-71	6-11	32-42	41	14	8	5	10	104

December 2, 2010

	122
	111

Top Performers

Miami	Cleveland
D. Wade Points: 29 Reb: 11 Ast: 12 Stl: 2 Blk: 0	M. Williams Points: 32 Reb: 4 Ast: 7 Stl: 1 Blk: 0

Box Score

Spoiler

Dec 2, 2010 - MIA at CLE
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Miami Heat (18-2)	31	35	24	32	122
Cleveland Cavaliers (5-13)	23	33	32	23	111

Miami Heat
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
D. Wade	41	12-25	0-0	5-7	11	12	2	0	3	29
L. James	28	7-18	0-2	7-9	3	1	1	0	4	21
C. Bosh	40	7-12	0-0	2-2	11	1	1	1	3	16
Z. Ilgauskas	37	6-8	0-0	1-2	7	0	2	1	1	13
M. Miller	20	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	4	1	0	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
E. House	23	4-6	3-3	4-4	7	1	0	0	1	15
J. Jones	12	3-5	2-4	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	10
M. Chalmers	13	4-7	0-1	0-0	3	2	0	1	2	8
U. Haslem	17	2-3	0-0	0-0	5	1	1	0	1	4
C. Arroyo	5	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	2
J. Howard	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0
E. Dampier	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		48-90	5-10	21-26	53	23	9	3	16	122

Cleveland Cavaliers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
M. Williams	32	13-25	3-8	3-3	4	7	1	0	3	32
A. Parker	38	6-18	3-6	4-4	10	5	3	1	1	19
J. Graham	27	3-6	0-0	1-2	4	1	3	0	3	7
A. Jamison	35	1-10	0-5	4-4	8	2	0	0	1	6
A. Varejao	37	1-2	0-1	0-0	5	0	3	0	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
A. Gee	21	9-14	3-5	2-2	4	2	2	0	1	23
J. Moon	7	3-5	3-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	9
J. Hickson	23	4-8	0-0	0-0	3	1	2	0	0	8
M. Harris	5	1-3	0-1	1-1	1	0	0	0	0	3
R. Sessions	14	0-4	0-0	2-2	2	7	0	1	2	2
L. Powe	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
D. Gibson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		41-95	12-30	17-18	42	25	14	2	11	111

December 4, 2010

	105
	104

Top Performers

Cleveland	Minnesota
M. Williams Points: 21 Reb: 3 Ast: 6 Stl: 1 Blk: 0	J. Flynn Points: 27 Reb: 1 Ast: 6 Stl: 0 Blk: 0

Box Score

Spoiler

Dec 4, 2010 - CLE at MIN
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Cleveland Cavaliers (6-13)	24	30	33	18	105
Minnesota Timberwolves (7-13)	33	22	27	22	104

Cleveland Cavaliers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
M. Williams	35	6-13	3-8	6-7	3	6	1	0	3	21
A. Jamison	34	7-20	2-6	2-4	9	1	0	0	0	18
A. Parker	29	2-3	1-1	4-5	3	2	0	0	1	9
A. Varejao	30	3-5	0-0	4-4	7	1	1	1	2	10
J. Graham	21	0-2	0-0	4-5	5	2	1	0	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
A. Gee	21	8-15	4-8	2-2	4	0	0	0	1	22
J. Hickson	28	5-9	0-0	4-8	7	0	0	0	3	14
D. Gibson	6	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	6
R. Sessions	21	0-1	0-0	1-4	2	2	1	0	1	1
M. Harris	4	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
L. Powe	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
J. Moon	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS		33-73	12-27	27-39	43	14	4	1	13	105

Minnesota Timberwolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. Flynn	37	12-19	2-6	1-2	1	6	0	0	4	27
D. Milicic	29	8-12	0-0	3-4	8	1	0	4	0	19
M. Beasley	36	6-13	0-2	5-6	10	1	2	1	3	17
K. Love	36	5-10	1-4	3-3	8	0	0	1	1	14
W. Johnson	36	3-16	1-4	3-3	11	1	0	0	1	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
W. Ellington	6	1-2	1-1	1-4	0	0	0	0	1	4
N. Pekovic	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	4
C. Brewer	14	1-2	0-0	1-1	0	0	1	0	1	3
S. Telfair	2	1-1	0-0	0-1	0	0	1	0	0	2
M. Webster	14	0-2	0-2	2-2	3	0	0	1	1	2
L. Ridnour	22	1-4	0-3	0-0	4	7	0	0	1	2
A. Tolliver	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		40-83	5-22	19-26	47	17	4	7	13	104

On Tap

Week of 11/21-11/27

5 @ 6:00

6

7 @ 7:00

8 vs 7:00

9

10

11 @ 7:30

*Elements of this week's article were borrowed from a December 3rd article on NBA.com

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[theycallmeryan]

Wow, this format is amazing and I love where you're going with this, definitely following, moar pl0x?

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Around The NBA: Full Court Press
November Recap

Team Leaders

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS
Antawn Jamison #4 19.2	Anderson Varejao #17 9.2	Mo Williams #2 6.0	Antawn Jamison #4 1.8	Anderson Varejao #17 1.5

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Updated: December 10, 2010, 9:49 PM ET

Timberwolves deal for Mo Williams
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ESPN.com news services

The Minnesota Timberwolves and Cleveland Cavaliers finalized a deal that will send point guard Mo Williams and guard Christian Eyenga to Minnesota in exchange for a 2011 first round draft pick and cash considerations.

Eyenga

Williams

The move gives the young Timberwolves teama veteran presence at the point guard position and a player they feel could eventually become their sixth man, but at the cost of a potential lottery pick in next year's draft.

"This is a trade that benefits both teams as it helps us build for the future and gives the Timberwolves a better shot at winning right now," Cavaliers GM Ron Arens said in a statement Friday. "Mo is a real leader and we're sorry to see him go, but we have our eyes on some prospects in the 2011 draft and felt this move would benefit us years down the line."

Somewhat surprising about the deal is that Minnesota opted not to have the first-rounder lottery protected. "While there are some talented prospects in this upcoming draft, there's really nobody who stands out to us as a perfect fit for our team," Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn said. "Furthermore, we are hopeful the additions of Williams and Eyenga get us out of the lottery as well."

Williams is expected to step in as the team's starting point guard as soon as he gets acclimated with the offense, as young point guard Jonny Flynn has gotten off to a disappointing start this season. Eyenga has not played yet this season but Minnesota is hopeful he will soon work his way into their rotation. For Cleveland, Ramon Sessions becomes the new starter at point guard.