Cavs History Update Blog

2007-2008 in the Books

2008-04-22T02:02:00.002-05:00

I finally got to updating the stats for the year. Pretty eventful year it was, too. LeBron became all-time leading scorer and only 2nd behind Price for assists. Big Z became all-time leader in personal fouls as well.

Playoff stats will be updated after each round. Hopefully, that's a lot.

LeBron James is the Cleveland Cavaliers' All-Time Leading Scorer

2008-03-21T19:03:00.004-05:00

On March 21st, 2008, at 23 years old, LeBron James passed Brad Daugherty to be the Cleveland Cavaliers' All-Time Leading Scorer.

Brad had a great career, but due to severe back issues he was forced to end his career at only 28.

So, cheer for LeBron. He is now officially the face of the franchise (probably forever). But also have a toast to Brad Daugherty, a classy player and person who was part of one of the best eras ever in Cavs History.

The Franchise

2008-03-21T16:03:00.003-05:00

Just got done reading "The Franchise" by Brian Windhorst and Terry Pluto. Great book for some insights that only two guys working the Cavs beat for five years could get. I especially liked the section about how Ferry was worried how his time as a Cavs play could both effect his role as a Cavs GM both positively and negatively (also some great insight into Ferry's playing days).

In addition, I think its the perfect sequel to another Cavs book I love "CAVS: From Fitch to Fratello" by Joe Menzer and Burt Graeff. There is a little overlap between the two, but its not a rehash.

So pick it up. I'm a huge fan if Windhorst's writing and maybe if you all buy one he can afford a Porsche or something. Since I moved to LA from Cleveland (i.e. I don't get the Plain Dealer anymore and have to rely on the internet for news) I pretty much only read Brian's stuff for Cavs' news.

Check out other books featuring LeBron here

Added Lance Allred

2008-03-21T15:15:00.002-05:00

Lance got to play under one minute the other day, so that makes him officially a Cav. I have added him to the site.

LeBron Has Been Busy Getting His Picture Taken

2008-03-14T01:16:00.003-05:00

LeBron is now gracing three major magazine covers at once.

ESPN the Magazine chose LeBron as the cover manfor their 10th anniversary issue to represent the Next 10 years.

SLAM Magazine has him on the cover for an article about three aspects of his life: Personal, Basketball and Business.

Probably coolest of all, LBJ is on the cover of Vogue... with Giselle. He is only the third man to be on the cover of the magazine in its 116 year history.

Check out all of the magazine covers here

LeBron Passes Austin Carr

2008-03-13T14:38:00.004-05:00

At just 23 years old, LeBron James has past the legendary Austin Carr on the Cleveland Cavaliers All-Time Scoring List. As of last night, LeBron has 10,267 career points. Austin has 10,265.

Congrats to LeBron. He needs 122 more points to pass Brad Daugherty to become the All-Time Leading Scorer in Cavaliers History.

NBA Historical Site Beta

2008-03-07T23:19:00.001-05:00

While poking around the internet I came across the Beta site for NBA historical data. They don't have everyones picture up yet, but the site works really well. Check it out here

Google Search

2008-03-06T15:13:00.004-05:00

Hiya,
One the the top requests that I get for CavsHistory is that it be more searchable. It DOES have a search feature in the Players Section where you can search for a player by name, number or position. But it seems that either not a lot of people know about it or its just not that cool.

So, to respond to demand there is now a Google Search widget on the home page. The format is not finalized (need to get it to conform to the site layout a little better. It seems to work pretty good.

Use whichever is right for you.

- The Management

LeBron Drops 50 on Knicks, Almost Gets Accosted by Fan

2008-03-06T01:07:00.007-05:00

LeBron went off in the second half of the Kicks game and ended up with 50p 8r 10a 4s. That's a good night.

But, what made this blog worthy is some dude tried to "get him" in the fourth quarter at MSG

LBJ actually gave the dude some respect before security "escorted" him out.

The NY Daily News has it here.

ESPN has it here

(UPDATE: So according to reports, the kid who ran across the court and got to LeBron should LeBron's hand and said he was a big fan. LeBron didn't even flinch. He just said: "Thanks, What's up?"

Here's my thing, if a dude sprinted towards me, and I'm on the court, and I'm in NYC AND I'm a celeb like LBJ. I wouldn't be saying "what's up?" Guess he's cool like that.)

LeBron Honored for Being Awesome

2008-03-03T19:26:00.003-05:00

LBJ, player of the week for week ending 24th of Feb

LBJ, player of the month for month of Feb...

See it here

Two New D-Leaguers Joing the Fray

2008-02-22T16:30:00.004-05:00

Please Welcome:

Kaniel Dickens
and

Billy Thomas

The Cavs signed these guys from the Colorado 14ers because they only have six active players for tonight. I don't think these are 10 day contracts, but rather "call-ups." Either way, they get to tell their kids they played with LeBron James.

Kaniel will be #45 and Billy #12

Very Big Trade

2008-02-21T20:04:00.006-05:00

Welcome new to the Cavs!

Ben Wallace

Wally Szcerbiak

Joe Smith

Delonte West

On a sad note, we lose some guys that we have all come to root for.

Good luck to:
Drew, Donyell, Larry, Shannon, Ira and Cedric

LeBron is overlaughing

2008-02-01T18:31:00.000-05:00

If you didn't stay up to watch the Lebron-less Cavs take on the Sonics, you missed a humorous situation. Donyell Marshall's jersey came off when he took his warm-up jacket off to enter the game. Kind of funny, probably embarrassing for Marshall, but Lebron was literally LOL-ing....in excess. Now, we laughed like this the first time we saw the sex scene in "Team America" or even the beans scene in "Blazing Saddles" when we were like 10, but this just didn't strike us as that funny. Maybe because it was late.

LBJ is Player of the Month for Jan '08

2008-02-01T17:36:00.000-05:00

We went 11-3 and he went nuts.

Check out the article here

If you are keeping score like I do, that makes six times he's won the award. Check 'em all out here

Coach Brown is Coach of the Month for Jan '08

2008-02-01T17:34:00.000-05:00

Here is the article.

To be honest, i didn't even know they did coach of the month honors.

Z Should Go for 3

2008-01-25T15:10:00.000-05:00

According to everyone, including NBA.com, Z should get his third trip to the all-star game this year. He is having a fantastic year, especially on the boards. On a personal note: I think Z is cool.

I think if he got this it should secure his number in the rafters of the Q. 11 years with the Cavs, 3 trips to the All-Star Game, one trip to the NBA Finals. (Again, I'm a big Z guy, so take this with a grain of salt)

LeBron an All-Star Starter Again

2008-01-25T15:05:00.001-05:00

LBJ was voted to start in the All-Star game in the Big Easy. He got the 2nd most votes in the league with 2,108,831 (because the chowda-heads took care of their own giving Garnett 2,399,148). If you're counting, that is four starts in a row.

Props to "Video Game" James

Oh Boy.

2008-01-23T18:45:00.000-05:00

And you thought a hat freaked people out. Let the whinning, pissing and moaning begin.

For the record, I don't care and I hate that this bothers people so much.

Larry Hughes would not win the batting title

2008-01-21T20:02:00.000-05:00

Over at Yahoo! Sports Kelly Dwyer is blogging and has an interesting perspective about Larry Hughes. We have to admit, we were pretty psyched when Hughes signed and looked forward to big things. We even considered purchasing a Hughes jersey. Good thing we didn't. That would have been more embarrassing than the Charlie Frye jersey hanging in our closet. Talk about hitching our wagon to the wrong horse.

Obviously, the Hughes experiment hasn't worked out, but we're getting to the point where its just piling on to mention the monumental failure this has become. We get it, he doesn't fit with this team.

Is that a camera or a phone clipped to that lady's bikini bottom? Gotta do what you gotta do, I guess.

Not So Breaking News

2008-01-17T19:08:00.000-05:00

We know we're not your source for Cavs news, but we're trying to get ISO-9000 certified so we have to document everything. With that in mind, Mike Brown received a contract extension the other day. Brown is in a tough predicament, when the Cavs win, it's because of Lebron, when they lose, it's because of him. That's the way it is for an NBA coach and he'll be getting paid handsomely for it. Brown has done well as the head coach, we realize his rotations can be head scratching, his offense mind numbing and his hope to recreate some variation of '2 girls 1 cup' on the sideline, by hacking luggies into a cup, disgusting (not nearly as disturbing as the original), but he has delivered on his promise to make the Cavs a defense first team. When the Cavs play defense, they win. It's that simple and it took them far last year.

Like it or lump it, Mike Brown is going to be around for a while. We're hoping he does wel enough to keep Lebron around for a while too.

LBJ Player of the Week (again)

2008-01-07T22:58:00.000-05:00

My homey (and yours) LeBron Raymond James has been named the Eastern Conference's Player of the Week for the week ending January 06, 2008. This is the second time this year (the other was for the week ending Nov. 25, 2007).

He has now won 12 over all in his short career. Check 'em all out here

Mea Cupla

2007-12-12T20:10:00.000-05:00

Sorry for never responding to those who took the time to email. Mixed among the 867 male enhancement and other spam emails were some genuine suggestions and questions that I checked for the first time today (only 3 years after the start of the site). Now that I know where to go and the password, I'll be able to check on a regular basis. Good news though, apparently a lot girls want to date me and the king of Zimbabwe can now access his trust fund because of my help!

Thanks for all the kind words!

Phenomenal LBJV Commercial

2007-10-18T10:15:00.000-05:00

Here

Dru Has a Scary New Tatoo

2007-10-15T12:50:00.000-05:00

Gone are the days of the simple "DRU" tattoo

Cavs media day and more...

2007-10-01T21:36:00.001-05:00

Well, the off season is officially over and not much has changed with the Cavs roster. Stability has been the buzz word of the organization since Danny Ferry and Dan Gilbert took over, this summer they took it to extreme. So far, they've signed Devin Brown and traded for Cedric Simmons. Gone are David Wesley and Scot Pollard, but if most of your time was spent in a suit, were you really here?

Now the big issue. Sasha and Anderson are no where to be seen, two key components from the season and playoff run from last season. It appears the Cavs are playing a hard ball. They have the leverage and the players and their agents know it, so Sasha and Andy are playing their only card, threaten to play in Europe and not sign the qualifing offer. I'm all for players getting what they can, but this isn't making sense. Both players have entered uncharted waters. We'll see who blinks first.

Today the Cavs held their media day at their new pratice facility and if you want to see Lebron read some promos for ESPN/ABC, check it out.

Also, Lebron was on Saturday Night Live and it was pretty much a train wreck. Thinking back, he played himself in the first sketch after the monologue, then he played himself, then he played a basketball player, then he played an annoying nerd, then a gay Solid Gold dancer. Nothing to memorable from the show. He did wear a pretty fly velvet suit during the monologue.