Cavaliers Association - A King's Court

[Red Rocket]

Through seven years of greatness, amazement, and excitement came the failure, and the fans were still stinging at the failure of the Cavaliers falling to defeat at the hands of the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

Should he join forces with his best friends, two of the NBA's best players in the world in Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade in Miami?
Should be go to a big city where he'll meet more relevance in New York or New Jersey?
Should be join forces with Derrick Rose or Dirk Nowitzki in Chicago or Dallas?

It's clear that wherever "The King" goes, he wants to win a championship; hence he has to make 'The Decision', an hour special on ESPN. With all the choices come the pros and cons of his choice, and he it was.

"This is tough --- this fall I'm going to be keeping my talents in the city of Akron."

Could the decision come back to haunt him, choosing loyalty over possible greatness? With so many questions, will they be answered?

[kevin02]

So your changing the outcome of The Decision. Which game are you using and will you be using the rosters as they were at the time of Lebron's decision? Nice idea though I'm interested to see how this goes!

[Red Rocket]

2010-11 Starting Lineup


C | Shaqulle O'Neal | 7'1, 325lbs | LSU
PF | Antawn Jamison | 6'9 235lbs | North Carolina
SF | LeBron James | 6'8 260lbs | St. Vincent St. Mary's (HS)
SG | Daniel Gibson | 6'2 205lbs | Texas
PG | Mo Williams | 6'1 195lbs | Alabama

2010-11 Backups/Reserves


PF | J.J. Hickson | 6'9 242lbs | North Carolina
SG | Delonte West | 6'4 180lbs | St. Joseph
C | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 7'3 238lbs | Lithuania
G/F | Danny Green | 6'6 206lbs | North Carolina
PF | Anderson Varejao | 6'10 230lbs | Brazil
SG | Anthony Parker | 6'6 215lbs | Bradley
SF | JaMario Moon | 6'8 205lbs | Meridan Community
PF | Leon Powe | 6'8 240lbs | California
PF | Jawad Williams | 6'9 218lbs | North Carolina
PF | Darnell Jackson | 6'9 253lbs | Kansas

[Red Rocket]

kevin02 I will be using NBA 2K12 with the rosters from Opening Day of 2010-11; only thing changed is LeBron isn't on Miami. Thanks for the feedback, let me know if you start an association or dynasty soon.

[SuperHueyNewton]

This story would make more since with the rosters instead of throwing LeBron back to the Cavs without the old updates

[3ChrisPaul3]

where to download your roster bro? i'm interested in this roster.

[Red Rocket]

SuperHueyNewton - Good thing I didn't start it. I made a change to the rosters, but Mo Williams, J.J. Hickson, Daniel Green, and others are still on Cleveland. But I had that idea too.

3ChrisPaul3 - I made them myself. A few flaws but it took about 3 hours to make.

[Red Rocket]

Game - NBA 2K11
System - XBOX 360
Difficulty - Hall of Fame
Team & Year - Cleveland Cavaliers ~ 2010-11
Quarter Length (Sim) - 12 minutes
Quarter Length (Play) - 10 minutes
Season Length - 82 games
Playoff Length - 7-7-7-7
CPU Trades - Yes
Goals - Win LeBron James the MVP, Win an NBA Championship, Get homecourt advantage in the Playoffs, Win the Division Title

[Red Rocket]

James resigns with Cleveland
- Reigning back-to-back MVP, LeBron James resigned with the Cleveland Cavaliers for a five-year, 82 million dollar contract.
- "The Akron Hammer" signed a contract with Cleveland in 2008, and it was expired this year.
- James used his "Decision" ESPN Special to confirm his destination in the NBA.
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- D-Wade stays home; resigns with Miami
Dwyane Wade, star shooting guard of the Miami resigned a 4 year, 75 million dollar contract. It was predicted that he would go to Chicago, but seeing that he'd be joined by another new member, he would stay in South Beach.

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Josh Smith resigns with Atlanta
- Josh Smith, defending Defensive Player of the Year resigned with the Atlanta Hawks, in hopes of a championship, and ending a miserable 2nd round drought.
- Josh Smith also joins Mike Bibby who just signed an extension with the Atlanta Hawks, worth 3 years, 24 million dollars.
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Dominant power forwards find new homes in NBA -
Chris Bosh, power forward and all-star just left the Toronto Raptors for the Miami Heat in the hopes of winning an NBA Title alongside Dwyane Wade.
- Carlos Boozer, former forward of the Utah Jazz's contract expired, and he declined an offer, but decided to head to Chicago where the future is bright alongside Derrick Rose and Luol Deng.

[Red Rocket]

LeBron, Cavs come up short again to veteran Celtics


Cleveland -- For the fans of Cleveland, it was another game, but with the same disappointing result.

Just like in last year's Semifinal game against the Celtics, the Cavaliers failed to beat the Celtics at home.

LeBron James clearly doesn't like the Boston Celtics, and it showed with his performance, as he finished with 27 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists on 12-of-19 shooting. He started off the first half shooting 9-of-10 for a great start.

"I kind of slipped off in the 2nd half," LeBron James said. "It's tough, losing to the team that's plagued us for what seems like forever. We're making the adjustments. We'll be better."

Boston let a 15-2 run to end the third quarter give them a big lead. Cleveland could never recover.

In last season's 2010 Semifinal Round in Game Six, Boston used a massive third quarter surge to win a game that many considered to be LeBron's final game in Cleveland.

In another statistics, Mo Williams put in 20 points, Shaquille O'Neal put in 14 points and 8 rebounds, J.J. Hickson added 15 points and 11 rebounds, and for the winning Celtics, Paul Pierce scorched the Cavaliers for 25 points on (6-of-11) from deep, and Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen put in 14, while Garnett was shut to just 7 points on a miserable (3-of-14) shooting.

This is the third time in three years that Cleveland and Boston have played, and it's always played in such a physical manner, and all three times the Boston Celtics have gained a victory.

Cleveland's known for their pretentious play, and it came back to bite them. On a brighter note, they are still a trendy pick to win the NBA Championship.

Cleveland have two favorable games coming up with the Raptors and the Kings, so it should make for some good things if they can execute and play like the top seeded team they were for two straight years.

*NOTE: If you don't like the format let me know if you don't like it. Open for any suggestions.

[kevin02]

Tough 3rd quarter... Format looks really good! The only thing I would change would be adding more stats besides top performers and what you put in your summary.

[Red Rocket]

kevin02 - Thanks for the feedback; always good to see what can be better. I'll make sure to add the top performers in my games now too.

[Red Rocket]

Cavaliers dominate Raptors to win first game of the season

Cleveland, OH --- If there's a more complete player than LeBron James in the NBA, the Raptors don't want to see him.

"The King" put together his usual near triple-double, and helped his Cleveland Cavaliers reel in a victory over the Toronto Raptors in a dominant fashion, despite the 104-90 victory in Cleveland tonight.

Likely to still be feeling the effects of losing Chris Bosh, the winless Raptors were down 64-35 in the first half, before topping Cleveland by 15 points in the second half, only to lose by double-digits despite that.

LeBron James put in 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists and Daniel Gibson was second in points with 22 points and 6 assists on (8-of-15) shooting.

"We were clicking tonight," LeBron James said. "It's important not to get too excited about this victory though, as we're two games young this season. It's a long season, and we have some things to improve on.

Cleveland can thank their sharpshooting for their victory, shooting (12-of-21) from deep for 36 points, but had some woes at the line, (9-of-20). Still, it was a solid win for them.

Andrea Bargnani led Toronto with an inefficent 20 points and 3 rebounds. Jose Calderon was their next top scorer with 15 points, but shot horribly on (4-of-18) shooting as well. No one on Toronto shot exactly great, and that's what led to the loss.

While it was all water under the bridge, Antawn Jamison went down with a torn ACL and will be shut down for the season.

"That pains us alot as we felt it was going to be a big season for Cleveland," Cavs head coach, Mike Brown said. "We'll find a way though, definitely. We have a solid bench, so I think we'll be fine."

Toronto nearly got the lead to ten late in the third, getting the Cavaliers out of their haimish manner, albeit having their starters in, but a timeout cooled them down, and they would never look back.

That has to be one of the worries for Cleveland, seeing the history of them giving away leads, such as the 2009 ECF or others from years past, but tonight against the Raptors, they were immortal, and they beat the Raptors.

[Red Rocket]

My photoshop's been acting up, but when it's fixed, the graphics will be better. Not bad for paint, right?

[Radioman]

Good Luck , i like the idea of rewinding the decision.

It is going to be interesting how it turns out.

[mp3]

I always find photoshop to time consuming when posting a season on here, one thing i have learnt is that the and that the more i try and put into each recap as good as it may look sometimes it always runs out of steam quickly but i sure do like the effort my friend

[Red Rocket]

Radioman - Thanks. LeBron's my favorite player, but he was never the same since leaving. Thought I could rewind it or somthing, hope I can get him his first ring!

mp3 I know right?! It takes forever to do, and I'd like to think this is good for paint. I seen some of your Knicks and Hornets seasons, and it's always had a great format. What's crazy is that I based my format sort of like you two have yours.