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Only a handful of players dream about playing for their hometown team when they enter the world of the NBA. Fortunately enough, LeBron James has become that hometown hero for the city of Cleveland, and perhaps for the whole state of Ohio. He should think twice about leaving the Cleveland Cavilers organization. It would be a devastating encounter for fans to see the superstar they've been hanging their hopes ...

Think about Tony Allen and how he fits into the Boston Celtics' playoff run.   He put up eight points and grabbed three rebounds per night against the Cavaliers—not huge numbers.   Yet, with his play, providing Boston with an X-Factor doing what needs to be done off the bench, Boston minimized what most thought was their biggest weakness—a lack of bench talent to rest the “Big Three”.   During the NBA Playoffs, the best teams ...

We have all spent the last two days hearing (ad nauseam) about LeBron James and his decision to stay in Cleveland or leave for "greener" pastures.  Every talking head and ESPN analyst, with the exception of Skip Bayless, seemingly agrees that LeBron's decision completely alters the NBA axis for the next decade.  Well, like Bayless, I disagree. I disagree not because I hate everything ...

Let's all agree on one thing right out of the chute—barring some astoundingly cataclysmic decision-making, LeBron James will never have to work on a budget. In fact, it would take just run-of-the-mill bad decision-making for any future generations possessing a drop of King James' blood to ever find themselves worrying about greenbacks. The sum total of the dude's personal fortune is already mind-boggling and LeBron is only 25 years old. There's ...

Even though there is quite a bit of basketball left to be played in the NBA, it seems like all anyone can talk about is LeBron James and where his free agency journey might end. Teams like Chicago, Miami, New York, and New Jersey are all hoping James decides to bolt from Cleveland and become the ressurector of their franchises. There are also some teams who have absolutely no shot to land ...

Last season, the New Jersey Nets were absolutely horrendous. They won 12 games and became the laughing stock of the NBA. For Nets fans, those NBA Finals appearances in 2002 and 2003 seem farther away each day. But anything is possible, and although a Celtics-like jump from 2007 to 2008 is unrealistic, it could happen with a few changes. So with that, there remains hope for next season. And here ...

The NBA landscape seemed to change with the Game 6 Celtics win. Mike Brown is probably going to be out of a job, LeBron might have just played his last game as a Cavalier, and the City of Cleveland is going to continue to keep the 'No Championships' streak alive, after losing their best chance in a decade. The game Thursday night had big implications for the reigning MVP and Cleveland, but ...

The fact that Lebron James has been eliminated from the NBA playoffs leads us to ask what will happen in the free agent market this summer. The summer of 2010 free agent market features more talent than any other free agent class in the history of the NBA. After the summer of 2010 the rosters within the NBA could be transformed. Teams have been saving cap room to use it ...

After LeBron James threw up a Game 5 stinkbomb, media members nationwide began to call into question LeBron’s supposed “killer instinct.”  More specifically, it suddenly became hip to start asking whether  he had one.   Um…did we forget something here?  LeBron’s about to show more of a killer instinct than Kobe or MJ ever did.   He’s about to crush a city’s dreams.  His own city’s dreams.  Make no mistake: After losing in the conference ...

I want to be as fair as I can to LeBron James.  He came into the NBA as arguably the most hyped and talked about high school athlete of all time.  He did not pronounce himself “King James.”  The media put that crown on his head and for the most part this young man has worn it well exceeding almost every expectation.  Looking back there were signs ...