Cleveland's Finest

How are we gonna come out after the most humiliating game in franchise history.

Last I heard he didn't practice yesterday. So I don't know if he'll be able to get back in time. You know they don't want to mess with McCoy because he's obviously the future QB, so if he's hurt at all you might as well rest him.

This would be a nice chance to get back at Miami for us fans. McCoy isn't starting it seems, so the turnover machine Delhomme is starting. Give Hillis a lot of runs and keep the playbook open for some trick plays. Definitely winnable.

Imagine how a crowd like Boston or Philly or New York would act if they were in this situation and their team did this. LeBron paraded around the arena, smiling and showboating, talking to opposing team. No fear ever came into him. That's all on the team. Dan Gilbert needs to throw these players under the bus and let them go at any deal possible. I'm over this team unless they get some mental toughness. They have no balls right now.

Unless the Cavs release these guys I'm gonna have a hard time rooting for this team. Last night, they went out there to collect their paycheck. They humiliated the fans and they have no right to remain under contract. It's gonna be hard finding a team that wants any of these guys.

It's kind of hard for fans to back their team when the team doesn't show up.

Geesh, the Heat haven't won a title yet. They are what, 2-7 against winning teams?

Only thing that happened was a few Heat fans in various areas in the fourth quarter got up to the edge of their section and taunted everyone with their LBJ jerseys. Beer was thrown. Very light, and I didn't expect this. F it, I'm pissed. How do you let you're team play that was a whole game. These stupid millionaires spent more time talking with LeBron than thinking about the let down that was.

I stayed until the very end, and I took one thing away: What I felt in the minutes leading up to the game and the first part of the first quarter, in which we lead 17-12 was simply awesome. And from there, I felt like I was missing something. Something special could have happened tonight, but it just wasn't to be. I won't revel in this, and you have to move on because it's over. We face them in 12 days, have 3 games against under .500 teams on the way, and unlike most Cavs fans who want to blow everything up and trash this team, I'm aware that one or two games doesn't determine a season this early on. The one thing that got to me was seeing our players interact with you know who. It's just not what I want to see. Talk to him behind the scenes, not during the game while you are being shown up at your own home court. This is second to Game 5 vs. Boston in terms of worst game I ever attended, and I hope to forget it by tonight. There's so much that could be said but I don't feel like beating a dead horse. I was proud of the fans in this city tonight. They were the ones who showed up.

Pressure on LeBron has never been a good thing for him.

Payback's a [expletive] LeBron.

For all of the pain he caused this city and its fans, it would only be just for us to win. We have to win this game. This game is all that matters right now in Cleveland. No matter how ugly, we have to get something out of his royal screwjob.

How time flies. It is going to be so hectic tomorrow.This is our chance to show how much we support this team and this city.

Feed me all the stats you want, but you don't honor a guy who destroyed your franchise and took away all of the possible title runs we could've had in years to come. You guys all appreciate what he did for Cleveland, but ask any Cleveland fan, and they could care less. That's what matters. No one in this franchise, from management to fans, is thinking about retiring his number right now. He screwed the franchise and doesn't deserve squat. What he did overrides what he did on the court. It's not going to change. When you retire someone's number, you not only honor them as a performer, you honor them as a person. As a person, the character of LeBron and his actions give him no right to have his jersey honored.

That was such a lifeless performance. JJ continues to be the most inconsistent player in the league. Verajao is the only player who played at his best. We were up 17-8, then 23-20 to end the first, and then Boston took control. We made it a single digit game in the third, but Boston got what they wanted whenever they wanted it. It was a layup fest, and this is what I don't want to see from the Cavs. They played well when they ran up and down and pushed the ball, but that seemed to stop completely after the first six minutes of the game. This is the worst thing possible that could've happened before the game Thursday and it leaves me feeling like I watched a wasted chance tonight.

We should treat him the way he treated us.

This is our championship game, and I'll put this higher up than any other game I've even went to in the LeBron era.

Wow for a MNF game this thread has no activity.

This begins possibly the biggest two game swing of the season. 2 games at home against Miami and Boston. We are 7-9. A win against both brings us at 9-9 and gives us two quality wins and we then go on a three game road trip against Minnesota, Detroit, and Philly. Going 1-1 is solid but I would really like to see us win both and go on a huge run from there. I'm very excited to see the Cavs this week. It's going to be a big week and this is position we may not have very often in the future. JJ must continue to produce like he did in the last home game against Memphis. Most importantly, Mo needs to set the pace for the starting rotation and be the shot maker and distributor. Go Cavs!

Wade has always backed Spoelstra and he's not too fond of Riley as a coach:

Rose handles the ball just as much as Wade does, so I don't see the difference. Noah is better than Bosh, but still it just wouldn't work. New York would've been best because Amare and him would complement each other and they would have Felton as the point guard, who's doesn't need to drive as much as Wade and Rose. Dare I say Cleveland would've been the best. LeBron is the best point guard when he wants to play it, and he had all the jumps shooters and defenders in Cleveland.