Interesting Cavs Article

[Cleveland's Finest]

With your permission, I’m going to play this game for a second: imagine that the 09-10 Cavs weren’t a giant, fundamentally broken system whose sole goal was to win a championship and whose sole relevant agent was LeBron James. Judge them like any other team, not one who had crippling pressure put upon them all season because of one player and like a team that whose success wasn’t defined by the legacy of that one player.

 

If you did that, you might see things like:

 

– Delonte West fighting through his depression and playing nearly a full season of NBA basketball, and keeping his status as the one player on the team who never quit under any circumstances

 

– Anderson Varejao finally getting recognized for what his defense, rebounding, and energy has always brought to this team

 

– Anthony Parker going from playing in Israel to being the starting shooting guard on a 61-win NBA team

 

– J.J. Hickson emerging as a solid starter, intriguing athlete, and potential future star

 

– Antawn Jamison finally getting the chance to prove he belongs with the big boys

 

– Zydrunas Ilgauskas proving that NBA basketball isn’t just about the money

 

– Daniel Gibson never letting the fact that the Cavs didn’t ask enough of him keep him from doing what the team did ask him to do

 

– Leon Powe getting an ovation from a Celtics crowd that desperately wanted the Cavaliers to go down

 

– Jamario Moon going from Globetrotter to the man who played a huge part in helping the Cavs take a playoff game against the Bulls

 

– Jawad Williams proving he belongs in the NBA

 

There were those stories, and so many more. Those players’ job wasn’t to make sure LeBron James got his glory. It was to do the best they could to help the Cavs win, and they all did that. More than that, they all deserve the adoration that’s due to them. These are men who played great basketball and took this team pretty darn far, all things considered. They were more than LeBron’s elves. And that means something. I’m not sure what, but it does mean something. I suppose that’s all I can really say on this matter for the time being.

http://www.cavstheblog.com/?p=2526

 

It's a damn shame all these guys are blamed when LeBron is the reason. Which is why I HATE seeing the Delonte hate. When it's game time, you can count on him. He hit the game winner in Game 4 in Washington in 07' 1st round, played huge role in Boston series in 07' also. Love the article as a whole.

Edited June 24, 2010 by Cleveland's Finest

[Guest STL10]

LeBron is a Cancer IMO.

[Erick Blasco]

All this is true but how did Jamison prove he actually did belong with the big boys? He was pulverized by The Celtics in the 2nd round.