LeBron, Cavs Overtake Warriors As Favorites For NBA Title
Despite the best record in the league and highest win total in franchise history, the Golden State Warriors could get to play the role of underdog if they reach the NBA Finals.
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Despite the best record in the league and highest win total in franchise history, the Golden State Warriors could get to play the role of underdog if they reach the NBA Finals.
For much of the last three months, Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been the betting favorite to take home the NBA MVP title. But after a 42 point outburst by LeBron James against the Dubs Thursday night, it appears King James may defend his throne.
While Stephen Curry and the league-leading Golden State Warriors easily handled the LeBron James-less Cleveland Cavaliers last month, Thursday night's showdown should provide a much better indication of how these heavyweights stack up.
In the past three weeks we've seen Steph Curry go for 51, Kevin Durant have his 43rd career 40 point game and Klay Thompson pour in 37 in one quarter. These kinds of performances are what we like to call "Stop and Watch games." As in stop what you're doing right now and get to a television immediately.
Has King James been dethroned? Stephen Curry can now make a claim to being the most popular player in the NBA. Don't believe he's more loved than LeBron?
Since we are upon our great day of gratitude, a pretext for gorging on poultry and then taking our swollen torsos to the nearest television for some football, let's look to sports for reasons to give thanks.
LeBron didn't just join the Cleveland Cavaliers. He came to save the world, so to speak, to bring financial and spiritual lubricant to the Rust Belt, an area of America that has been lost to the the meat-hook realities of economics.
Last season was plagued by injuries to the league's most noted stars, but this offseason proved to be full of action: the draft, big announcements, players sporting new jerseys, coaching changes and the controversies - just to name a few.
During an interview on the Dan Patrick show Tuesday, Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry was asked who was a better scorer, him or four-time MVP LeBron James.
You've seen the sardonic messages splashed all over social media. Everyone is calling LeBron James the best GM in the NBA, based largely on his ability to wrench Kevin Love from Minnesota, which instantly imbues the Cavaliers with three All-Stars.
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Kevin Love has finally been traded. With the deal in place, let's take a look at the top five starting lineups in the NBA...
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports is reporting the Timberwolves have reached an agreement with the Cleveland Cavaliers to send Love to Cleveland in exchange for Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and a protected 2015 first round pick.
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Since this has become LeBron's summer of love we can turn this into a campy double-entendre, with the lights squarely on Kevin Love, who is supposedly LeBron's 7-foot bridge to bringing the Larry O'Brien Trophy to Cleveland.
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We reached out to our sports radio personalities from across the country to get their opinion on James' decision. Here's their reactions:
While people in Cleveland are celebrating "LeBron James Day" today and Miami Heat fans burning #6 jerseys, let's look at the 9 most hilarious reactions to LeBron James' decision to return home to Cleveland.
Let's look at the five reasons why LeBron James should return to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
LeBron James singularly orchestrated the Big Three union. And now that he has opted out of his Miami Heat contract, he's once again the Alpha Male of pro sports. Teams are scrambling to find the proper finances and expiring contracts, flipping over cushions for salary cap coin.
Protective injury gear is becoming more popular in professional sports these days and athletes are taking the opportunity to make a fashion statement (and endorsement deals). So who wore theirs the best?
In the age of me over we ball, Duncan is a corrupt cliche - a winner.We judge stars by rings more than ever. The Heat didn't win; LeBron won. Kobe or Shaq won a decade ago. But when the Spurs win, Duncan is part of a greater whole, lost in a selfless, Vulcan coda.
NHL Players play through broken bones, collapsed lungs and dislocated ribs. The King is sidelined due to cramps ... which has happened more than once.
Last night, like every NBA night, morphed into a sweaty, LeBron James symposium. And the firewall between factions is rather defined. He's either a chump who cheated his team out of a win, or he's a victim of fate or faulty wiring, a hardwood martyr who can't get a break.
