we need some big time help at SF, Im open to Laker Sasha at this point

jamison/mo williams & hickson will really help

the dream playoff series

heat vs cavs in the 1st round

shh! cavs win in 6! espn goes outta busniess because they have no more miami thrice to cover =]

This is, of course, if the Cavs dont trade Mo and or Jamison. If they do than the Cavs will probably be a 30-35 win team.

not sure I understand why CAVS fans are so sure that the lottery model is the way to go ( remember Trajan, Luke whatshisname etc?)

Lebron’s and Durant’s are exceptional exceptions to the rule. Every year there are a hell of a lot more lottery busts then impact players.

We are a team that won 60 games 2 years in a row. Yes we lost the biggest part to that machine, but I would junk a ’09 jaguar just cuz it needed a new engine. Overpaying for older, unimpressive free agents isnt a good plan for any team, regardless of aspirations. We still need to remain competitive and attempt to compete for a playoff spot.

sorry I meant to say but we still need to remain competive, yada yada yada

Michael Jordan and kareem both played on sub 500 teams in their primes. Now are you telling me that Lebron is soooo good that he can take a crap team and have the best record in the league for 2 straight years? There is no way in absolute HELL that this is possible. Stop falling for the media excuses. This Cavs team was absolutely top notch, even without lebron. If this truly was a crappy team, then Lebron and a crappy team would have been a sub 500 team. Instead, the Cavs had the best record in the NBA!

This team is absolutely solid, very deep and very talented. I’m a bit upset that Shaq/Biz Z left, because i wanted a team intact after Lebron left to show everyone just how good this team was.

I’m not a Cavs fan, i’m a Lakers fan. So i have no rooting interest. i say this because i actually believe it! The Cavs will secure the 4th-6th seed in the East and make it to the 2nd round. This team is still solid and a middle tier playoff team. I put them on the same level as the Bucks, Hawks, etc.

Watch and see. You’re putting too much weight on Lebron. Even Michael can’t turn a crap team into the best record in the NBA. When Michael left the Bulls, the Bulls still won 55 games and made it to the ECF or should have.

let’s not forget that the 2007-2008 cavs won just 45 games even with lebron and then when they added mo williams et al, they went on to post back-to-back 60+ win seasons. most people think that it was just “all-lebron-all-the-time”, when nothing could be further from the truth. sure lebron was the biggest piece to the puzzle, but the rest of the team wasn’t just a bunch of scrubs. mo, z, shaq & antawn were all former all-stars. andy was on the all-nba 2nd team defense. anthony parker was a 3-time euro league mvp. and contrary to popular belief, lebron didn’t single-handedly beat the pistons in the 2007 ecf. boobie gibson won the deciding game 6 for them as lebron, coming off his other-worldly game 5 performance, was more of a decoy. with all that in mind and the instituting of the motion offense by new head coach byron scott, i honestly think they will only fall back to their pre-mo days and win between 45-50 games which should still give them a 6, 7 or 8 seed in the playoffs. i’m really excited to see how christian eyenga develops. he sorta reminds me of that one african tribal character in the movie “the air up there” with kevin bacon. i’m also excited to see if j.j. hickson can take that next step up to becoming a true athletic nba big man, not to mention the cavs bringing in ramon session as their first true point guard since andre miller. it will be interesting to see how this season will play out. can the cavs surprise some people and actually make a run in the playoffs??? we can only hope. go cavs!!!