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11 months ago: Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James, left, jumps to the basket against Minnesota Timberwolves' Jason Collins, right, in the first quarter in an NBA basketball game, Friday, March 27, 2009, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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LeBron James seemingly breaks records or achieves milestones every time he touches the floor.  Tonight is no different.  James needs just 3 points to score the 15,000th point of his career. James would become the youngest

player in the NBA at 25 days, 79 days old to reach 15,000 points (Kobe Bryant - 27 years, 136 days old).

Congratulations, LeBron!

If you are planning on going to Sunday's Cavaliers game against the Pistons, mark your calendars for a new start time.  The game will now start at 6PM, likely to accommodate a better game on TV that night.  Taking a peek at the schedule, the Spurs contest against the Hawks is now scheduled to be on ESPN at 8PM et, when the Cavaliers were to be televised.

I guess another LeBron beatdown of Motown is not interesting enough for ESPN.

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The Charlotte Bobcats are currently tied for 6th in the Eastern Conference playoff picture.  They added what they hope to be some help in order to finish the deal.  The Bobcats came to terms with former Cavalier Larry Hughes on a contract.  

Hughes was traded from the Knicks to Sacramento prior to the trade deadline.  The Kings released Hughes after the trade.  Hughes was suffering from a broken finger at the time, which prevented the Bobcats from signing him earlier.  Hughes is expected to help the Bobcats make up for the loss of Flip Murray, who was traded to Chicago last month.

The Cavaliers lost 3 of 4 games to the Bobcats this season and the two teams could meet in the 1st Round of the NBA Playoffs this season.

Cavaliers F Antawn Jamison is out of tonight's game against the 76'ers after not travelling with the team.  Leon Powe will get his first start at PF.  The Cavaliers are still listing Jamison as Day-to-Day with left knee stiffness.  Jamison had hoped to play tonight, but has stated he would be ready to go for Sunday's afternoon game against the Celtics at The Q.

Cavaliers players Daniel Gibson, J.J. Hickson, Leon Powe and Cavs Legend Austin Carr will sign autographs for fans who donate a new children's book to benefit the Cavs Read to Achieve program this Saturday, March 13^th at Dick's Sporting Goods in Legacy Village. Through Read to Achieve, the Cleveland Cavaliers will distribute over 5,000 donated books to schools and students in the northeast Ohio community throughout the 2009-10 school year.

There will be TWO autograph sessions located in front of the store's rock wall -

• Gibson and Hickson will sign from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
• Powe and Carr will sign from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Dick's Sporting Goods is located at 24545 Cedar Rd., Lyndhurst, OH 44124.

A small little nugget from Peter Vecsey at the New York Post - 

Sources say plans are advanced to re-sign Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry and promote him to team president. Assistant GM Chris Grant will be elevated to the top spot.

With all the LeBron James stuff, it has been easily forgotten that Ferry is in the last year of his deal.  There have been rumors on and off that the Cavaliers and Ferry have been in discussions on a new deal and that some kind of promotion would be involved.

The move described by Vecsey seems like a no-brainer to me, and provides even further the stability that all successful franchises need.

In writing my game preview in the Open Thread, I said it was about time for LeBron to get some rest, that the Cavaliers had a buffer in the standings and LeBron had been strung out playing so many minutes with the Cavaliers short handed in recent weeks at PG and now C.  

I guess Mike Brown was listening.

James will get the night off, calling it a coaches decision and not related to the couple of twisted ankles he suffered last night against the Pistons.

"He has played a lot of minutes for us, and I felt it would be good for him and for the team to hold him out.  This is my decision based on the minutes I think he has played and his body and all that other stuff.  This is a coaches decision, so I'm holding him out. He has carried a big load, not only scoring, but the minutes he has played. He has played a high volume of minutes for us because of the injuries, because of the new guys coming in and me trying to shuffle things around. Even though at times, he may not like it, even he needs to sit down and rest and recouperate."

Jawad Williams will get the start at Small Forward tonight for the Cavaliers

LeBron James broke another record Friday night.  James became the franchise's all-time leader in minutes played with 21,573 in during tonight's game against the Pistons.

James became the record holder after playing 5 minutes of the first quarter. He passed Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who became the franchise leader earlier this season.

James went on to play nearly 42 minutes in the 99-92 win.