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LeBron James is a superstar in the making. However, the "LeBron and Four Guys" label has to go. The majority of sports media, notorious for knocking Cleveland for anything on or off the court, has constantly singled out LeBron James as the lone bright spot on this team. That is fine for people to have their opinions, but it needs to stay their opinions. Stating the obvious, the Cavaliers too often stand around to watch their prodigy try to do amazing things on every possession. This reliance on James has gotten to the point that he rarely sits on the bench. LeBron's idol, Michael Jordan, never played more than 40.4 MPG during the regular season. In fact, all three of Jordan's 40+ MPG seasons occurred before the six championship seasons with the Bulls. On the other hand, James has averaged 41.3 MPG for his career. In four seasons, James only had one season under 40 MPG (39.5 as a rookie). While Jordan played a shade under 42 MPG in the playoffs, James sits at...

With Major League Baseball's Midsummer Classic kicking off, the results of the league's fan voting have been revealed. Of course, with every league's All-Star Game, there is always a commotion about fan voting. There are always players that should be starting but are not, while others are completely left off the exclusive roster. While good players are left out every year in every league, it is still good when a league allows its fans to choose some of the all-stars. Whether or not the championship's home-field advantage is at stake, the All-Star Game is ultimately an exhibition match. What makes a good exhibition, besides fun and competitive play, is the ability of fans to see good players that they do not normally get to see play. Personally, I did not get the opportunity to watch Michael Jordan play in-person until after his second return from retirement. Although he was past his prime, Jordan still put on a good show. He led his Wizards team to a victory, clo...

First, ESPN began covering NBA games. Next, Stern raised the age minimum for draft eligibility while also swinging a deal to unite NBA and NCAA analysts together with ESPN on site at the Draft. Now, five of the first nine draft picks in tonight's draft played in this past season's NCAA Championship. Not only did these guys get drafted early, though, but most people think they will be good for years to come at the pro level. That's good news for both basketball leagues.

Basketball players throughout this continent and the rest of the world long to set foot on an NBA court. For the love of the game, for the love of money, for the love of admiring fans, whatever the reason, a few of those players do get to set foot on NBA ground. The problem is that, for some of these few, the time does not last long. College fans and analysts rank a number of college players that have hid their weaknesses within a successful game plan from the coaches. Meanwhile, high school fans and analysts project the future dominance of high school players playing their pro positions against someone more than half a foot shorter than them. Even junior high players get ranked these days, as some of them are guarded by players a whole foot shorter than them. Commissioner David Stern took some heat for enacting the 'one year older' rule on both American players and their international colleagues. Unfortunately, high school players that are NBA-star-talent-ready like Kevin...

The sadness of losing in the Finals was already enough for Cleveland to swallow. Now, the Cavaliers must master contractual and budgeting issues during one of the more exciting offseasons in NBA history. Everyone knows the Cavs will make at least one move to address the point guard situation. However, the situation in the frontcourt could determine whether or not the Cavs find themselves back in the Finals next season. The frontcourt dilemma starts and ends with two power forwards: Drew Gooden and Anderson Varejao. Gooden, formerly one of the headliners in the NCAA Final Four, found himself in Coach Brown's doghouse in the NBA Finals. After Game 2, a reporter asked Brown about the scoring production by Gooden in the 3rd quarter. The reporter commended Gooden and noted that his scoring helped keep Cleveland in the game. Brown replied by saying that "it's not just about scoring" and expressed displeasure with Gooden's (and the rest of the team's) lack ...

David Wesley is in his 14th year in the league. Yet, this is his first trip to the Finals. With this possibly being the end of the road for the Cavs, look for Wesley to get his first Finals action. Depending on the flow of the game, do not be surprised if Wesley appears as early as the 3:00 mark in the first quarter.

With Game 4 just a couple hours away, it is time to get in a more optimistic mood than has been maintained during the first 3 games of the Finals. Believe it or not, the somewhat unbelievable season is almost over. It has been an exciting ride that we cannot let end in such disappointment, nor should we forget the good things that happened on the way to the Finals. In the meantime, here are some positives from Game 3: Defensive Panic button turned off. While the Cavaliers made defensive errors here and there on Tuesday night, they managed to keep their composure much more in Game 3 than in Games 1 and 2. A huge error that the Cavs made repeatedly in San Antonio was panicking when the Spurs were passing the ball around. More specifically, any time ball movement found a Spurs player on the perimeter, a Cavs player came running straight at him. By doing so, the Cavs placed themselves out-of-position when the Spurs were not even in the act of shooting jump shots on those possession...