NBA Rumors: LeBron James on Leaving the Cavaliers in 2018?

NBA Rumors: LeBron James on Leaving the Cavaliers in 2018?

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NBA – Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James has been included to some NBA rumors circulating around the league that the Greatest Player of today’s basketball generation is leaving the Cavaliers in the summer of 2018 where he will be a free agent if he decided to opt-out on his contract? James has still a guaranteed contract with the Cavs this upcoming 2017 – 2018 NBA Season unless if the Cavs management decided to trade him before the 2018 decision?

Rumors started when LeBron James and his team the Cavaliers loss the 2017 NBA Finals to the newly crown 2017 NBA Champion the Golden State Warriors and even furthermorethe speculation spreading like a wildfire when Cavs General Manager David Griffin part ways with Cavs owner Dan Gilbert.

Through a tweet James share his sentiment on Cavs managements parting ways with David Griffin, James said that he appreciated what his former General Manager has done for the team and winning at least 1 Championship in 3 years and hopefully the Cleveland nations appreciated as well?

The tweet brought many speculations that it is a sign that LeBron James will surely leave Cleveland in 2018? A decision that is not new for the Cavs fans when James leave in 2010 to join the Miami Heat. But what if James leaves again? Will he be hated, curse or burn his jersey by the Cleveland fans or will they respect James decision this time? After all, James brought the first ever Championship in franchise history, ending a 52 year drought in any major league in Cleveland in history.

If James decided to leave where he might go? According to some reports LeBron James has a mansion in LA and business as well run by his friends and rumors said that he is more likely to land in Los Angeles? It’s either with the Lakers or the Clippers?

And what if Cavs made a move that will surround James and Irving with players like Paul George or Jimmy Butler to have a better chance of defeating the Warriors if they happen to meet again in the Finals? Will he still leave? Who knows? Or maybe if the Cavs wants an assurance that team will not be a lottery team again will they trade LeBron James now before the 2018 decision?

All of this is just rumors and speculation from the best sports analyst and specialist in the world of basketball and none of this is confirmed until the 2017 July free agency starts.

Paul George on Trade Rumors Going to Cavaliers

Paul George on Trade Rumors Going to Cavaliers

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NBA – Indiana Pacers superstar and 4× NBA All-Star Paul George is the hottest name on the list of NBA players in trade rumors this 2017 NBA off season.

Paul George has recently informed his current team that after 2017 - 2018 NBA Season he will not return as a Pacer and more likely going to another team which the favorite to land is his home town LA with the Lakers.

Since the announcement of George leaving the Pacers, the Pacers have immediately begun trade talks involving Paul George with other teams, including the Cleveland Cavaliers, who recently loss the 2017 NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors. 

According to rumors the Pacers will trade Paul George in exchange of Kevin Love? A deal that Pacers could win rather than losing Paul George in the 2018 NBA Off season?

If Paul George and Kevin Love trade happen? George will play for the Cavs for one year as a rental player? And the next season he is free to leave the Cavaliers with his own decision, but what if the Cavaliers became champion along with the George next season? That’s another question that can put George and the Cavaliers for a long term contract if George wants to be a Championship contender every year or go home in LA with the rebuilding team like the Lakers?

The addition of Paul George to the Cavaliers will improve their offense and more especially their defense and in preparation of once again facing the Warriors in the Finals for the 4th straight year? 

George will be designated player to guard the 2017 NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant to play some defense and to lessen the burden of LeBron James defending Durant. George is more likely will be the third options on Cavs team when it comes to who will be the main man of the Cavaliers and with no doubt LeBron James will still be the franchise players of the Cavs.

If this trade happens Paul George alongside with Kyrie Irving and LeBron James, forming the new "Big Three"in Cavs? Then the Warriors will not easily pass or beat the Cavaliers in their impending 4th meeting in the Finals? This could be a good series or might be a long series that could lead to 7 games? this could doubt as the clash of super teams? 

It is expected that the Warriors will come out as the Western Champion again this coming 2017 – 2018 NBA Season so as the Cavaliers in the East?

What would you think of this trade rumor? Will the Pacers and the Cavs agree of trading players? Let’s wait and see this coming days?

The Warriors are the only Obstacle in LeBron James Legacy

The Warriors are the only Obstacle in LeBron James Legacy

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NBA – The newly crown 2017 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors handed the 5th NBA Finals loss to 3 time NBA Champion LeBron James that drops him to career NBA Finals record of 3 Championships and 5 losses. The loss was the 2nd NBA Finals loss of LeBron James to the Warriors in their 3rd consecutive Championship meetings.

LeBron James is no doubt the greatest player of today’s basketball, he is the barometer of any teams in the NBA that looks upon him on how to defeat this guy? James made a bad team into championship caliber like what he did in his first year comeback in the Cavs uniform when he led the Cavs in the NBA Finals.

He has been in the NBA Finals for the 7th consecutive time the most for any player of today’s era and more likely again this coming 2017 – 2018 NBA Season.

He led the Cavaliers in their first ever NBA Championship in franchise history after defeating the 73 – 9, Golden State Warriors in a classic down to wire Game 7 in Oakland in 2016. The win cemented his legacy in basketball and all he have to do is to enhance his legacy as the year goes by and chase the ghost the he is referring to Greatest of All Time (GOAT) Michael Jordan? But Kevin Durant and the Warriors are in his way and blocking the road to supremacy.

The Golden State Warriors added former Oklahoma City Thunder and former MVP Kevin Durant during the 2016 NBA Free Agency to join forces with 2 time MVP Stephen Curry, former Defensive Player of the Year Draymond Green and all-star Klay Thompson to form a super team that could beat LeBron James and the Cavaliers. That move went successfully after regaining the 2017 NBA Title on June 12, 2017 after defeating the Cavs in Game 5 at home in Oracle Arena in Oakland.

The 2017 NBA Championship of the Warriors over the Cavs in their 3rd meeting ruin’s LeBron James legacy temporarily in chasing the ”Ghost” Michael Jordan for the Greatest of All-time when it comes to NBA Championship? But individual stats James is still there, after adding another milestone in his career stats as he became the first player to average a triple double in the recent NBA Finals.

For now, James and the Cavaliers must find a way to defeat the Warriors in the Finals? If they happen to face again for the 4th time? And if not? LeBron James will never again came close to any discussion of who’s really the GOAT and will never compared to Michael Jordan.

LeBron James Career NBA Finals Record Drops to 3 Wins and 5 Loss

LeBron James Career NBA Finals Record Drops to 3 Wins and 5 Loss

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NBA – The Cleveland Cavaliers has failed to defend their title over the super team Golden State Warriors after losing Game 5 of the 2017 NBA Finals at Oracle Arena in Oakland. The Warriors take a commanding 4 – 1 lead in the series to regain the NBA Championship after losing it to the Cavaliers in a down to wire Game 7 last year.

The loss of LeBron James in this year NBA Finals drops him to 3 Championship and 5 losses, creating more separation from the discussion of who is the Greatest Player of All Time ( GOAT ) against Michael Jordan and many critics saying that the conversation is finally over and he will never pass the GOAT Michael Jordan? And that the ghost, he is chasing is no more?

If only he has more help from his teammates aside from Kyrie Irving, who shows up in the Finals, but nowhere in the last quarter of Game 5 and somehow they win Game 5 and eventually wins the title? Perhaps the debate between Jordan and James will erupt on who’s really the GOAT? But it never happens! James suffered another loss in the Finals that surely ruin his career NBA Finals record.

James, is a once in a generation athlete who dominated the NBA for more than a decade, every team looks at him and finding ways on how to beat this guy? That’s why the Warriors needed Kevin Durant to join forces to dethrone the King? Up to now, he is still the best player on the planet with an amazing performance in the last 2 NBA Finals and including this year Finals where he became the first player in the NBA Finals to average a triple double for the whole series.

Despite the loss, LeBron James and the Cavaliers are considered to be the top contender in the East to return in the Finals as well as the reigning 2017 NBA Champion the Golden State Warriors, the Warriors will surely be the favorite unless the Cavaliers finds a way to solve their problems or else the Warriors will dominate the NBA for succeeding years to come?

Will this be the end of the LeBron James reign in the NBA or will he bounce back from defeat? While Kevin Durant and the Warriors are the new bad boys in town?

Warriors Regain the NBA Title after Defeating the Cavs in Game 5

Warriors Regain the NBA Title after Defeating the Cavs in Game 5

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NBA Finals – The Golden State Warriors are once again the NBA Champion after defeating the defending 2016 NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 at Oracle Arena in Oakland. 

The Warriors win their 2nd Championship in 3rd straight seasons and their 5th Championship in franchise History. Kevin Durant named as the 2017 Finals MVP after averaging 30 plus points in all games of the 2017 NBA Finals.

In the 1st quarter, the Warriors and the Cavaliers are fighting toe to toe in the game which also takes 8th several lead changes in the quarters, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving scored 12 points each to lead the Cavaliers leading by 4 points at the end of the 1st quarter 37 – 33.

In the 2nd quarter, the defending Champion is looking good they are up by 8 points their biggest lead of the entire game and suddenly things got wrong for the Cavs when the Warriors started to hit their shots and made a 28 to 4 run to establish the biggest lead of the game with 17 points. The 2nd quarter was the turning point of the game where the Warriors outscored the Cavaliers by 15 points to end the quarter leading by 11 points 71 – 60.

In the 3rd quarter, both teams are making their shots, but the Cavaliers win the quarter by outscoring the Warriors by 6 points 33 – 27 in the quarter and eventually cut the Warriors lead to 5 points 88 – 83. JR Smith has been big for the Cavs after hitting some series of 3’s his best game of the series.

In the 4th quarter, the Cavs made the first basket to even close the deficit 88 – 85, just down by 3 points and the closest the Cavs came after being down in the game since the 2nd quarter, but since then the Warriors control the game through out the remainder of the final quarter, posting another double digits lead and the defending Champion never find their way to come back and eventually the predicted and the favorite to win the series the Golden State Warriors crown as the 2017 NBA Champions in a 129 – 120 wins over the Cavs.

Meanwhile, LeBron James made another milestone in the NBA Finals as the only player to average a triple double in NBA Finals History. James finished the game with game high 41 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assist.