The Cavs Got Swagger Like That
I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve never thought the Cavs had the talent surrounding LeBron James to take home the title. I’ll also be the first to admit that I may be wrong.
While LeBron’s teammates aren’t Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen or Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum, according to Brian Windhorst’s Cavs Beat Blog, the Cavs got this chemistry thing down like Antoine Lavoisier.
“After the game nearly the entire Cavs team stayed in the shower area for an hour. They were leaning against walls, sitting on counters and enjoying adult beverages all in towels. They were talking, making fun of each other, hanging out. It may seem like normal locker room behavior, but it isn’t. Maybe these guys go hang out with each other in groups after the games at restaurants or their houses. But in my six years covering the Cavs I’d never seen that after a game. You have to preface everything you say about these Cavs with “it’s still early,” but I have not seen chemistry like this before. The season is long, trying times are certainly ahead, but the team is more than just winning, they are enjoying doing it with each other.”
There’s certainly a “PAUSE” needed at the end of that sentence, but let’s be serious: How good is this Cavs team that is now 15-3, have won six in a row, and are 10-0 at home?
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
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December 4th, 2008 at 11:29 am
fallinup says:
Damn, Aron. Was that a quote from a sports blog or the back of a gay porno DVD?
December 4th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Blue says:
@ fallinup…
I was thinking the same thing!! that’s not what i would call swagger…that’s Bro-mance right there.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:34 am
karizmatic says:
Very Good, right now they are the third best team in the league, and with LBJ on the squad anyuthing can happen. I still think they need that one other guy, but I am not going to underestimate what LBJ can do with a squad.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:35 am
JOB33 says:
I enjoy doing it with each other
lmao
December 4th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Mark says:
no inuendo in that blog at all!! gayest thing ive heard for a while
December 4th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Mamba says:
Yeah all gay references aside,
I really think Cleveland is poised to have a good year and knock Boston off in the playoffs, they really do have a good swag going right now,
Its one thing to be outwardly cocky and try and make people believe in you, but they just have gone about their business and put up the numbers, Bron/Kobe finals would be filthy,
P.S. when this whole locker room scene was going on, was “Playing with those Boys” from Top Gun blasting in the room….just wondering
December 4th, 2008 at 11:38 am
fallinup says:
One thing to retort Aron’s reasoning. And one thing only.
Mike Brown is still the coach.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Matthew Del Negro says:
Mike Brown was probably in the showers too , fully nude
December 4th, 2008 at 11:42 am
haslem says:
Lebrons teammates also arent even: David West, Tyson Chandler and Peja. (He would kill with them),
its arguably not even Al Horford, Mike Bibby, and Josh smith (taking out JJ),
its not EVEN, Raja bell, Nash, and Shaq (take out Amare)
I could go on, but really this still isnt an amazing team surrounding him, Lebron is just on another level, im not saying its a bad team, but come on.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:43 am
haslem says:
also how does reporting work? do the players get any privacy when showering/changing or anything?
December 4th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Juanito says:
The Cavs are paper tigers. They will fold again in the playoffs, and go quietly into that good night as Bron Bron leaves for a real city in 18 months.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Banga says:
I can see Cleveland coming outta the east this year. Lebron finally has a semi decent point guard with mo williams and they’re making the most of it.
However, they don’t have the pieces to win a chip. They’re still a semi decent low post player away from winning a championship… Chris Kaman anyone??
December 4th, 2008 at 11:50 am
justice(knicks fan) says:
Gayest shytt iv’e ever read, why include shower area with towels on…lmao
December 4th, 2008 at 11:51 am
fallinup says:
They gotta beat a contender just once before I say they can win it all.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:57 am
YOUNGFED says:
The Cavs ain’t going nowhere people, they’ll get to the playoffs an falloff like drunk skrippers
December 4th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Mike says:
to the pure all things are pure
December 4th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
nao_diga says:
Unlike some of the other upper-level teams (say division leaders plus a couple of others), the Cavs haven’t played any upper-echelon teams at home, so being 10-0 at home doesn’t tell you enough.
They’ve lost on the road to the Celtics, Pistons, and Hornets, which are really the only upper-echelon teams they’ve played at all. They were in all of those games until the end, and they are consistently beating bad and mediocre teams on the road, which they didn’t do last year.
So the verdict is: they look better than last year but its still too soon to tell if they’re in the top four, because of their soft home schedule.
If you look at past NBA champions, two of the best indicators are a solid winning record on the road and hunger (repeating is tough). They Cavs should have the hunger, they seem to have the chemmistry. When they’ve played and beaten some good teams at home and are still winning 60% or better of their road games, I’ll be a believer.
December 4th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Kudabeen says:
They drink Alcohol following games like that…That was the most significant thing to me out of this article.
Cavs are right there as the 3rd best team in the league and maybe number one. Bron is playing much less and everyone on the team is adding something. I don’t know what piece they are going to try to get for Wally, but it will have to be a versatile shooter, that can defend better than Wally. Don’t know who that will be.
December 4th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
YOUNGFED says:
@Kudabeen
Those were “Adult Beverages” lol
December 4th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Michorizo says:
Tim Hardaway would hate to be on the Cavs
December 4th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
haslem says:
the problem with this cavs is its literally a team of guys who are supposed to be able to “shoot to create space” for Lebron. None of these guys can do that adequatley enough. The fact that the cavs are doing this well should say 1 thing. LBJ is scary, if he had half the supporting cast other superstars do, it’d be over, it wouldnt even be close.
but I do like Delonte West and Mo williams.
December 4th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
justice(knicks fan) says:
the catchers on the cavs would have to be
big z
bobbie gibson
varejao
mo williams
jj (young tender) hickson
everyone else is pitching…lmao who wants to be in a towel around dudes period but dudes that look like ben wallace is a effen nightmare
December 4th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Mr. A says:
Couldn’t “adult beverages” be referring to a semen salad? It would further the gay innuendo.
just sayin’…
December 4th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
fallinup says:
It’s settled.
Gayest Quote Ever
“faaaaa-beau-lussssss!!!”
December 4th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
isotope says:
nothing creates better “chemistry” than winning and job-security. watch them go on a losing streak and all that “chemistry” is out the window.
December 4th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
original2k9 says:
nah it aint like that, look how easy their schedule has been thus far
December 4th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Three Stacks says:
Lebron took a less talented and less experienced team to the Finals two years ago, and pushed the eventual champions to 7 tough games last year. If anyone in the L can take this kind of team to a championship, it’s Lebron.
Then they can celebrate all night in towels, spraying adult beverages on each other.
December 4th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
YOUNGFED... says:
I wonder whats happens when some drops the soap. Thats when the real chemistry begins i bet.
December 4th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
JCARR says:
Why would anyone think of people dropping the soap in the shower. Come on now…
They are a good team and have developed the concept of team and building chemistry that very few teams have (That whole quoted paragraph was very descriptive, perhaps to an excess) .
December 4th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Heaven Is A Playground says:
Cavs are legit this year. Mo williams is the definitly the piece that was missing. Mo is playing unselfishly, and doing a good job with controlling the ball when Bron doesn’t have it. Other than that Bron is on another leverl this year, and the man just gets better and better.
anyway, no James Posey to team up with Double P to guard Bron, therefore, the C’s will fall to the Cavs. I’m not hatin on the Celtics, I’m just saying Bron is in his 6th year in the league, the man is due to make another finals appearance. Cavs and Lakers in Finals, now that’s a finals the NBA can make tons of money off of.
December 4th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
dagwaller says:
Pause.
December 4th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
doc says:
They look like they gonna win the chip to me.I can see them and LA with Pau getting hored and Bron ending the u know what debate with averaging 35-10-10.
December 4th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
sans says:
Bring that chip!!!