One Year Turnaround:
Best to Worst Record in the League
When LeBron James announced on ESPN’s “The Decision” that he would be leaving Cleveland to join forces with Superstars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami, everyone was aware of the consequences that the Cleveland Cavaliers would endure. Losing arguably the best basketball player in the NBA, let alone the world, in his primed years is not a typical day in the NBA. Even Dan Gilbert, the Cavaliers owner, vowed in a letter to the fans, in which he revealed his hatred towards LeBron James, that the Cavaliers will win an NBA Championship before the self-proclaimed ‘King’ wins one in Miami with the Heat.
So yeah.. This was Huge!
How Huge?
The Cleveland Cavaliers have lost fifteen straight games, the latest at the hands of the Milwaukee Bucks and find themselves holding the title of “Worst team in the NBA”. After being considered a team in the hunt for a championship since their 2007 Finals appearance against the San Antonio Spurs, the Cavs are now in a different hunt…
(1) Working towards landing next year’s number 1 pick in the draft (worst team = best chances)
(2) Attempting to break the record for the greatest fallen franchises of all time
How’s that vow working out for you Dan?
Lets take a look at the Competition!
Race for Last?
In this segment of the hunt, the Cavs (8-33) are competing with a few teams, firstly, the drastically improved New Jersey Nets (yes, sarcasm..) at 11-31, wins-loses (last year, this time: 3-38 record). Secondly, a stagnant Minnesota Timberwolves team at 10-33, despite up and coming star Kevin Love (last year, this time: 9-34). And Finally a seemingly declining Sacramento Kings team at 9-31 (last year, this time: 15-26) who have disproved the logic: When your down, you have no place to go but up… (nice job guys)..
…And to make matters worse, watch Kevin Love’s awkward social skills..
LOL.. indeed!
*Fun Fact: Last year, this time, the Cleveland Cavaliers owned a 32-11 record and went on to win 61 games, placing them number one in regular season wins for the second straight year.
Ohhh, the fun memories…
Race for Greatest Fallen Franchises?
Here the competition is quite interpretative… The Cavaliers are competing with the 1998-99 Bulls, who registered a 13-37 record in the most recent lockout year (where NBA teams only played 50 games due to player-management negotiations). This coming on the heels of a Championship season under Michael Jordan’s reign and a 62-20 record, the 6th Championship for Jordan and the Bulls franchise. The 98-99 Bulls finished with a winning percentage of 26% while the Cavs now hold an even more pathetic 19.6% winning percentage. You can do it Cavs, just don’t blow your lead!
To check out more Fallen Franchises:
http://www.realclearsports.com/lists/team_drop_offs/philadelphia_flyers_2006_07.html?state=stop
Could LeBron James’s departure from Cleveland be greater than Michael Jordan’s departure from the Bulls??
Check out how the Cavaliers were most recently humiliated!
no comments, just pity..
Let’s hear those opinions!
All jokes aside, my pal Wilt said it best,
Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.
— Wilt Chamberlain
Yea michael jordan roockkkks yea
+1
Cavaliers will make the playoffs for sure! No doubt in my mind!
I love your optimism/sarcasm, it goes very well with my blog! haha
It was bound to happen… The president was an idiot to say those things to Lebron… now everyone will jump on the Miami bandwagon… sadly 2011 is not Miami’s year
who’s year is it, let me guess.. the
Orlando MagicLA Lakers?? haha!I hope so man… lots of strong contenders!