LeBron James, No. 1

Blatt said LeBron James would be ready to play in Thursday’s preseason game but sit out the second game in Philadelphia. Rather than testing free agency, Love chose to meet with both Blatt and LeBron separately and has said that while they didn’t agree on everything at first, they came away from those meetings feeling like they had a plan of attack in place and reached a common ground.

Nevertheless, James said that he will focus instead and he commended his other teammates for working hard in training camp. The Cavaliers and Thompson have not been talking much as of late according to reports after working on a deal for most of the summer.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The last time LeBron James was on the court at The Q wearing No. 6, things went pretty well for him.

“You know, obviously, we continue to say, I continue to say how his value to us is extreme, as we saw past year in the postseason, throughout the season”. From your perspective, what do they need to take that next step? Players tend to enter their physical prime at 27 and leave it at roughly the age James stands at now.

The move: The most obvious instance of this involves the type of offense the Cavs ran. With a combined 1,183 combined regular season and playoff games, experience and muscle memory have made his movements more efficient and replaced slightly fading athleticism.

But without James, and with the negotiating choices Thompson’s made to date, the Cavs would have little reason to keep their $80 million offer on the table.

The aftermath: This LeBron-centric, stagnant offense worked well enough, but it was definitely a less than optimal for a team of Cleveland’s talent, and it often left Love without enough touches to get a rhythm.

But Sanders, who was also a very good baseball players for most of the 1990s, wore a number 2 during practice. During his two years with the Ravens, he wore number 37. I think they got rid of a lot of empty stats and offensive hijackers in Greivis Vasquez and Lou Williams.