Lou Amundson’s Travel During Sunday’s Cavs Game Was Laugh Out Loud Funny

Will NBA travels ever not be completely absurd and hilarious? As someone who grew up watching Patrick Ewing incorporate a 3 Step Shuffle as a signature move, I have always had respect for great travels. And if we are being honest, I can’t even blame Amundson. You never know when LeBron is going to come from behind and swat your breakaway dunk to oblivion like some sort of snake.

You also have to love Clyde and Breen just laughing their asses off at Amundson blatantly traveling. They are simply the best.

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LeBron Saying Tonight’s Game Against The Knicks Is One Of The Biggest Sporting Events Ever Is 10000% INSANE

ESPN- Major League Baseball enjoyed the two greatest words in all of sports with a Game 7 in the World Series on Wednesday, but LeBron James believes his regular-season opener with the Cleveland Cavaliers has the potential to draw even more attention.

“For me, I know all of us shouldn’t take this moment for granted,” James said after shootaround Thursday in advance of the Cavs’ home game against the New York Knicks. “This is probably one of the biggest sporting events that is up there ever.”

The Miracle On Ice.  Super Bowl XLII.  Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.  The Thrilla In Manilla.  And of course, Knicks @ Cavs on 10/30/14.  Just a collection of the biggest and best games ever.

Bron Bron, why do you do this to yourself?  Everyone in the entire WORLD loved you until you pulled the rug out from under the with The Decision and The Welcome Party.  Then you leave Miami, go back home, and everyone decided to forgive and forget.  And this is how you repay us?  A million commercials about your return home and saying things like tonight’s game “is probably one of the biggest sporting events that is up there ever”.

I am officially out on The Return (and I want to kill myself for capitalizing The Return.  Ugh, I just did it again!).  This is all about marketing and making a brand name.  Just like Carmelo didn’t come back to NYC for the money, LeBron didn’t go back to Cleveland to win them a championship.  He went back to make himself a global icon.  Anyone who doesn’t believe that is a sheep.  So if you want to believe in LeBron, go put on your Cavs jersey and eat your blue raspberry Blow Pops.  Because the only people that are bigger sheep than LeBron fans are people who think Blue Razz tastes good.

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Delonte West Pretty Much Admitting To Sleeping With Gloria James Is Like Finding Out That Santa Claus Is Real

Well now, isn’t that a nice little way to get this Wednesday started.  We have all heard the rumors, believed the rumors, thought mayyyybe the rumors were false once people started blaming every losing streak on a sex scandal, and then just accepted that we would never know the truth.  But this is as close to a confession as you are going to get from someone who is bipolar.

I love Delonte mentioning Cassius Clay and Johnny Cash as reasons for his sons name, but didn’t feel the need to mention the actual currency that the kid was likely named after.  He’s definitely a cute kid though.  I’m happy Delonte seems to have gotten it all figured out.

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The Last Month Of NBA Mayhem In One Handy (And Gigantic) Infographic

From SI.com. Click to enlarge and zoom in

Most infographics are way too much for my brain to take in at once, and if we are being honest, this one is no different.  But I think it is funny to see why ESPN covered this story like it was the Kennedy assassination for the last month or so.  Teams bent over backwards (and forwards in some cases), made moves they would never have made, and put all other transactions on hold just because the best player on the planet was available and there was at least a 1% chance he would go to their team.

It got so crazy that some people actually listened to what Chris Broussard had to say on the matter, despite the fact that everyone hates him more than any ESPN personality not named Skip Bayless.  All I ask is that LeBron doesn’t pull this shit again anytime soon.  Unless he goes to the Knicks, then sign me up for 2+ years of rumor mining and trying to connect the dots.

PS- If I have to hear that Daryl Morey won this offseason despite the fact he lost Jeremy Lin, Omer Asik, Chandler Parsons, and a first round pick to end up with Trevor Ariza as his LeBron/Melo/Bosh consolation prize, I am just going to snap.

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Cavs Willing To Trade Andrew Wiggins For Kevin Love. Cleveland Fans Trying To Figure Out How Their Hearts Will Be Broken This Time

I figured it out, guys. The Cavs trade Wiggins for Love. LeBron & Love get Raptured. WIggins becomes next MJ. Why? Because, its Cleveland

— Clem (@TheClemReport) July 18, 2014

I am not sure if quoting your own Tweet is against the internet’s unwritten rules or what, but if you don’t think that this is actually in the realm of possibilities, then you haven’t been paying attention to the sports history of Cleveland for the last 60 years.  It would just be so Cleveland to trade a rookie for an established superstar, so you could pair him with the best player in the world and somehow have it all turn to shit.  If Cleveland makes this trade, I may bet on Wiggins to win rookie of the year that night.  Mortal lock of the century.

But if by some chance God does not smite Cleveland, these two playing together will be basketball porn for fans.  Two of the best passing big men of this generation on the same team?  Incredible.  Love getting rebounds and throwing outlet passes to LeBron chugging like a runaway train will lead to countless ESPN Top 10 plays.  Man, it’s nice to like LeBron again.

PS- This should be Cleveland’s official motto.

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In One Tweet, Adrian Peterson Perfectly Sums Up How 90% Of America Feels About The Cavs

When LJ was drafted out Of HS, I became a Cleveland fan, I was a Jr in HS! But When he left… I left TOO! Now I’m a Cavs fan again!

— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) July 12, 2014

I think we all adopted the Cavs as our second favorite team when they drafted LeBron.  The minute your team was eliminated from playoff contention, you wanted to see Bron Bron take down the Celtics and go for a ring.  Unfortunately, LeBron went heel on all of us by signing with the Heat, but now we have a clean slate again.

God Bless The Internet: LeBron Edition. The Best Pictures, Gifs, Memes And Tweets Of LeBron Going Back To Cleveland

And with this post, I promise to not talk about the LeBron James/Miami Heat/Cleveland Cavaliers free agency saga again, until he inevitably pulls some crap in 4 more years.

In Case You Missed It: The Clem Report’s 2014 NBA Draft Recap

The draft starts out with Chad Ford pulling a Schefter and spoiling picks right before they happened.  

Dear sports writers,

If you tell us the draft picks before they happen, there isn’t much of a reason to watch the draft on TV.  And if we just watch the draft on TV without going on Twitter, than my Twitter addiction kicks in and I want to claw my eyes out.  Cut the shit!

Love,

Clem

I wish I had Chad Ford’s cell number so I could text him GoT spoilers that I know from the books 30 seconds before they happen on TV.

— Kevin McElroy (@knickerbacker) June 27, 2014