LeBron James is 2008-2009 MVP

LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers is the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the 2008-09 NBA Most Valuable Player presented by Kia Motors. James totaled 1,172 points including 109 first place votes, from a panel of 121 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Players were awarded 10 points for each first-place vote, seven points for each second-place vote, five for third, three for fourth and one for each fifth-place vote received.
Rounding out the top five in voting for this season’s award are the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant (698 points), Miami’s Dwyane Wade (680), Orlando’s Dwight Howard (328) and New Orleans’ Chris Paul (192).

As part of its support of the Most Valuable Player Award, Kia Motors America will donate either a new Borrego SUV or Sedona minivan on behalf of James to The Urban League of Akron. Kia Motors is presenting a brand new vehicle to the charity of choice of each of four 2008-09 season-end award winners as part of the “The NBA Performance Awards Presented by Kia Motors.”
James, the first Cavalier to win the award, led Cleveland in scoring (28.4 ppg, second in the NBA), rebounds (7.6 rpg), assists (7.2 apg, fourth), and steals (1.7 spg, eighth). Since the 1973-74 season when steals became an official stat, James is the fourth player to lead his team in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals, while also leading his team to 50-plus wins (Larry Bird 1985-86; Grant Hill, 1996-97; Kevin Garnett, 2002-03). The 6-8 forward helped Cleveland to an NBA- and franchise-best 66-16 season, a 21-game improvement over last season (45-37), marking the 12th time an NBA team has reached 66 wins in a season.
James led the league in triple-doubles (seven) and became the 12th player in NBA history to record three-consecutive triple-doubles (March 7, 10, 12). In his sixth season, James became the ninth player in NBA history to have at least five consecutive 2,000 point seasons.
Since the NBA began voting on the Eastern and Western Conference Player of the Month separately in 2001-02, James is just the second player to receive the award four times in one season (Kevin Garnett, 2003-04). James was voted the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in November, January, March and April. James was also named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week seven times (Nov. 10, 17; Dec. 29; Jan. 26; Feb. 9; March 16, 23).
The NBA MVP trophy is named in honor of the late Maurice Podoloff, the first commissioner of the NBA who served from 1946 until his retirement in 1963.
The 2008-09 NBA Most Valuable Player Award presented by Kia Motors is part of a series of on-court performance awards called “The NBA Performance Awards Presented by Kia Motors.” The awards, which are part of a multi-year marketing partnership that makes Kia Motors America the official automotive partner of the NBA, also include the Most Improved Player, Defensive Player of the Year, and Sixth Man Awards. The series also includes the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month presented by Kia Motors. For more information on the “The NBA Performance Awards Presented by Kia Motors” 

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Back Online After Major Hack Attack

Sorry for the sight being down for so long.

CavsHistory suffered a MAJOR hacker attack recently.

After wrestling with getting it clean we are back online.

In the following months I will be working on developing a new format for the sight that will guarantee that hackers won’t be able to bring it down.

I have no idea why someone would want to attack a harmless, FREE fan site.

Go CAVS. At least we are back up for the remainder of this amazing playoff run.

-dcass

LeBron James Named NBA’s Eastern Conference PotM

 LeBron James was named today as the NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Month presented by KIA for games played in the month of March.
In 17 games during the month, James averaged 28.2 points on .472 shooting, 8.9 rebounds and 8.4 assists per game. James has now won the award for the 10th time in his career: for the third time this season (November, January); two times during 2007-08, once in 2006-07, twice in 2005-06 and twice during the 2004-05 campaign.

During March, James ranked first in triple-doubles (4), free throws made (129) and free throws attempted (170) and tied for first in double-doubles (12). He also ranked second in points per game (28.2) and field goals made (159), third in assists (8.4), tied for fifth in three-pointers made (32), sixth in steals (1.8), seventh in rebounds (8.9) and ranked 13th in blocks (1.3) among Eastern Conference players. He finished with 479 points, 152 rebounds and 143 assists during the month; the only other player in NBA history to reach each of those totals in one month is Oscar Robertson, who did it eight separate months, most recently in January 1965. James led the team to a 16-1 record during the month, helping Cleveland to its best month in franchise history and tying the league record for wins in a month. James also won Eastern Conference Player of the Week twice during the month (for the week ending March 15th and March 22nd).

James recorded four triple-doubles during the month (March 7th vs. Miami, March 10th at LA Clippers, March 12th at Phoenix and March 19th vs. Portland). On March 7th, James achieved his first triple-double of the month with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists. At the LA Clippers on March 10th, he finished with 32 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 assists and tallied two blocks and two steals. Against Phoenix, for his third triple-double of the month, James scored 34 points to go along with 10 rebounds, 13 assists and had three blocks and three steals becoming the 12th player in NBA history to have three consecutive triple-doubles. On March 19th versus the Trail Blazers, he scored a game-high 26 points and added 11 rebounds and 10 assists to record his league leading seventh triple-double of the season.

In an overtime win against the Sacramento Kings on March 13th, he led the Cavs with 51 points, nine assists, three blocks and two steals to clinch the Central Division for the second time in franchise history. This marked his eighth career game of 50 plus points and third time this season (leads the NBA).

At Quicken Loans Arena, James posted 22 points and added eight rebounds and 11 assists, versus New Jersey on March 25th. With his first points of the night he became the second player in league history to post four seasons of 2,000 or more points, 500 or more rebounds and 500 assists in a season (Oscar Robertson-six seasons) and the ninth player in NBA history to have at least five consecutive 2,000 point seasons.

James finished with 43 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists, four steals and one block to record his 22nd double-double of the season versus the Magic on March 17th. The only other player to record those numbers in a game is Larry Bird in 1992 for the Celtics when he had 49 points, 14 rebounds, 12 assists and four steals.

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Site Update: New Jersey/Uniform Page

Hey Cavs fans,
   Check out the MUCH improved Cavaliers Jersey Page that has been added.  The old one served its purpose for a long time, but an improvement was much needed.  I still have some stuff to add, such as photographs of the actual jerseys, but the new page(s) will give the reader/Cavs historian a lot more to look at.

Let me know if you find any errors, etc…

Go Cavs!!!

-the Management

2008-2009 Cavs Team is the Best Ever

With their win against the Nets on the 25th of March the Cavs got their 58th win of the season.  This already makes them the winningest team in franchise history and there are still 10 games left.

Go Cavs and congrats!

LBJ Wins Player of the Week Again

was named today as the NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, March 16th through Sunday, March 22nd. James wins the award for the second consecutive week and becomes the only player in the history of the award to win it seven times in a season (The Player of the Week award has been awarded since the 1979-80 season and awarded by conference since the 2001-02 season).

In four games during the week, James averaged a double-double with 30.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 7.8 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.0 block per game. James has now won the award 20 times in his career, including a career-best seven times this season, three times in 2007-08, twice in 2006-07, five times in 2005-06 and on three occasions during the 2004-05 campaign.

James finished with 43 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists, four steals, and one block to record his 22nd double-double of the season versus the Orlando Magic on March 17th. The only other player to record at least those numbers in a game was Larry Bird in 1992 for the Celtics when he had 49 points, 14 rebounds, 12 assists and four steals. His 43 points and 12 rebounds marked the ninth 40-point, 10-rebound game of his career (Cavs are 7-2) and his second this season.

At Quicken Loans Arena, on March 21st, he tallied 22 points, seven rebounds, five assists, one block and three steals in a win over the Hawks. In a 97-92 overtime win over the Portland Trail Blazers, he recorded 26 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, two blocks and one steal for his league-high seventh triple-double on the season. In the only road game for the Cavs this week, he scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for his 24th double-double this season while dishing out eight assists in a 96-88 victory over New Jersey on March 22nd.

With four wins this week and a current nine-game winning streak, James and the Cavaliers tied the most wins in franchise history with 57 (1988-89 and 1991-92) and hold the NBA’s best overall (57-13) and home record (32-1).

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LeBron Player of the Week for Week Ending March 15th

James was second in the league in points (34.0 ppg) and assists (10.8), and added 8.8 rpg, as the Cavaliers went 4-0 and clinched the Central Division title for the second time in franchise history (1975-76). James became the 12th player in NBA history to have three consecutive triple-doubles and recorded his eighth career game of 50-plus points. With three road wins against the L.A. Clippers, Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings, Cleveland improved to an Eastern Conference-best 22-4 against the Western Conference. This is James’ sixth Player of the Week Award this season.

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Site Hacked Again

All, it appears as if we have really hit a problem with someone adding ads to the site. I am in contact with the server host as the issues seems to be on the host.

Sorry for the pain. I will update as soon as possible.

Cheers,
the mgmt

Just because AC is the greatest

Site Hacked

There will be minor maintenance on the site tonight. Some A-Hole hacked cavshistory with a bunch of Viagra ads. I am stripping the junk out right now. Everything will be back to normal shortly.

-dcass