After the Lakers loss sunday they had a picture of Mo Williams getting kicked in the face by Kobe. They could have easily used a different picture and i think they used this one to disrespect the cavs....

Now this time, the headline of our loss against indiana reads "Lebron nets 47, but costs Cavs the game with late foul". Is it me or are have they  been bashing lebron and the cavs a lot lately? For a while it seems like we were getting respect but the last month but ever since the "crab dribble" the refs and media have been hating on us. I just dont like how they say lebron cost us the game when 1) he had a very good game 2) he didnt even foul him.

Feb 10, 2009 -- 10:14PM, jonobgood wrote:

After the Lakers loss sunday they had a picture of Mo Williams getting kicked in the face by Kobe. They could have easily used a different picture and i think they used this one to disrespect the cavs....

 

Now this time, the headline of our loss against indiana reads "Lebron nets 47, but costs Cavs the game with late foul". Is it me or are have they  been bashing lebron and the cavs a lot lately? For a while it seems like we were getting respect but the last month but ever since the "crab dribble" the refs and media have been hating on us. I just dont like how they say lebron cost us the game when 1) he had a very good game 2) he didnt even foul him.

They should bash the Cavs. We're playing with no smarts and no passion. I seriously wonder if this team will ever truly get it together. No I'm not saying the sky is falling, but it seems it's the little things like BOXING out or PLAYING DEFENSE or MAKING A SOLID PASS that always kills them in the end. I have no problem with ESPN bashing us, we deserve it!!

I have an idea for all of us and the team: stop listening and reading what other people say about the Cavaliers and get back to doing what we did to start the season.  I realize we're beaten up but injuries happen the rest of the stuff just distracts from what we should all be focused on and that's winning a championship.

Feb 10, 2009 -- 10:14PM, jonobgood wrote:

After the Lakers loss sunday they had a picture of Mo Williams getting kicked in the face by Kobe. They could have easily used a different picture and i think they used this one to disrespect the cavs....

 

Now this time, the headline of our loss against indiana reads "Lebron nets 47, but costs Cavs the game with late foul". Is it me or are have they  been bashing lebron and the cavs a lot lately? For a while it seems like we were getting respect but the last month but ever since the "crab dribble" the refs and media have been hating on us. I just dont like how they say lebron cost us the game when 1) he had a very good game 2) he didnt even foul him.

WOW, everyone is so convinced that Cavs get all this disrespect and hate that we start looking for things which really don't exist. A photo of Mo Williams getting kicked in the face by Kobe was disrespect to Cleveland?? Really?? How about it was an interesting photo which kinda summed up the game so they put it up there. LA did win after all. Unfortunately Lebron's foul did cost them the game, I'm not saying he did much wrong and I'm not sure it was a foul but it still cost the game. I don't think that summary is hating on the Cavs in any way.

It's not necessarily disrespect as it is more the reality that the media caters to major markets, and mid-market teams just don't grab ratings, sell newspapers, and get web hits in the eyes of media execs. That's the way it always is, look at national coverage of our Browns and Indians as well. Same thing.