Hapless in Cleveland

"I'm taking my talents to South Beach." With this now infamous utterance, Lebron James caused the city of Cleveland to go into a frenzy and unraveled the Cavalier franchise. Obviously, the Cavaliers would be nowhere near as successful as in previous years, but many analysts and media members still believed "Lebron's supporting cast" could still compete for a lower playoff seed in a weak Eastern Conference. This belief was fairly accurate for the first month of the season, but on December 2 at home against the Miami Heat their season ended. They were thoroughly beaten and embarrassed by their former favorite son, Lebron James, who scored 38. Since that fateful game, they have lost 19 of 20 games and are a league worst 8-30 on the year. Their most recent display of futility was a 112-57 smack down at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers last night.

As if it couldn't get any worse, the man responsible for their rapid downfall Tweeted a scathing and condemnatory message towards the Cavalier organization. James has not only broken the hearts of an entire city and state, but now he insists on stomping on the face of the organization while it is at its lowest point. The game in Cleveland in the beginning of December was a huge detriment for Cleveland, but provided the exact opposite situation for Miami. Before the game, people were blasting the decision to bring the Big 3 together and questioning whether they would even make the playoffs. Since that drubbing of Cleveland they have won 18 of 19 games and are first in Eastern Conference with a 30-9 record.

Cleveland looks to be on the fast track for the number one pick in next year's draft, but the college game lacks a lock top pick thus far this year. With very few pieces to build around and no way to attract free agents to the bleak city of Cleveland, the Cavaliers seem to be in for years of living in the basement of the East. However, there is one glint of hope:  if the Cavaliers end up with the top pick, they could end up with Ohio State's Jared Sullinger. Sullinger is a star freshman at the university and is a native of Columbus, Ohio. We all know what happened the last time Cleveland drafted a young, homegrown star with the top pick in the draft. Hey, you never know.