doing our damndest to keep Him in Cleveland
Oh no, NoYork's blog is down, my future looks so blurry
We’d like to apologize to all of our readers for the lack of posts/recent crash of our blog. Unfortunately there were several attempts to breach the security of our website. These attempts took a heavy toll on our server and caused our blog to go offline for an extended amount of time. We apologize for the absence, but now it’s time once again to fight the good fight!
NoYork!
"Excuse me Kevin, I'm going to slip by you for that MVP trophy"
With the King on autopilot and KD struggling to find a place for his Thunder in the wild wild west, it looks as though Durant will be the league’s scoring champion, but that’s okay. LeBron has already stated his distaste for individual awards, despite the fact that he could win them if he wanted… earlier this year LeBron spoke of the scoring title saying, “If I really wanted to, if I really wanted to be the scoring [champion] every single year — every single year — I could really do it. But it doesn’t matter.”
Since we are fans we can talk about awards all we want, so while we’re on the topic let’s just crown LeBron the MVP now. His team once again has the best record in the NBA and his numbers are ridiculous as always. LeBron has coasted through this season, leading the Cavs through injuries and personnel adjustments, hardly phased by his competition.
So KD can have the scoring title, LeBron will take the MVP award for a second straight season and he’ll be in competition for an NBA championship. This doesn’t take anything away from the year Durant is having, it’s just to say that LeBron could win the scoring title if he wanted it. Instead he’ll take MVP and a ring.
In case you didn’t know. NoYork will be selling our shirts up at the Cleveland’s Got Sole Event tomorrow, April 10th (Embassy Suites 3775 Park E Dr, Beachwood, Ohio). It’s going to be Cleveland’s largest sneaker event. There are a ton of great raffles (I got my eye on you Mystery Shoes) and proceeds are going to the Lebron James Family Foundation.
Clevelands Got Sole Promo Video from ClevelandsGotSole on Vimeo.
Also, for a little challenge, we decided to come up with the following:
NoYork Challenge
The Game: NBA 2K10 (xbox360 only, sorry PS3 fans)
The Rules: You play as the CAVS, we play as the KNICKS (already in your favor) in one quickgame.
How to win: Top 3 players with the highest point difference win (first game starts at 1pm, last game at 4:30pm).
The Prize: A beautiful NoYork shirt of your choice
So come visit the booth, bring your A game, and if you can’t beat us, join us and pick up a NoYork shirt (or two).
Saturday April 10th
12pm - 5pm
Embassy Suites
3775 Park E Dr, Beachwood, Ohio
Breath Mint Carlos?
Is there anyone who doesn’t know where LeBron James is headed next year? Apparently not, as Carlos Boozer is the latest player to predict where LeBron will end up. “I think LeBron’s going to stay. That’s my gut. They’re doing everything they can to build him a championship. His biggest thing is winning a ring. I think his best chance to win a ring is probably where he’s at.” Thanks for the insight Carlos.
My question is was it in Boozer’s gut that he would leave for Utah when he gave his word to the Cavs that he would stay in Cleveland? Was it in his gut that he thought money was more important than staying Cleveland and having a great shot at a title? I don’t know the answer to these questions but I know there would be a size 12 Nike in his gut if I ever met Boozer. I haven’t practiced my roundhouse ninja kicks lately, but I think he would bring it out of me.
Hopefully LeBron does stay in Cleveland, and yes the Cavs have definitely built a very solid team around their King. I do believe his biggest thing is winning a ring, and I do believe that his best shot is in Cleveland. And no, you will never know how much it pains me to agree with Carlos Boozer.
Special thanks to the fan who wore a NoYork shirt to the McDonald’s All-American game in Columbus, Ohio. We don’t know your name, but we appreciate your support. If you know this man contact us at noyork23@gmail.com so we can give this man a proper shout out.
UPDATE: Fan is OSU Freshman Stephen Hooper.
I live for these shiny things!!! No more passing...
Last week LeBron told the media that his race with Kevin Durant for the NBA scoring title was not important. But just in case they were wondering, he could win it anytime he wanted. The exact quote from King James went like this, “If I really wanted to, if I really wanted to be the scoring [champion] every single year — every single year — I could really do it. But it doesn’t matter.”
Currently LeBron is averaging 29.8 points per contest while Kevin Durant is at 29.6 ppg. When you take these numbers into account it does seem that LeBron could win the scoring title every year. He’s one of the most unselfish superstars the league has ever seen. If he were say, KOBE BRYANT-like, he could easily average at least 5-7 more points a game in my opinion.
Instead LeBron dishes the rock to teammates and spreads the wealth while on the court. It’s no shock that the Cavs are one of the closest teams in the NBA. Often times their bench looks more like a group of college guys enjoying the ride, than a bunch of NBA players making multi million dollars.
I guess The King could trade all that in for a couple scoring titles, but would it really be worth it? He doesn’t think so.
"Who wants to buy some DVDs?"
Say hello to our first NoYork.com exclusive! This piece of paper was found in a Washington DC airport. It’s only speculation of course, but we believe this is Big Z’s itinerary for his trip to Washington. We’ve taken the time to piece together the puzzle of Z’s short visit and here’s what we’ve found…
- Execute DVD Plan As soon as Z stepped off the plane he started getting the feel of the local DVD market. Big Z checked out local DVD hotspots and recruited young, ambitious, business minded high schoolers to set up DVD stands on every corner. Then he personally visited every barber shop in the DC area selling his DVDs.
- Physical Next up Z breezed through his physical. As his rehabilitated feet were examined he sent text messages to all of his new employees, motivating them to sell as many DVDs as possible in the next couple hours.
- Meet with Grunfeld Z was twenty minutes late to meet with Ernie Grunfeld. He ran into Grunfeld’s office huffing and puffing with the pockets of his hoodie bulging. Before Grunfeld had a chance to speak Z started pulling wads of cash from his pockets and piled it on Ernie’s desk. When he was done Grunfeld could barely see the 7′3 man over the pile of money. “It’s all there, 1.5 Million.” Grunfeld looked up at Z puzzled, wondering how he got the money. Z smiled and said, “DC loves them some DVDs.”
Z turned to walk out and Grunfeld told him he’d have to stay for a couple days. Angered by the comment Z spun around and pulled out two cap guns. “Get me back to Cleveland Grunfeld,” Z snarled as he pointed the orange tipped guns at the startled man. With that Z placed the toy guns back in his pockets and walked out of office and started dialing a familiar number.
- Call Agent The conversation went something like this…
“I need out of this town”
“I know big fella, we’ll get you back in Cleveland”
“Tell the media that I’m thinking of going to the Nuggets,” laughter on both ends.
“You’d need to get some ink if you went there”
“Just make sure to get me back to Cleveland,” Z said as he contemplated a Chosen 11 tat on his back.
- Call Nike The next order of business was the MVP puppet commercial that Z had recently been featured in. As a Nike representative picked up Z asked if his barber shop commercial would be picked back up when oops if I go back to the Cavs?
- Take Care of Wizards Gear As Z was being reassured that his commercial would air if he went back to Cleveland, he opened the door to his hotel room. He grabbed the two large duffel bags of Wizards gear he had received earlier in the day and took them into the bathroom. He rummaged through both bags until he found his #97 jersey that he requested to signify his first year in the League. He took the home and away jerseys and burnt them in the hotel bathtub. The sight of his name on a Washington jersey brought a tear to his eye.
- Fly Home As Z’s taxi moved towards the airport he asked the driver to pull over multiple times throughout the city. Z distributed the rest of his gear to the young entrepreneurs that helped him raise the money to pay for his buyout. With that Z left behind a day of bad memories and in his wake a slew of baggy clothed kids.
WELCOME HOME Z! Can’t wait for the 21st!
The internet, what a wonderful place
As our blog has gone through different stages of growth we’ve been exposed to the power and wackiness of the internet. From spam to other team’s fans, it’s all been quite amusing. Here are some things we’ve witnessed along the way…
First off, out of 931 comments on NoYork.com 873 have been spam. I guess it’s good that the spammers care enough about us to send us multiple comments on a daily basis, but it does get a bit old weeding through the garbage to find quotes from living breathing human beings. Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to comment on our page.
Speaking of comments I would like to showcase one of my favorites so far. This comment was submitted to us by a Knicks fan named “Roy.”
- As a Knicks fan, i will soon be enjoying these type of highlights on a nightly basis. Thanks for the preview of things to come for the Knickerbockers. Quick question, what will happen to this site when LeBron signs with New York? Just out of curiosity. And those t-shirts will turn lame as well, oh well.
I thought it would be nice to answer Roy’s questions. First off, as a Knicks fan you do enjoy highlights on a nightly basis, perhaps with this summer’s free agent crop you’ll see actual Knicks highlights next year. Secondly, I’m not sure what will happen to this website after LeBron makes his decision, we’ll keep you posted though. Lastly, we think the tee shirts will always be cool because, well because we designed them.
Next up we’ll go to an email that we recently received from a guy we’ll call “Liddel McGrady.” Liddel (we’ve been pronouncing it Lie-Dell, even though we assume he meant Little) emailed us yesterday with a new concept and a fresh take on LeBron’s free agency. Here are a couple of his emails combined into one free flowing thought from the mind of Liddel McGrady.
- Watch out for the new “YesYork” Brand. We all know LeBron is a Knick come this summer, why deny it? Accept it, silly cavs fan.
Let me ask you a hypothetical question. Lets say you are the greatest basketball player in the league; which team gives you the better chance at a championship? The Cavs - a bunch of hasbeens and nobodies as role players, Milwaukee Buck’s former BACKUP point guard, 37 year old Shaq on his last legs, Jamison (the only bright spot) a PF who plays NO defense whatsoever, on top of all that - NO CAP SPACE to bring in another superstar.
Or
The Knicks- great young talent in Gallo, Chandler, all-star in David Lee, cap space to bring in a Wade/Bosh, greatest city on earth, worlds most famous arena, one of the most likeable player coaches in the league, great GM who never disappoints, Tracy McGrady and Al Harrington both offering to resign for less money.
Which is the logical choice?
I’m interested to see the type of blasphemy you write over LeBron staying in the slums of Cleveland and all the other wishful things that wasteland of a state is hoping for.
YESYork indeed.
I guess it’s good when your site gets it’s first official hater. I love the idea of YesYork. I assumed that NoYork was more of a play on words about not signing with the Knicks, but I guess YesYork works too. I do hope that Liddel has the time to write us back in the future.
Next up we’d like to thank Ohio.com for almost linking our video of LeBron’s ridiculous alley oop the other day. They did sort of link our video but instead of using our YouTube account’s video they used YouTube user Miamiheat3x’s version which is ours copied (NoYork slates and all) and uploaded as his own. This happens a lot in the YouTube world as I’ve seen my LeBron mixes re-uploaded by people in the past. On LeBron’s latest dunk alone our video was uploaded by YouTube users Miamiheat3x, Arrieta13easo, InTheCityDJ, AllureJay, swirek999, rindews, uteevsports, and of course us NoYork23.
Just when we had started to focus on all the things that could be perceived as negative situations spawned by the internet, we had a breakthrough moment. No it wasn’t the recent increase in traffic to our site. It wasn’t the upcoming interview with RealGM.com either. What really let us know that we had made it was Twitter. Yesterday we got a new follower that let us know we had made it to the top of the internet mountain. So here’s to you Twitter user “RealWebWhores” thanks for following us and making our day!
Send this trade to the moon please...
The Cavs are considering a number of different players right now, but I’m hoping that we focus less on one in particular. His name is Troy Murphy and his problem is that he’s not our solution. Despite the Cavs being the hottest team in basketball right now, we are looking to make improvements in order to build a champion. I can’t fault the Cavs for this, on the contrary I’m happy that we’re exploring all the available options.
However, Troy Murphy is not our answer now and he’s definitely not the answer in the future. Our goal for making a trade before Thursday has to look into the future, and I’m not talking June. If we win a title in June we could still lose LeBron in July.
JJ Hickson is a potential all star in this league. He’s shown improvement on both ends of the floor and it’s obvious that he’s still very young and very raw. I can’t stand the thought of losing JJ for Troy Murphy, only to watch JJ mature into an all star caliber player who could be teaming up with LeBron in the not so distant future.
I’m okay with Jamison, Maggette, or Stoudemire for Hickson, but Troy Murphy seems like a Cleveland sized mistake. A plea to the Cavs front office: Please do not trade for Troy Murphy unless we get him for a draft pick ONLY! He’s not worth the risk that comes with trading JJ and you guys have to see that.
