That's the last straw.

I feel like Milton from Office Space right before he burns down Initech. I've put up with so much nonsense during my lifetime in regards to the Cleveland Browns, I've just about had enough. Because hiring Eric Mangini wasn't bad enough. Because him alienating Shaun Rogers--our best defensive player-- wasn't bad enough. Because him coming out and saying that he's "lukewarm" on Brady Quinn and he thinks DA should be the starter wasn't bad enough. But this? Trading away the only player on the entire team that actually leaves his heart and soul out on the field every week? The only player that actually gives a damn about doing whatever it takes to make sure the Browns win a game? And for a second round pick? You have got to be joking. I put up with the stupid decisions every year, and I'm really sick of it.

Why is it that everyone who has even a remotely important decision-making job within the Browns organization is a complete moron? This team will never be a legitimate contender year in and year out. It drives me incredibly insane to have to put up with all the continued stupidness and boneheaded moves that everyone in the front office continues to make. This has got to stop. Bad coaches, bad owners, bad decisions....there's a reason the Browns have never even made it to a Super Bowl. And quite frankly, I'm sick of it. What incentive do us Browns fans actually have to spend money on this team and watch them suck? I can't figure out why anyone in their right mind would actually spend money to watch a bunch of guys who don't know what a "team" is being coached by a complete donkey every Sunday. Why even waste my money on a jersey? If it's anyone remotely decent, obviously he'll be traded for a late round draft pick.

I'm so sick of the Browns, I refuse to talk about them anymore. On to a team that actually cares enough about their fans to put a legitimate product out on the floor every game.

One question...can the Cavaliers ever have more than one game with their entire team healthy? It seems like whenever someone comes back, another one gets hurt. It's starting to get redicuous. That Cleveland curse just never stops, I guess. It's not a big deal losing Ben Wallace to a broken leg as far as offense goes, but come playoff time, he's the only guy that could even remotely play defense against guys like Garnett or Gasol. Without him, we might be in trouble.

And seriously, can someone please tell Daniel Gibson that he's not a superstar? Quit shaving stupid little designs into your head. Quit staring down the opposing teams bench when you make ONE out of your 10 three-point attempts you take every game. Quit putting three fingers in the air and walking slowly back on defense when you make a shot. Quit acting like such a drama queen. Your garbage. You've been garbage ever since your rookie year. Hardly anyone in Cleveland still has any respect for you and your childish antics. Give it a rest. YOU ARE A BENCH PLAYER. YOU ARE EXPENDABLE.

C-Town Tidbits.

I don't have enough in me to actually make a full-out blog post tonight. Work sucked the life right out of me, and reruns of That 70's Show just aren't doing it for me. That being said, I'm just gonna blabber on, and when I can't come up with anything else, tonights blog post will be over. We're going old school...we're going bullet-style.

• Mo Williams was FINALLY named to the All-Star team. Wow. It only took three times too long. Thanks, NBA. Good thing Mike Brown is the head coach, otherwise Mo would probably get like 14 seconds of playing time.
• Pitchers and catchers report to Winter Haven, err, wait, Goodyear ARIZONA tomorrow. It's nice to see the Indians actually have a Spring Training facility that doesn't look like the one from Major League anymore.
• Do I actually want to put any effort into feeling that the Indians could be contenders this year? I haven't decided. The odds of them actually being competitive are pretty slim looking at how weak our pitching is.
• Word on the street is that Danny Ferry is looking to make a trade before the trading deadline. Sure, that sounds great, but what are the odds that this Cavaliers team could get much better than they are?
• Seriously, Brad friggin' Miller? Screw Brad Miller. I don't want that clown on the Cavs. I don't give two damns about giving up Gibson (who is rumored to be involved in this deal), but Brad Miller? What the hell good will Brad Miller do us? An overpriced big man that can't make most of his shots? We have Ben Wallace for that...and at least Ben plays legit defense.
• BREAKING NEWS....I still don't like Eric Mangini. He still comes off as an ass-clown. Reminds me of Romeo Crennel. Yee haw.
• More breaking news....the NBA's officials still hate on the Cavs every game. It's really getting rediculous. I'm so sick of seeing refs make bad call after bad call every game the Cavs are playing. They cost us another one tonight calling a terrible foul on LeBron with 0.2 seconds left in the game.
• David Stern needs fired. I can't stand that jackass.
  
• I'm so ready for March Madness. About a month until it gets underway! Plus, it looks like THE Ohio State Buckeyes will be in the big show. They probably won't go that deep, but you never know. Crazy things happen in March.
• I really don't think the Cavs have much of a chance at beating the Suns tomorrow night. I think we're due for a typical Cleveland slump over the next week and a half or so.

That's all I got. Until next time, when there will be much more Cleveland related things for me to be irritated about.

Kobe vs. LeBron

First off, let's be realistic. Having either one of these guys on your team would be like winning the lottery. So let's get that out of the way. Secondly, I am a Cavaliers fan. You need to put that aside before you even read this post. Otherwise, don't even waste your time reading it. Know this--this is a 100% UNBIASED post. I am a basketball fan in general. I know when I see a superstar, and I respect them. There isn't a wrong answer to the question as to who is "better."

Now that that's out of the way, I will tell you the least-wrong answer to the question as to who is better. And that answer is LeBron James. I told you to put aside the fact that I'm a Cavs fan. So clearly you haven't done that, otherwise you wouldn't be saying "wow, he's such a homer" right now.

OK. Have you finally gotten past that point? Allow me to explain.

Now, obviously anytime this discussion comes up, there's always an argument. I have no problems with arguments, as anyone who knows me knows that. So let's get down to the facts. Because, quite frankly, anytime your talking LeBron/Kobe, facts will always undoubtedly be brought to the table. Kobe is six years older than LeBron. When Kobe was LeBron's age, his outside game wasn't as good as it is now. So if your gonna try and start the argument with the whole "LeBron can't shoot from outside", don't bother. We all know LeBron's "weakness" (if you want to call it that) is that he isn't a deadly outside shooter. I'll give Kobe credit. He can stroke it from outside. But he hasn't always been like that. LeBron will get there, you have to give him time. His FG% have progessively gotten better over his career just like Kobe's did.

Secondly, if your really gonna play the "Kobe has rings" card, don't waste your time. Kobe has THE most dominant big man in the game every time he won a ring. And I know, your thinking "don't play the Shaq card". Well, you know what? I'm gonna play the Shaq card. Because ever since Shaq left, Kobe hasn't won a Championship. Call it a coincidence all you want, but that's the truth. I'm not discrediting the fact that Kobe has three championships, because he does. But Shaq played a huge part in those three championships. And quite frankly, up until this year, LeBron hasn't had anyone even remotely on the superstar level for him to play with. Z was the closest thing, and as much as I love the guy, he isn't very close. Mo Williams is the closest thing.

Next up, LeBron rebounds and assists much more than Kobe ever has in his career. Last time I checked, basketball wasn't only about scoring points. I was always led to believe that playing a team game will do you better than being selfish and shooting all the time. Now don't get the idea that I'm calling Kobe selfish, because I'm not. Again, just stating that Kobe is mainly a scorer, and doesn't really focus on rebounding or dishing out assists as much. LeBron on the other hand does. Kobe rarely gets triple-doubles. LeBron gets them on a fairly frequent basis. Facts people, facts. LeBron does more all-around for his team than Kobe does.

Next, defense. Look, Kobe is a lock-down defender. Anyone who watches basketball will admit that. That being said, LeBron James plays crazy good defense as well. Now, most of you probably don't even know that. Why? Because you don't expect him to play good defense. But if you actually watch the Cavs on a frequent basis, you'll know that LeBron chooses to take on the best players on the other teams in the 4th quarter, because he knows that he can guard them. A lot of so called "experts" are saying that LeBron should seriously be considered a legit contender for DPOY. Hey, I just call it how I see it.

Kobe has six years on LeBron. When it's all said and done, Kobe, LeBron, and Jordan, IMO, will be considered the three best to ever play the game. In what order, that's debatable. In fact, it'll be debated long past any of us are around most likely.

The fact is this--you can't go wrong with either of them on your team. But based off the sheer fact that LeBron is doing things that Kobe wasn't doing at the same age, biased or not, you have to at least admit that LeBron could be doing stuff in six years that Kobe can't do right now in his career. We've seen Kobe at his best....he's not going to get any better than he is. We still have yet to see the best of LeBron James. And if we haven't seen the best of him, who knows how good this kid could really be. I mean, if he's going off for 52-11-10 now, what could he potentially be doing when he's at his optimal best in a few years?

It's scary to think. And even you, yes you, the huge Kobe fan who read this entire post seeing nothing but biased statements, have to admit that if LeBron is still going to get better, there's a good chance he'll reach heights even Kobe couldn't get to.

Mo is not another Larry.

I'm sure you've at least seen the highlights from last nights Cavaliers game against the Kings. So you already know about how Mo Williams went off for 43 points (including 7-12 from three-point land), 11 assists and 8 rebounds. I'm not going to go into any more detail about that, because, quite frankly, you already know from the highlights that Mo Williams is an absolute beast with one of the wettest jump shots in the history of professional basketball. Now, I could sit here and talk about the fact that he has the hardest tattoo of a cartoon related to food in the NBA, based off a poll of 100 random National Basketball Association players [citation needed], but we could save those stories for another snowy day.

Instead, I want to cover a topic that I had an argument about at work today with a co-worker. (Of course, the fact that this was even a topic of conversation is laughable, but considering the said co-worker is a Michigan fan, you can't really expect much more out of the man.) While I was bragging (like I always do) about Mo Williams' bulldozing of the Kings, he felt it was necessary to start the topic that Mo Williams is exactly like Larry Hughes. He then said that "hell, even Larry Hughes dropped 40 for the Cavs at one point in his career."

While this may be true, I quickly reminded him that Larry Hughes was the biggest waste of money (and still is to this day) in the NBA not named Brian Cardinal. Now, I remember exactly what I was doing and where I was at when Larry dropped 40 last year on Orlando. Why, you ask? Because you always remember where you were at when you had your first kiss. You always remember where you were when you saw a star exploding. (Translation: You remember where you were when you did/saw something that will only happen once in your lifetime.)

Sure, Larry had some good games with the Cavaliers. They typically occurred whenever there were 5 Mondays in a calendar month (roughly two times a year). Now, after laughing profusely for a good 4 minutes straight, I proceeded to tell him how he's either a.) smoking crack or b.) clinically insane.

You see, ever since Mo Williams became an everyday starter for the Bucks, he always had solid numbers. Mo Williams is a legit 17-4-4 a game player. Something Larry Hughes was for one fluke, contract-fueled season with the Washington Wizards. Oh, and who could forget all the Larry Hughes injuries? The pulled groins, the broken fingers, the twisted ankles, the I-got-a-new-tattoo-on-my-face-and-won't-be-able-to-play-for-two-weeks injuries. Larry was NEVER healthy. Mo Williams on the other hand, knock on wood, has been typically a healthy player throughout his career.

Mo Williams is nothing like Larry Hughes. Mo Williams doesn't complain. Mo Williams is a team player. Mo Williams has a sweet house in Avon Lake. Mo Williams is the closest thing the Cavs have ever seen to be considered the robin to LeBron's batman. They feed off of each other so much. I don't think you could get a better fit for LeBron. And hopefully, these two will be in Cleveland, hanging banners from the rafters of the Q for a long time.

And so it begins...

Seriously...what do the sports Gods have against Cleveland teams? It NEVER fails. No matter how good a team is, and how good they're going, something will always happen to de-rail them. Because losing Z wasn't bad enough, now we lose Delonte to a fracture of his wrist? It may not seem like it to the casual NBA fan, but losing D-West is really bad for the Cavs. In essence, this now means that not only Sasha AND Wally will get extended minutes, but the defense goes straight down the drain. Delonte isn't the biggest two-guard in the NBA, but he plays incredible defense against some of the best. His defense will be sorely missed, especially considering Wally and Sasha don't even know the definition of "defense."

Delonte is crucial to the Cavs winning a Championship, and now it looks as if we'll be without him for at least a month. No official word yet on the length of him being out, but fracturing a wrist can't be something that you'll come back from quickly.

What else does this mean? Us losing more games.

And what does that mean? Us losing homecourt in the Playoffs against teams like Boston and Orlando.

And that means? We'll have to not only win all of our home games against one or both of these teams, but we'll also have to go into their building and try and scoop at least one away from them.

And what does that mean? Our chances at the Championship are diminished gratefully.

Cavaliers - Delonte West = a non-championship caliber NBA team.

It might seem crazy, but it's the truth. We can only hope and pray that Delonte gets healthy quick. Guess we'll find out the damage tomorrow, but considering he plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers, it'll probably be bad news.

And the undefeated 19-0 home record will go down in flames against New Orleans tomorrow night. Guaranteed.