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D-Block got picked up by the Bucks, but isn't eligible to be on their playoff roster.

James says scoring title unimportant

ESPN.com news services

LeBron James is on pace to claim his second scoring title after topping the league in 2007-08, when he was a year removed from leading the Cavaliers to the NBA Finals.

Given the choice of either, though, James was emphatic in claiming he could win the scoring championship at will.

"James 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.
” -- LeBron James

But it's the team titles that hold the key, he said.

"It's not important to me at all. I mean right now our team is in a position to try to clinch throughout the whole playoffs," James said of home-court advantage Thursday in San Antonio, where the Cavaliers play the Spurs on Friday night. "That's what position we're in right now. If we can do that, that will be more important than a scoring title. I mean, individual accolades take care of [themselves]."

James, who led the league in minutes played and field goals in two of his first five seasons, picked up his only scoring title in his fourth year. He again leads the NBA in scoring with 29.8 points per game, total points with 2,086 and field goals with 707.

And the Cavs hold a comfortable position in the Eastern Conference standings, seven games in front of second-place Orlando with 10 games left in the regular season.

"If I really wanted to," James said, "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."


http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5030453

I get the feeling Lebron could score 100 in a game if he REALLY wanted to.

it sounds cocky, but it's true, and i think there isn't an nba fan that could disagree with that. if you threw out winning, and situational stuff, and not sitting the 4th quarter when you're up by 25, he could probably average close to 40 points a game.

besides, as far as individual accolades go, i think the mvp would be more important than the scoring champ. and you have to sacrifice things to win, and to get the mvp you have to win. you don't win the nba mvp scoring 35 points a game on a 35 win team.

I think he could avg 50 pts for a season if he wanted to, but his body would take a toll. So staying healthy was driving in the lane all the time could take its toll.

He could definitely lead the league in scoring every year. He just wouldn't be getting the 8+ dimes he gets per game now. I'll take 8 dimes over 10 points any day of the week, obviously.

jc

OKC beating up on the Lakers 80-47 at the end of the 3rd.

i believe our magic number for homecourt throughout sits at 7 right now, although with that score, it is going down to 6. (our sweep of LAL guarantees homecourt if we end up with same record)

cavs are battling with the spurs, jamison is TEARING it up. this move by ferry is looking better and smarter every day.

we lost a game

z is back, thank whoever

I wish Lebron would've figured out a little earlier than with 30 seconds left that he was able to score at will around the basket.

He's had a bum shoulder for a few months now, not sure if thats why but very well could be.

didn't like our 4th quarter defense last night

with that said, you simply can't win 'em all.

on to the next one.

quicken loans arena to be named the "Z" for one day.

I don't think I've ever been so excited for a seemingly ho-hum regular season game - in any sport - than I am today. Can't wait for the ovation Z gets today... or at least better get.

Kudos to the Cavalier brass and marketing departments for making this "Z Day".

Z just entered the game, got a solid O, was kind of expecting a little more though.

Missed it,... tuning in late,...

The Cavs look like they're toying with these guys.

The Spurs just ran the Celts out of their own gym. 21 point beatdown.

Makes sense, I was only able to watch through the internet, missed the pregame and the beginning of the first.

An interesting stretch of games coming up to finish the season.

6 of the 8 remaining games will be against a Playoff team. Whatever defensive issues we've struggled with the past few weeks, we need to get them fixed soon.

The good news though ... only 3 of the 8 are on the road.

lakers lose again, in new orleans.

magic number for the entire league is at 4.

we really don't have much to play for. although i really wanna see us put a beating on the bucks. they are starting to come back to earth and i think we can deal them a pretty bad blow tomorrow.

can't wait for the game tonight. this should be a nice little challenge. no more crappy teams that have mailed it in. milwaukee has played great and the cavs are gonna be thin in the frontcourt with shaq and andy out.

and i also heard that lbj's new nike contract has no bonus, no escalators for playing in a bigger market/nyc

glad we got that out of the way now, instead of people assuming that for years, using it in arguments against lebron staying.

Free Throw shooting is truly atrocious on this team. It's embarrassing to call them professionals.

18 for 30 last I checked (5:35 left). The Cavs deserve to lose tonight. 60% won't take you deep in the playoffs.

What are free throws? It's almost like the Cavs have no idea what they are either.

lakers are 20 seconds from losing (wow, they might not even get to 60 wins this year)

magic number will be down to 2, it's basically over. the cavs will have homecourt over the entire playoff field

and yes, the free throw shooting is atrocious, i don't understand it, it hurts to even try and figure out why, but we just have to cross our fingers and hope it improves in the playoffs)

We need to pry mark price from Atlanta to coach our ft shooting

It would be nice if we could just say "well, our free throw percentage took a hit, but we DO have Shaq on the team." But its been bad with him not even playing

especially since shaq has helped improve the team's FT%

The year we went to the finals we shot a terrible FT% as well. I wonder if its not being stressed enough in practice. Jamison's crappy FT% I find a little puzzling considering he's been consistent his entire career.

Not bugging out on this one (FT%),....we've got a 5 game lead now on the Lakers,....that part of the battle is over,...

Ooooorrrrah is right. I mean what did Orlando shoot last year? Some horrible average......and then somehow, someway they shoot lights out from the line during the playoffs. Made me want to puke. So if Howard and the rest could do it so can the Cavs.

Plus we are way better than the average............though it is what it is, and I have no idea why it's so bad right now.

We absolutely can turn it around.... but it'd be awfully nice if we just do it now and not be hoping for it in a couple of weeks.

Magic # is 2 wins I think

i'm more worried about having this team healthy and ready come the second round (i think we can breeze through round 1 assuming it's not charlotte)

mo williams has been slumping but hit a few big shots last night. he had a bad orlando series and we really need to make sure he has the confidence in his shot come playoff time.

the sooner shaq gets back, the better.

but the free throw shooting is definitely a problem, however, i know that our guys can hit them when they count, lebron, z, and mo i have total confidence in them hitting important free throws.

i would like to see jamison improve tho, he's been off and it's quite the mystery. guy's a professional though. he'll figure it out.

Isn't it a Magic # of 1 for the East, and 2 for best in the league?

The Magic is 6.5 back of us with 7 to play. If they lose one (or we win one), they cannot catch us -- correct?
Similarly, the Lakers are 5 back with 7 to play.