Cavs: KJG roundtable on best moments, favorite players of the 2010’s
By Dan Gilinsky
#1: What’s your favorite Cavs’ moment of the decade?
Robbie DiPaola:
I’ll state the obvious, the Cavs winning the NBA Championship in 2016 was the best moment I have had as a sports fan to date. It is impossible to pick out one moment from that run.
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LeBron’s block will go down as arguably the best defensive play in Finals history, Kyrie’s shot will be on highlight reels for decades to come, and Kevin Love showed it is possible for a big man to shut down Stephen Curry. Let’s not forget the Cavs took down a 73-9 team and came back from a 3-1 deficit.
I remember earlier that season, Kevin Ding of Bleacher Report came out with an article titled “Humbled by the Warriors Yet Again, LeBron James on Verge of Becoming Irrelevant.”
I truly enjoyed watching LeBron (once again) quiet all the doubters that series and cement himself as the greatest basketball player I have ever seen.
Joey Cornell:
My favorite Cavs’ moment of the decade was the free throw LeBron made in Game 7 after Kyrie hit the best shot in team history.
James’ free throw, though it was one of two made, came after Draymond Green fouled him really hard and LeBron clearly risked serious injury by landing on his right wrist.
The free throw iced the game, ensuring the Cavs’ championship.
Tyler Marling:
The whole sequence of “The Block,” “The Shot” and “The Stop.”
The Cavs’ best players stepped up when it was needed on the biggest stage.
Tyler Meitin:
The obvious choice for all Cavaliers fans is simply the team finally winning the title in 2016 and seeing LeBron, Kyrie, J.R., Kevin and Tristan all celebrating in the fashion they did after coming back from a 3-1 deficit against the Golden State Warriors. In an effort to be a little different, I’ll go with something a little more in-depth and that was hearing Fred McLeod’s play-by-play when the team finally won the title.
Here is that call, courtesy of Fred’s wife, Beth McLeod.
Fred’s play-by-play analysis in general is something I’ll always have many fond memories of, but his reaction was pure Cleveland. He cried as we all cried and he reacted like we all did.
He made the greatest moment in Cleveland sports history simply perfect with his call and as such, it’s my favorite Cavaliers’ moment of this decade.
Corey Casey:
It’s a toss-up between “The Shot” and “The Block,” but I’ll go with the latter.
The “Block” is one of the more iconic plays in NBA history and probably tops the Larry Bird steal in the 1987 Eastern Conference Semifinals because it was on the NBA Finals stage.