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LeBron James Family Foundation, partners team up for I PROMISE Project yard work
Author: Marilyn Miller
Publication: Akron Beacon Journal
There was plenty of excitement Saturday morning at the homes of Kaylynn Paolino and Anthony Anderson III.
Trees were chopped down, flower beds mulched, front and back steps restored, a Little Tykes inflatable playground set up and an open-pit fireplace furnished.
The two students selected for this year’s yard renovations had perfect attendance and did well in school.
It’s all part of the Akron I PROMISE Project, started by the LeBron James Family Foundation. This is the second year of the yard project. - CLICK HERE to read full story.
The Cavs make it clear with excellent summer: This is your team
Author: David Zavac
Publication: Fear the Sword
In early January, the Cleveland Cavaliers added J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert. Just a little while later they brought Timofey Mozgov aboard. They had drafted Kyrie Irving and Tristan Thompson a few years prior, and traded for Kevin Love. LeBron James decided Cleveland and Akron meant enough to him, and Irving and Love were good enough, to justify coming home.
My first thought after Mozgov was brought aboard was of the scene from Hoosiers, when Gene Hackman's Norman Dale addresses a skeptical school missing its star player Jimmy Chitwood and says "This is your team."
The point? The Cavs doubled down on the Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, Kevin Love core, even though the win-loss record wasn't great. If you were coming to this blog, you knew that the Big 3 was playing pretty well together. It made sense. I loved the moves. But this was going to be your team. As long as Kevin Love stuck around, as long as James stuck around, the core was in place. It wasn't clear that it would work, but hey, David Griffin and Dan Gilbert made their bet. - CLICK HERE to read full story.
Kyrie Irving cleared by doctors to begin working out, able to put pressure on leg following surgery
Author: Chris Fedor
Publication: Cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Nearly two months after Kyrie Irving left Oracle Arena on crutches, his season coming to a dejecting end because of a fractured left kneecap, Irving was back on a basketball court.
"Great," Irving said when asked how he is feeling following surgery in early June. "Taking it one day at a time. It's a process getting back to where I want to be. But I'm doing what I can here with the kids and that's all that matters. I started walking about a week ago so whether I was on crutches or not I was still going to be here for the kids."
There was nothing rigorous about this return to the hardwood. Irving spoke Saturday afternoon from Mentor High School, the site of this year's Kyrie Irving Basketball ProCamp where he and a selection of the area's top high school and college basketball coaches were leading a camp of 550 kids in grades 1-12. Irving was walking from station to station to monitor the campers without any issues. He even picked up a basketball a few different times and showed off his dazzling handles while leading the dribbling drill. - CLICK HERE to read full story.
More Daily Press Links:
- (7/26) Cleveland Cavaliers re-sign James Jones Cleveland.com
- (7/26) Kyrie Irving gives update on recovery from knee injury News-Herald
- (7/26) Cleveland Cavaliers re-sign veteran James Jones News-Herald
- (7/26) Kyrie Irving Continues Rehab On Knee, Won’t Put A Timetable On His Return 92.3 The Fan
- (7/26) Sheridan: Midsummer Report Cards – Central Division Sheridan Hoops
- (7/26) Kyrie Irving's Health Remains Biggest X-Factor for Cleveland Cavs Next Season Bleacher Report