Cavs Unveil New Uniforms in Post-LeBron Era - By TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer, August 18, 2010
Austin Carr fondly remembers his glory days playing guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1970s....
“We were 12 men deep,” Carr said as he helped the Cavs unveil new uniforms for 2010-11.
“You knew every night we were going to play 100 percent. Nobody was going to quit.”
Realizing he had taken a shot at former Cavaliers’ star LeBron James, Carr raised his eyebrows and shrugged his shoulders.
At this point, what else can be said?
....The Cavs insist they are trying to move on, but James was again in the news being quoted in an upcoming GQ interview that he feels Gilbert never cared about him and his hatred for Cleveland dates back to his days as a kid growing up in Akron.
Carr, who was the league’s No. 1 overall draft pick in 1971 and Cleveland’s first bona fide hoops star, remains disappointed in James’ departure. The two-time MVP announced his decision in a prime-time TV special, breaking the hearts of his biggest fans.
“As an ex-player, I might have left myself,” said Carr, a color analyst for the team. “So I don’t begrudge him for that.
But the way he did it was unprofessional and uncalled for.”
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Although it seems the Cavs are trying to move on, James’ magazine interview has reopened the issue. He’s the one who can’t seem to let things go.
“That’s his problem,” said Carr, who cried unashamedly the night the Cavs won the NBA draft lottery and the rights to draft James. “Not ours.”
