How The Cavaliers Built Around LeBron

The Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast returns with a look at how the Cleveland Cavaliers built around superstar LeBron James during his first tenure with the club. Joined by Cleveland native and contributor to Bearded Gentlemen Music & IGoHardNow Mike Scherf, Jason and Rich discuss both LeBron and the Cavaliers development, improvement and evolution from 2004 to 2010. We discuss major transactions during that period and how the players and coaches fit around LeBron. Larger scale topics include the ownership change in 2005, the firings of coach Paul Silas and general manager Jim Paxson, the transition to Danny Ferry and Mike Brown, pivotal free agent/draft mishaps and much more.