Let’s see, when I turned 21, what was I doing….never mind. Can anyone imagine how good this guy will be when he’s 30?

Sounds like it was a blast.

The Cavaliers’ All-Star forward celebrated Wednesday with family, friends, fans, teammates and VIPs at downtown’s House of Blues, not far from where James lights up Quicken Loans Arena on a regular basis.

How come we weren’t invited? Bloggers get no respect.

So here’s how the Browns seasons have gone lately. Lots of promise in pre-season. Losses pile up. A couple wins here and there. Fans give up. And inevitably, an entire hospital ward gets filled with starters.

Receiver Braylon Edwards tore a knee ligament against Jacksonville, center Jeff Faine tore a biceps muscle against Oakland and tight end Steve Heiden tore an ankle ligament against Pittsburgh.

It gets ugly.

Faine had surgery to reattach his biceps muscle to the shoulder with biodegradable screws. Faine said he will start rehabilitation in two weeks.

I don’t know how anyone survives a full season in the NFL without injury anymore. It must be some kind of miracle.

After breaking his leg. Modern medicine is a marvel, eh? What do you guys think of this….would you take Carpenter with the first pick? Some folks this year said he’s actually the best linebacker at Ohio State…not sure I buy that. I have this recurring dream that the Browns are able to get A.J. Hawk in the first round, and Bobby Carpenter slips to the second round because of the injury, both end up in Cleveland.

…about last night’s loss to the Nets? The Cavs made a big run in the 4th quarter. It surprised the hell out of me. I was at a bar with a friend, had lost interest in the game, then the next thing I know the Cavs go on a 12-0 run to get within 6 points.

We lost, yes, but this is what good teams do, especially on the road. They don’t fold, even if they are down big in the 4th quarter. They come at you with one more push. A good sign for the Cavs.

…because the next three days the Cavs are off before they face the Pistons. NJ isn’t all that great, althought they’ve been on a tear lately. I hope they aren’t looking past the Nets to Saturday night.

Impossible.

“I tried to defend him,” Nocioni said. “It’s hard because he’s a great player. I think he’s the best offensive player in the league and it’s difficult for me and everybody.”

Bulls coach Scott Skiles tries to make him feel better.

“I thought [Deng] did a good job on him, and I thought [Nocioni] did a respectable job on him,” Skiles said of defending James, who scored 25 points in the second half. “Sometimes it’s hard to tell if you’re doing a good job on him or he just isn’t kind of trying all the way until he wants to. But he made some difficult shots in the last three minutes.”

You gotta feel for coaches who have to convince their guys to defend Lebron. The player knows damn well it can’t be done, but as coach, you have to do…well….something. Lebron’s like, “whatever“.

“He believed he could guard me, I guess,” James said after surpassing 30 points for the 16th time this season and ninth in December. “He believed his aggressiveness could make me do things that I don’t do. I just tried to use that aggressiveness against him. It’s a great battle. I like it.”

We are all witnesses.

At 17-9, the Cavs have the second best record in the East. Last night’s win over the Bulls at home had the feel of a day at the office. Chicago put up a fight, made a few runs, but the game never felt in doubt.

And does anyone fill up a stat line as thoroughly and as uneventfully as Lebron does sometimes? Sure, some nights he’s torching the place, but just as often, Lebron just seems to get near a triple double as if it is entitled to him. At the start of the 4th last night, he was at 20 points, you kinda thought he might not reach his average of just above 30….and then he just kicks it into not another gear up, but a half gear up, just to show you his next full gear up is somewhere beyond the Larry Bird imitation of hitting 4 turnaround fallaway jump shots in a row to ice the game.

Same day. Irony, anyone?

In fact, Dolan said the new network’s expected revenues were already factored into the 2006 payroll, which is expected to eclipse $60 million. “We think this is the way to generate more revenue, and we will put it back in the payroll in order to support the team,” Dolan said. “There is certainly risk that we will not generate the revenue we think we will. We think that risk lies largely in the first couple years. But we are trying to build a strong, viable business.”

Tough business, this multi-media-sports-empire stuff. Today’s signing probably means Millwood is history. I’m not holding out much hope for this rotation beyond Lee, Sabathia, and Westbrook.

Cavs are definitely on an upswing, which is very well timed. Looking at the schedule after Chicago tonight at home, they’re at NJ tomorrow, and then three days off before Detroit comes to the Q on Saturday. I think most teams would kill to have three nights off before facing Detroit.