2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season

2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach Tyronn Lue
General manager David Griffin
Owner(s) Dan Gilbert
Arena Quicken Loans Arena
Results
Record 13–5 (.722)
Place Division: 1st (Central)
Conference: 1st (Eastern)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television Fox Sports Ohio
WUAB
Radio WTAM
WMMS

The 2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season is the 47th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). For the first time in franchise history, the Cavaliers entered the season as the defending NBA champions.

On November 8, 2016, they suffered their first loss to the Atlanta Hawks in Cleveland, Ohio, making them the last team to lose a game.

Season synopsis

Preseason

2016 pre-season game log
Total: 2–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–2)
Pre-season: 2–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–2)
2016–17 season schedule

Draft

The Cavaliers did not have a pick walking in to the 2016 NBA Draft. The Cavs purchased the rights for Oakland University PG Kay Felder, who the Atlanta Hawks selected with the 54th pick in the 2nd round.

Roster

Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
C 00 Andersen, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1978–07–07 Blinn
G/F 3 Dunleavy, Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1980–09–25 Duke
G 20 Felder, Kay 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 1995–03–29 Oakland
F/C 8 Frye, Channing 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1983–05–17 Arizona
G 2 Irving, Kyrie (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1992–03–23 Duke
F 23 James, LeBron (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1984–12–30 St. Vincent–St. Mary HS (OH)
F 24 Jefferson, Richard 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 233 lb (106 kg) 1980–06–21 Arizona
G/F 1 Jones, James 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1980–10–04 Miami (FL)
G 14 Liggins, DeAndre 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1988–03–31 Kentucky
F 0 Love, Kevin (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 251 lb (114 kg) 1988–09–07 UCLA
G 12 McRae, Jordan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1991–03–28 Tennessee
G 4 Shumpert, Iman 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990–06–26 Georgia Tech
G 5 Smith, J. R. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1985–09–09 Saint Benedict's Preparatory (NJ)
F/C 13 Thompson, Tristan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1991–03–13 Texas
G 52 Williams, Mo  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1982–12–19 Alabama
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2016–10–24

Standings

Division

Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
Cleveland Cavaliers 13 5 .722 0.0 9–2 4–3 0–2 18
Chicago Bulls 11 8 .579 2.5 5–2 6–6 2–1 19
Milwaukee Bucks 10 8 .556 3.0 7–4 3–4 2–1 18
Detroit Pistons 11 11 .500 4.0 7–3 4–8 1–0 22
Indiana Pacers 10 10 .500 4.0 8–4 2–6 1–2 20

Conference

Eastern Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 Cleveland Cavaliers * 13 5 .722 – 18
2 Toronto Raptors * 14 6 .700 0.0 20
3 Boston Celtics 12 8 .600 2.0 20
4 Chicago Bulls 11 8 .579 2.5 19
5 Milwaukee Bucks 10 8 .556 3.0 18
6 Charlotte Hornets * 11 9 .550 3.0 20
7 New York Knicks 11 9 .550 3.0 20
8 Detroit Pistons 11 11 .500 4.0 22
9 Indiana Pacers 10 10 .500 4.0 20
10 Atlanta Hawks 10 11 .476 4.5 21
11 Orlando Magic 9 12 .429 5.5 21
12 Miami Heat 7 13 .350 7.0 20
13 Washington Wizards 6 12 .333 7.0 18
14 Brooklyn Nets 5 14 .263 8.5 19
15 Philadelphia 76ers 4 16 .200 10.0 20

Regular season game log

The start time for the November 1st home game against the Houston Rockets was moved to 6pm EST, to accommodate Game 6 of the MLB World Series at Progressive Field across the street from Quicken Loans Arena, between the Indians and the Chicago Cubs.[1]

2016–17 game log
Total: 13–5 (Home: 9–2; Road: 4–3)
October: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0)
November : 10–3 (Home: 7–1; Road: 3–2)
December: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
Game Date
Time		 Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
17 December 1 L.A. Clippers 94–113 Kyrie Irving (28) Tristan Thompson (8) LeBron James (5) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562		 13–4
18 December 2 @ Chicago 105–111 LeBron James (27) Kevin Love (19) LeBron James (13) United Center
21,775		 13–5
19 December 5 @ Toronto 0–0 Air Canada Centre
0–0
20 December 7 @ New York 0–0 Madison Square Garden
0–0
21 December 9 Miami 0–0 Quicken Loans Arena
0–0
22 December 10 Charlotte 0–0 Quicken Loans Arena
0–0
23 December 13 Memphis 0–0 Quicken Loans Arena
0–0
24 December 14 @ Memphis 0–0 FedEx Forum
0–0
25 December 17 L.A. Lakers 0–0 Quicken Loans Arena
0–0
26 December 20 @ Milwaukee 0–0 BMO Harris Bradley Center
0–0
27 December 21 Milwaukee 0–0 Quicken Loans Arena
0–0
28 December 23 Brooklyn 0–0 Quicken Loans Arena
0–0
29 December 25 Golden State 0–0 Quicken Loans Arena
0–0
30 December 26 @ Detroit 0–0 The Palace of Auburn Hills
0–0
31 December 29 Boston 0–0 Quicken Loans Arena
0–0
32 December 31 @ Charlotte 0–0 Spectrum Center 0–0
January : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
February : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
March : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
April : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
2016–17 season schedule

Transactions

Trades

June 23, 2016
 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Draft rights to Kay Felder[2][3]		 To Atlanta Hawks
Cash considerations
July 7, 2016
 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Mike Dunleavy Jr.[4]
Draft rights to Vladimir Veremeenko		 To Chicago Bulls
Draft rights to Albert Miralles
July 7, 2016
 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Draft rights to Albert Miralles[5]		 To Milwaukee Bucks
Matthew Dellavedova (sign and trade)
Cash considerations
July 15, 2016
 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Draft rights to Chukwudiebere Maduabum[6]		 To Philadelphia 76ers
Sasha Kaun
Cash considerations

Free agency

Re-signed

Player Signed
Richard Jefferson[7] 2-year contract worth $5 million
James Jones[8] 1-year contract worth $980,431
LeBron James[9] 3-year contract worth $100 million
Dahntay Jones
J.R. Smith[10][11] 4-year contract worth $57 million

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Chris Andersen[12] 1-year contract worth $980,431 Memphis Grizzlies

Subtractions

Player Reason left New team
Timofey Mozgov[13] 4-year contract worth $64 million Los Angeles Lakers

References

  1. ↑ 2016 Cleveland Indians season Wikipedia page
  2. ↑ "Cavs acquire draft rights to Kay Felder from Atlanta". nba.com/cavaliers. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cavaliers sign Kay Felder". nba.com/cavaliers. August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Cavaliers acquire forward Mike Dunleavy from Chicago". nba.com/cavaliers. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Cavaliers complete trade with Milwaukee Bucks". nba.com/cavaliers. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Cavaliers complete trade with Philadelphia 76ers". nba.com/cavaliers. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Cavaliers re-sign forward Richard Jefferson". nba.com/cavaliers. July 28, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Cavaliers re-sign forward James Jones". nba.com/cavaliers. August 4, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Cavaliers and LeBron James sign multi-year contract". nba.com/cavaliers. August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Sources: Cavaliers to re-sign J.R. Smith with 4-year, $57 million deal". ESPN.com. October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Cavaliers Re-Sign Guard J.R. Smith". NBA.com. October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Cavaliers sign center Chris Andersen". nba.com/cavaliers. July 22, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Lakers sign Timofey Mozgov". nba.com/lakers. July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.

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