Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers are a National Basketball Association team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

Founded: 1970

Home Arena: Gund Arena

Uniform colors: Wine, Gold, Dark Blue, and White

Logo design: A gold sword through a stylized "Cavaliers" text on a basketball background.

NBA Championships:

Owner: Dan Gilbert , David Katzman , and Rapper Usher Raymond (Recently bought team, takeover in Early March 2005)

2004-05 Record: 42-40

Franchise history

Players of note

Basketball Hall of Famers:

• Nate Thurmond
• Lenny Wilkens (Inducted as both player and coach.)

Not to be forgotten:

• Carlos Boozer
• Terrell Brandon
• Jim Chones
• Brad Daughtery
• World B. Free
• Shawn Kemp
• Mark Price
• Campy Russell
• Hot Rod Williams

Retired numbers:

• 7 Bingo Smith
• 22 Larry Nance
• 25 Mark Price
• 34 Austin Carr
• 42 Nate Thurmond
• 43 Brad Daugherty

Current Roster (updated April 14, 2005)

Starters

• PG - #0 Jeff McInnis; (UNC)
• SG - #14 Ira Newble; (Miami, OH)
• C - #32 Robert Traylor ; (Michigan)
• PF - #90 Drew Gooden; (Kansas)
• SF - #23 LeBron James; (St. Vincent-St. Mary's HS)

Bench

• F/C - #52 DeSagana Diop; (Senegal)
• SG - #12 Lucious Harris ; (Long Beach State)
• C - #11 Zydrunas Ilgauskas; (Lithuania)
• SG - #3 Sasha Pavlovič ; (Serbia-Montenegro)
• PF - #17 Anderson Varejao ; (Brazil)
• SF - #44 Jiri Welsch; (Czechia)

Injured Reserve

• SF - #33 Luke Jackson; Oregon
• G - #2 Dajuan Wagner ; Memphis
• F/C - #47 Scott Williams; UNC

Coaches and others

Basketball Hall of Famers:

• Wayne Embry (Current team president and first African-American to serve in that role in the NBA; inducted as a contributor.)
• Lenny Wilkens (Inducted as both player and coach.)

External links

• Cleveland Cavaliers official web site
• Cleveland Cavaliers/Lebron James Official Summer Pro League web site
• AmIAnnoying.com - Cleveland Cavaliers