2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season

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2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach Tyronn Lue
General manager David Griffin
Arena Quicken Loans Arena
Results
Record 51–31 (.622)
Place Division: 1st (Central)
Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish NBA Finals
(Lost to Warriors 1–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Fox Sports Ohio
Radio
< 2015–16 2017–18 >

The 2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season was 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, having defeated the Golden State Warriors in seven games in the NBA Finals where they came back from a 3–1 deficit, becoming the first team in NBA Finals history to do so. The Cavaliers also broke the record of most made three-pointers in a regular season game with 25 against the Atlanta Hawks.[1]

The Cavaliers finished the regular season with a 51–31 record, securing the 2nd seed. In the playoffs, the Cavaliers defeated and swept the Indiana Pacers in four games in the First Round, advancing to the Semi-finals. They then defeated and swept the Toronto Raptors in four games, advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals. They defeated the Boston Celtics in five games to advance to the NBA Finals for the third straight season. In the 2017 NBA Finals, the Cavaliers faced off against the Golden State Warriors for the third consecutive year, becoming the first two teams to meet three consecutive times in the NBA Finals. The Cavaliers would lose in five games against the Warriors in the NBA Finals.

After the season, David Griffin left as general manager and after hearing about trade rumors, most notably a 3-team deal that was confirmed by team and league sources that would've sent Paul George and Eric Bledsoe to the Cavaliers and Kyrie Irving and Channing Frye to the Phoenix Suns, Irving, not being content about the situation and per his request, was traded to the Boston Celtics[2] for Jae Crowder, Isaiah Thomas, Ante Žižić, a 2018 1st round draft pick (Collin Sexton was later selected), and a 2020 2nd round draft pick (Skylar Mays was later selected) was added as compensation for Isaiah Thomas's injury.[3][4][5] This trade ended the superteam era of the Cavaliers.[6][3][7]

Offseason

Draft

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Main article: 2016 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club
2 54* Kay Felder[lower-alpha 1] PG  United States Oakland
Notes
  1. ↑ The Cavaliers did not have a pick walking in to the 2016 NBA Draft. Cleveland traded for the rights of PG Kay Felder, who the Atlanta Hawks selected with the 54th pick in the 2nd round, in exchange for cash considerations.

Roster

2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 20 Felder, Kay 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 1995–03–29 Oakland
F 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 30 Jones, Dahntay 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980–12–27 Duke
F 1 Jones, James 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1980–10–04 Miami (FL)
F 26 Korver, Kyle 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1981–03–17 Creighton
F 0 Love, Kevin (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 251 lb (114 kg) 1988–09–07 UCLA
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)
C 40 Tavares, Walter 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1992–03–22 Cape Verde
F/C 13 Thompson, Tristan 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1991–03–13 Texas
G 31 Williams, Deron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1984–06–26 Illinois
F 3 Williams, Derrick 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1991–05–25 Arizona
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 Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2017–05–08

Standings

Division

Central Division
W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
Chicago Bulls 0 0 – 0.0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0
Cleveland Cavaliers 0 0 – 0.0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0
Detroit Pistons 0 0 – 0.0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0
Indiana Pacers 0 0 – 0.0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0
Milwaukee Bucks 0 0 – 0.0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0


Conference

Eastern Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 Atlanta Hawks * 0 0 – – 0
2 Boston Celtics * 0 0 – 0.0 0
3 Brooklyn Nets * 0 0 – 0.0 0
4 Charlotte Hornets 0 0 – 0.0 0
5 Chicago Bulls 0 0 – 0.0 0
6 Cleveland Cavaliers 0 0 – 0.0 0
7 Detroit Pistons 0 0 – 0.0 0
8 Indiana Pacers 0 0 – 0.0 0
9 Miami Heat 0 0 – 0.0 0
10 Milwaukee Bucks 0 0 – 0.0 0
11 New York Knicks 0 0 – 0.0 0
12 Orlando Magic 0 0 – 0.0 0
13 Philadelphia 76ers 0 0 – 0.0 0
14 Toronto Raptors 0 0 – 0.0 0
15 Washington Wizards 0 0 – 0.0 0

Game log

Preseason

2016 pre-season game log
2016–17 season schedule

Regular season

2016–17 game log
2016–17 season schedule

Playoffs

2017 playoff game log
First round: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)
Game Date
Time		 Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 15 Indiana 109–108 LeBron James (32) Tristan Thompson (13) LeBron James (13) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562		 1–0
2 April 17 Indiana 117–111 Kyrie Irving (37) Kevin Love (11) LeBron James (7) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562		 2–0
3 April 20 @ Indiana 119–114 LeBron James (41) LeBron James (13) LeBron James (12) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
17,923		 3–0
4 April 23 @ Indiana 106–102 LeBron James (33) Kevin Love (16) LeBron James (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
17,923		 4–0
Conference Semi-finals: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)
Game Date
Time		 Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 May 1 Toronto 116–105 LeBron James (35) Tristan Thompson (14) Kyrie Irving (10) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562		 1–0
2 May 3 Toronto 125–103 LeBron James (39) Tristan Thompson (9) Kyrie Irving (11) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562		 2–0
3 May 5 @ Toronto 115–94 LeBron James (35) Kevin Love (13) LeBron James (7) Air Canada Centre
20,354		 3–0
4 May 7 @ Toronto 109–102 LeBron James (35) LeBron James (9) Kyrie Irving (9) Air Canada Centre
20,307		 4–0
2017 playoff schedule

Transactions

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Main article: List of 2016–17 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 23, 2016 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Draft rights to Kay Felder[9][10]		 To Atlanta Hawks
Cash considerations
July 7, 2016 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Draft rights to Albert Miralles[11]		 To Milwaukee Bucks
Matthew Dellavedova (sign and trade)
Cash considerations
July 7, 2016 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Mike Dunleavy Jr.[12]
Draft rights to Vladimir Veremeenko		 To Chicago Bulls
Draft rights to Albert Miralles
July 15, 2016 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Draft rights to Chukwudiebere Maduabum[13]		 To Philadelphia 76ers
Sasha Kaun
Cash considerations
January 7, 2017 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Kyle Korver[14]		 To Atlanta Hawks
Mike Dunleavy Jr.
Mo Williams
2019 protected 1st-round draft pick
Cash considerations
February 13, 2017 To Cleveland Cavaliers
2017 Charlotte protected 2nd-round pick[15]		 To Charlotte Hornets
Chris Andersen
Cash considerations

Free agency

Re-signed

Player Signed
Richard Jefferson[16] 2-year contract worth $5 million
James Jones[17] 1-year contract worth $1.55 million
LeBron James[18] 3-year contract worth $100 million
J. R. Smith[19] 4-year contract worth $57 million

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Chris Andersen[20] 1-year contract worth $1.55 million Memphis Grizzlies
Derrick Williams[21] Miami Heat
Deron Williams[22] 1-year contract worth $410,733 Dallas Mavericks
Andrew Bogut[23] 1-year contract worth $383,351 Philadelphia 76ers
Larry Sanders[24] Milwaukee Bucks

Subtractions

Player Reason left New team
Timofey Mozgov[25] 4-year contract worth $64 million Los Angeles Lakers
Jordan McRae[26] Waived
Andrew Bogut Waived
DeAndre Liggins[27] Waived Dallas Mavericks
Larry Sanders Waived

Notes

  1. ↑ The start time for the November 1st home game against the Houston Rockets was moved to 6 pm 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.[8]

References

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