2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers season

2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach David Blatt (former)
Tyronn Lue (current)
General manager David Griffin
Owner(s) Dan Gilbert
Arena Quicken Loans Arena
Results
Record 38–14 (.731)
Place Division: 1st (Central)
Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish TBD

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television Fox Sports Ohio

The 2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers season is the ongoing 47th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Draft picks

Main article: 2015 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club team
1 24 Tyus Jones PG  United States Duke
2 53 Sir'Dominic Pointer SG / SF  United States St. John's

Standings

Eastern Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 Cleveland Cavaliers * 38 14 .731 – 52
2 Toronto Raptors * 35 17 .673 3.0 52
3 Boston Celtics 32 23 .582 7.5 55
4 Atlanta Hawks * 31 24 .564 8.5 55
5 Miami Heat 29 24 .547 9.5 53
6 Indiana Pacers 28 25 .528 10.5 53
7 Chicago Bulls 27 25 .519 11.0 52
8 Charlotte Hornets 27 26 .509 11.5 53
9 Detroit Pistons 27 27 .500 12.0 54
10 Washington Wizards 23 28 .451 14.5 51
11 Orlando Magic 23 29 .442 15.0 52
12 New York Knicks 23 32 .418 16.5 55
13 Milwaukee Bucks 22 32 .407 17.0 54
14 Brooklyn Nets 14 40 .259 25.0 54
15 Philadelphia 76ers 8 45 .151 30.5 53
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
Cleveland Cavaliers 38 14 .731 0.0 22–4 16–10 4–4 52
Indiana Pacers 28 25 .528 10.5 17–9 11–16 5–7 53
Chicago Bulls 27 25 .519 11.0 16–10 11–15 6–3 52
Detroit Pistons 27 27 .500 12.0 16–10 11–17 5–6 54
Milwaukee Bucks 22 32 .407 17.0 15–8 7–24 3–4 54

Preseason

2015 pre-season game log
Total: 1–6 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–2)
2015–16 season schedule

Regular season game log

2015–16 game log Total: 38–14 (Home: 22–4; Road: 16–10)
February: 4–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–1)
Game Date
Time		 Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
47 February 1 @ Indiana W 111–106 (OT) Kyrie Irving (25) James, Thompson (12) Kyrie Irving (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
17,283		 35–12
48 February 3 @ Charlotte L 97–106 Kyrie Irving (26) Kevin Love (12) LeBron James (6) Time Warner Cable Arena
19,189		 35–13
49 February 5 Boston L 103–104 LeBron James (30) Tristan Thompson (10) Kyrie Irving (6) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562		 35–14
50 February 6 New Orleans W 99–84 Kyrie Irving (29) Tristan Thompson (15) LeBron James (8) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562		 36–14
51 February 8 Sacramento W 120–100 Kyrie Irving (32) James, Thompson (10) Kyrie Irving (12) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562		 37–14
52 February 10 L.A. Lakers W 120–111 Kyrie Irving (35) Tristan Thompson (13) LeBron James (11) Quicken Loans Arena
20,562		 38–14
All-Star Break
53 February 18 Chicago Quicken Loans Arena
 0–0
54 February 21 @ Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena
 0–0
55 February 22 Detroit Quicken Loans Arena
 0–0
56 February 24 Charlotte Quicken Loans Arena
 0–0
57 February 26 @ Toronto Air Canada Centre
 0–0
58 February 28 @ Washington Verizon Center
 0–0
59 February 29 Indiana Quicken Loans Arena
 0–0
2015–16 season schedule

Injuries

Player Duration Injury type Games missed
Start End
Irving, KyrieKyrie Irving Start of season December 20, 2015 Kneecap fracture 24
Shumpert, ImanIman Shumpert Start of season December 11, 2015 Wrist surgery 21
Smith, J. R.J. R. Smith November 2, 2015 November 10, 2015 Bruised knee 3
Williams, MoMo Williams November 17, 2015 November 25, 2015 Sore ankle/leg 3
Mozgov, TimofeyTimofey Mozgov November 19, 2015 November 27, 2015 Shoulder strain 3
James, LeBronLeBron James December 5, 2015 December 5, 2015 Rest 1

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Roster

Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 9 Cunningham, Jared 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1991–05–22 Oregon State
G 8 Dellavedova, Matthew 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1990–09–08 Saint Mary's
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)
C 14 Kaun, Sasha 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1985–05–08 Kansas
F/C 0 Love, Kevin (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 251 lb (114 kg) 1988–09–07 UCLA
C 20 Mozgov, Timofey 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1986–07–16 Russia
G 4 Shumpert, Iman 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990–06–26 Georgia Tech
G/F 5 Smith, J. R. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1985–09–09 St. Benedict's Prep (NJ)
F/C 13 Thompson, Tristan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1991–03–13 Texas
F/C 17 Varejão, Anderson 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 273 lb (124 kg) 1982–09–28 Brazil
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: 2016–01–27

Transactions

Trades

June 25, 2015
 To Cleveland Cavaliers[2]
Rakeem Christmas
Cedi Osman
2019 Second Round Pick		 To Minnesota Timberwolves
Tyus Jones
July 23, 2015
 To Cleveland Cavaliers[3]
2019 Second Round Pick		 To Indiana Pacers
Rakeem Christmas
July 27, 2015
 To Cleveland Cavaliers[4]
Two Trade Exceptions		 To Portland Trailblazers
Mike Miller
Brendan Haywood
2019 & 2020 Second Round Pick
January 12, 2016
 To Cleveland Cavaliers[5]
2020 Second Round Pick		 To Orlando Magic
Joe Harris
2017 Second Round Pick

Re-signed

Player Signed Former Team
Iman Shumpert[6] Signed 4-year contract worth $40 million Cleveland Cavaliers
Kevin Love[7] Signed 5-year contract worth $110 million Cleveland Cavaliers
LeBron James[8] Signed 2-year contract worth $47.9 million Cleveland Cavaliers
James Jones[9] Signed 1-year contract worth $1.5 million Cleveland Cavaliers
Matthew Dellavedova[10] Signed 1-year contract worth $1.2 million Cleveland Cavaliers
J. R. Smith[11] Signed 2-year contract worth $10 million Cleveland Cavaliers
Tristan Thompson[12] Signed 5-year contract worth $82 million Cleveland Cavaliers

Additions

Player Signed Former Team
Mo Williams[13] Signed 2-year contract worth $4 million Charlotte Hornets
Richard Jefferson[14] Signed 1-year contract worth $1.5 million Dallas Mavericks
Sasha Kaun[15] Signed 2-year contract CSKA Moscow

Subtractions

Player Reason Left New Team
Shawn Marion[16] Retired N/A
Kendrick Perkins[17] Signed 1-year contract worth $1.5 million New Orleans Pelicans
Joe Harris[18] Traded Orlando Magic
David Blatt (Head Coach)[19] Fired N/A

References

  1. ↑ "Injury Report". basketball-reference.com. October 28, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cavaliers Acquire Draft Rights to Cedi Osman and Rakeem Christmas from Minnesota". nba.com/cavaliers. June 25, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Cavs Acquire Second Round Pick from Pacers". nba.com/cavaliers. July 23, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Cavaliers Complete Trade with Portland". nba.com/cavaliers. July 27, 2015. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Cavaliers Acquire Protected Second Round Pick From Orlando". nba.com/cavaliers. January 12, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Cavaliers Re-sign Guard Iman Shumpert". nba.com/cavs. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Cavaliers Re-sign Forward Kevin Love". nba.com/cavaliers. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Cavaliers Re-sign Forward LeBron James". nba.com/cavaliers. July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Cavaliers Re-sign James Jones". nba.com/cavaliers. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Cavs Re-sign Guard Matthew Dellavedova". nba.com/cavaliers. July 27, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Cavs Re-sign Guard J.R. Smith". nba.com/cavaliers. September 2, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Cavs Re-Sign Forward Tristan Thompson". nba.com/cavaliers. October 22, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Cavs Sign guard Mo Williams". nba.com/cavs. July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Cavs Sign Forward Richard Jefferson". nba.com/cavs. August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Cavs Sign Center Sasha Kaun". nba.com/cavs. September 9, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Marion to retire at end of season". espn.com. January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Pelicans Sign Kendrick Perkins". nba.com/pelicans. July 28, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Cavaliers Acquire Protected Second Round Pick From Orlando". nba.com/cavaliers. January 12, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  19. ↑ "David Blatt fired as Cavaliers coach, per sources". ESPN.com. January 22, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.

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