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Cleveland Cavaliers
(22-28, 7th in Central, 11 games back)
DRAFT PICKS: (#8 #11 #39)
| T E A M S T R E N G T H S |
Defense
Relatively young
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| W E A K N E S S E S |
Scoring
Injuries
Rebounding
Tempo
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| C H A N G E S |
Jim Paxson - new GM
New head coach
New attitudes
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| N E E D S |
Healthy Ilgauskas
Small forward
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| N O T E S: |
Head Coach Mike Fratello fired on June 1st
Averaged 86.4 ppg (26th)...it was the 5th straight year in which the Cavs' scoring average ranked in the bottom-five of the league
Zydrunas Ilaguaskas missed all but five games with a broken foot
Dropped 10 of its final 11 games
Worst rebounding team in the league at 35.8
PG Brevin Knight was 0-5 from three-point range and is 0-12 for his career
Scored 100+ points a mere four times and they won all four...Cavs are 38-2 over that last three years when they score 100+
Kemp, Sura and Person signed through 2004
Kemp fouled out only twice...he fouled out 15 times last year
Sold out only one game (3/18 vs LAL)
Person shot 37.5% from three-point range...last year he shot 43.0%
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| F I R S T R O U N D P I C K S I N T H E 9 0 ' S |
1990 - None
1991 - Terrell Brandon, G (11)
1992 - None
1993 - Chris Mills, F (22)
1994 - None
1995 - Bob Sura, G (17)
1996 - Vitaly Potapenko, C (12), Zydrunas Ilgauskas, C (20)
1997 - Derek Anderson, G (13), Brevin Knight, G (16)
1998 - None
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| P L A Y E R S B Y P O S I T I O N |
Small Forwards
Cedric Henderson
Johnny Newman |
Power Forwards
Shawn Kemp
Danny Ferry
Corie Blount |
Centers
Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Andrew DeClercq
Ryan Stack |
Point Guards
Brevin Knight
Earl Boykins |
Shooting Guards
Derek Anderson
Wesley Person
Bob Sura
Mitchell Butler |
| F R E E A G E N T S |
1999
Butler
Butler
Harper
Henderson
Stack |
2000
Stack
Ferry
Knight
Knight |
2001 |
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Information courtesy of Turner Sports
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