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2016–17 Cleveland Cavaliers season

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

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

Standings

Division

Conference

Game log

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

Trades

Free agency

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

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

  1. ^ McMenamin, Dave (March 4, 2017). "Cavaliers set NBA single-game mark with 25 3s". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  2. ^ Timothy Rapp (January 3, 2018). "Report: Kyrie Irving Trade for Paul George, Eric Bledsoe Was Explored by Cavs". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Goodman, Jeff; Wojnarowski, Adrian (August 22, 2017). "Cavaliers send Kyrie Irving to Celtics in deal including Isaiah Thomas, Nets 2018 pick". Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  4. ^ Rohan Nadkarni (August 22, 2017). "Trade Grades: Cavs Send Kyrie Irving to Celtics for Package Including Isaiah Thomas". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  5. ^ Adrian Wojnarowski (August 30, 2017). "Cavs add second-round pick from Celtics to complete Kyrie Irving-Isaiah Thomas trade". ESPN. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  6. ^ Chris Mannix (July 24, 2017). "How Kyrie Irving has ended the super-team Cavs as we know them". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  7. ^ Matt Ellentuck (August 30, 2017). "Kyrie Irving trade to Celtics finalized with Boston adding 2020 second-round pick". SB Nation. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  8. ^ 2016 Cleveland Indians season Wikipedia page
  9. ^ "Cavs acquire draft rights to Kay Felder from Atlanta". nba.com/cavaliers. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  10. ^ "Cavaliers sign Kay Felder". nba.com/cavaliers. August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  11. ^ "Cavaliers complete trade with Milwaukee Bucks". nba.com/cavaliers. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  12. ^ "Cavaliers acquire forward Mike Dunleavy from Chicago". nba.com/cavaliers. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  13. ^ "Cavaliers complete trade with Philadelphia 76ers". nba.com/cavaliers. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  14. ^ "Cavaliers acquire Kyle Korver from Hawks". nba.com/cavaliers. January 7, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  15. ^ "Cavaliers complete trade with Charlotte". nba.com/cavaliers. February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  16. ^ "Cavaliers re-sign forward Richard Jefferson". nba.com/cavaliers. July 28, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  17. ^ "Cavaliers re-sign forward James Jones". nba.com/cavaliers. August 4, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  18. ^ "Cavaliers and LeBron James sign multi-year contract". nba.com/cavaliers. August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  19. ^ "Cavaliers re-sign guard J.R. Smith". nba.com/cavaliers. October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  20. ^ "Cavaliers sign center Chris Andersen". nba.com/cavaliers. July 22, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  21. ^ "Cavs sign Derrick Williams to 10-day contract". nba.com/cavaliers. February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  22. ^ "Cavs sign Deron Williams". nba.com/cavaliers. February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  23. ^ "Cavs sign Andrew Bogut". nba.com/cavaliers. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  24. ^ "Cavaliers sign Larry Sanders". nba.com/cavaliers. March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  25. ^ "Lakers sign Timofey Mozgov". nba.com/lakers. July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  26. ^ "Cavaliers waive Jordan McRae". nba.com/cavaliers. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  27. ^ "Cavaliers waive DeAndre Liggins". nba.com/cavaliers. April 9, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2017.