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2012-13 Cleveland Cavaliers

Media GuideExecutive Editor: Tad Carper

Editors: Jeff Schaefer, Garin NarainAssociate Editors: Cherome Owens, Taylor Kielpinski-Rogers,

Michael Clark and Alyssa DombrowskiGraphic Design: Mark Podolak, Blaine Fridrick and Nick Prost

Photo Credits: Tony Morrison, David Liam Kyle, Gregory Shamus, NBA Photos

Special Thanks: Elias Sports Bureau© 2012 Cleveland Cavaliers

All NBA and team insignia depicted in this publication are the property of NBA Properties, Inc. and the respective teams of the NBA and may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of NBA Properties, Inc.The information contained in this publication was compiled by the Cleveland Cavaliers and is provided as a courtesy to our fans and the press and may be used only for personal or editorial purposes. Any commercial use of this information is prohibited without the prior written consent of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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ESTABLISHING A CHAMPIONSHIP-CALIBER CULTURE WITH HELP FROM OUR PLAYER DEVELOPMENT CENTER >> Located in Independence, Cleveland Clinic Courts is a state-of-the-art, 50,000 square foot

player development facility.

>> Key Features include: Two adjacent regulation NBA courts with a total of six hoops, 3,500 square foot strength & conditioning training area that overlooks the playing courts, a large theater-style team meeting room, three spacious locker rooms for Cavaliers players, staff and visiting teams.

>> Technological Highlights include: Meeting areas for players, coaches and the scouting staff with video and computer-based training tools, video and editing room with the latest advances allowing the most comprehensive look at games, players and statistics, in-house studio facilities for media interviews and broadcasting needs with satellite capability delivering the Cavaliers message directly from Cleveland Clinic Courts to all over the world, large media viewing and work areas with the latest in wireless technologies, enhanced connectivity and maximum ease of workflow between players, staff and coaches.

SqUARE FOOTAGE BREAkDOWN:

Full Facility .............................. 50,000 sq. ft.Underground Parking.................14,100 sq. ft.Practice Courts .........................17,300 sq. ft.Weight Training Room ...............3,500 sq. ft.

Training Space ............................1,900 sq. ft.Hydro Therapy and Massage Area .............................1,500 sq. ft.

6101 Brecksville Road, Independence, Ohio 44131 216-420-2330

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Cleveland Clinic Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3FRONT OFFICEStaff Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-8Dan Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10Jeff Cohen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Nate Forbes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Len Komoroski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Chris Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14David Griffin/Michael Blackstone . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Chico Averbuck/Trent Redden/David Henderson . . 16Koby Altman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Pete Babcock/Zydrunas Ilgauskas . . . . . . . . . . 18Byron Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Paul Pressey/Jamahl Mosley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Joe Prunty/Nate Tibbetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Max Benton/Stan Kellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Basketball Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Medical Staff/Basketball Operations Assistants . . 24THE PLAYERSRoster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Omri Casspi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27-28Michael Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29-30Alonzo Gee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-32Daniel Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-35Luke Harangody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-37Kyrie Irving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38-39Kevin Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40-41Jon Leuer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42-43C. J. Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44-46Jeremy Pargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47-48Samardo Samuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49-50Donald Sloan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51-52Tristan Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53-54Anderson Varejao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55-58Dion Waiters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59-60Luke Walton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61-63Tyler Zeller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-65SEASON REVIEWSeason Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67-70Season Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Cumulative Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72-78Miscellaneous Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-85NBA INFORMATIONStandings and Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87-93Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94-96D-League Info/NBA Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97-101Canton Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102-103ALL-TIME RECORDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105-113PLAYOFFS HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115-131ALL-TIME ROSTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132-182

CAVALIERS HISTORYSeason-by-Season Results and Statistics . . .184-267Miscellaneous Team History . . . . . . . . . . .268-300Retired Players/Uniforms . . . . . . . . . . . . .301-304Arena History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305-306COMMUNITY RELATIONSCavaliers Community Relations . . . . . . . .308-313Moondog/Cavalier Girls/Scream Team . . .314-315MEDIA INFORMATIONMedia Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317-318Broadcast/Website Information . . . . . . . . .319-321Fred McLeod/Austin Carr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322Allie Clifton/Jeff Phelps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323M. Campy Russell/John Michael . . . . . . . . . . . 324Jim Chones/Mike Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325Brad Sellers/Joe Gabriele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326Tad Carper/Jeff Schaefer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Amanda Petrak/Phyllis Salem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328Traveling Media/Stat Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329Miscellaneous Media Info/Key Dates . . . . . . . 330Ticket Prices/Arena Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331OPPONENTSAtlanta Hawks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Boston Celtics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334Brooklyn Nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335Charlotte Bobcats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336Chicago Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337Dallas Mavericks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338Denver Nuggets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339Detroit Pistons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340Golden State Warriors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341Houston Rockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342Indiana Pacers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343Los Angeles Clippers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344Los Angeles Lakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345Memphis Grizzlies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346Miami Heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347Milwaukee Bucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348Minnesota Timberwolves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349New Orleans Hornets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350New York Knicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351Oklahoma City Thunder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352Orlando Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353Philadelphia 76ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354Phoenix Suns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355Portland Trail Blazers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356Sacramento Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357San Antonio Spurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358Toronto Raptors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359Utah Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360Washington Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

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