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2018-2019 Cleveland Cavaliers Regular Season Roster

Jersey Player Pos HT WT YOS Pre-Draft Team Draft Status Nationality Free Agent Info
99 Deng Adel SF 6-7 200 0 Louisville 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted South Sudan / Australia RFA-2019
4 Jaron Blossomgame F 6-7 220 0 Clemson 2017 Rnd 2 Pick 29 United States RFA-2019
3 Marquese Chriss PF 6-10 230 2 Washington 2016 Rnd 1 Pick 8 United States UFA-2019
8 Jordan Clarkson G 6-5 194 4 Missouri 2014 Rnd 2 Pick 16 United States UFA-2020
18 Matt Dellavedova G 6-4 200 5 Saint Mary's 2013 NBA Draft, Undrafted Australia UFA-2020
9 Channing Frye FC 7-0 255 13 Arizona 2005 Rnd 1 Pick 8 United States UFA-2019
31 John Henson PF 6-11 219 6 North Carolina 2012 Rnd 1 Pick 14 United States UFA-2020
20 Brandon Knight G 6-3 195 7 Kentucky 2011 Rnd 1 Pick 8 United States UFA-2020
0 Kevin Love FC 6-10 251 10 UCLA 2008 Rnd 1 Pick 5 United States UFA-2023
22 Larry Nance, Jr. SF 6-9 230 3 Wyoming 2015 Rnd 1 Pick 27 United States UFA-2023
12 David Nwaba G 6-4 219 2 Cal Poly 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States RFA-2019
16 Cedi Osman GF 6-8 215 1 Anadolu Efes (Turkey) 2015 Rnd 2 Pick 1 North Macedonia / Turkey RFA-2020
2 Collin Sexton PG 6-2 190 0 Alabama 2018 Rnd 1 Pick 8 United States TO-2020; TO-2020; RFA-2022
5 J.R. Smith SG 6-6 225 14 Saint Benedict's Preparatory School (New Jersey) 2004 Rnd 1 Pick 18 United States UFA-2020
1 Nik Stauskas SG 6-6 205 4 Michigan 2014 Rnd 1 Pick 8 Canada UFA-2019
13 Tristan Thompson F 6-10 238 7 Texas 2011 Rnd 1 Pick 4 Canada UFA-2020
41 Ante Zizic C 6-11 254 1 KK Cibona (Croatia) 2016 Rnd 1 Pick 23 Croatia TO-2020; RFA-2021
   Two-Way player

2018-2019 Cleveland Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters C. Sexton B. Knight C. Osman T. Thompson L. Nance, Jr.
Rotation M. Dellavedova J. Clarkson J. Smith K. Love A. Zizic
Rotation   N. Stauskas D. Nwaba J. Blossomgame M. Chriss
Rotation     D. Adel    
Lim PT         C. Frye
Lim PT         J. Henson

Cleveland Draft Rights Retained

Name Pos Draft Status Nationality
Arturas Gudaitis C 2015 Rnd 2 Pick 17 Lithuania
Dom Pointer SF 2015 Rnd 2 Pick 23 United States
Ilkan Karaman F 2012 Rnd 2 Pick 27 Turkey
Milan Macvan PF 2011 Rnd 2 Pick 24 Croatia / Serbia
Chu Maduabum PF 2011 Rnd 2 Pick 26 Nigeria
Sergii Gladyr G 2009 Rnd 2 Pick 19 Ukraine
Renaldas Seibutis SG 2007 Rnd 2 Pick 20 Lithuania
Ejike Ugboaja F 2006 Rnd 2 Pick 25 Nigeria
Edin Bavcic C 2006 Rnd 2 Pick 26 Bosnia and Herzegovina

2018-2019 Cleveland Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Collin Sexton All-Rookie Second Team (2019)
Cedi Osman Rising Stars Challenge Participant (2019)

2018-2019 Cleveland Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Collin Sexton 82 31.8 16.7 2.9 3.0 0.5 0.1 2.3
Jordan Clarkson 81 27.3 16.8 3.3 2.4 0.7 0.2 1.7
Cedi Osman 76 32.2 13.0 4.7 2.6 0.8 0.1 1.5
Larry Nance, Jr. 67 26.8 9.4 8.2 3.2 1.5 0.6 1.4
Rodney Hood 45 27.4 12.2 2.5 2.0 0.8 0.1 0.8
Tristan Thompson 43 27.9 10.9 10.2 2.0 0.7 0.4 1.4
Ante Zizic 59 18.3 7.8 5.4 0.9 0.2 0.4 1.0
Alec Burks 34 28.8 11.6 5.5 2.9 0.7 0.5 1.4
Kevin Love 22 27.2 17.0 10.9 2.2 0.3 0.2 1.9
David Nwaba 51 19.3 6.5 3.2 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.6
Matt Dellavedova 36 19.9 7.3 1.9 4.2 0.3 0.1 1.6
Brandon Knight 27 22.9 8.5 1.9 2.3 0.7 0.1 0.9
Marquese Chriss 27 14.6 5.7 4.2 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.9
George Hill 13 26.5 10.8 2.1 2.8 0.9 0.1 1.5
Nik Stauskas 24 14.2 5.5 2.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.5
Channing Frye 36 9.5 3.6 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.4
Jaron Blossomgame 27 16.3 4.2 3.6 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4
Kyle Korver 16 15.7 6.8 1.8 1.1 0.2 0.1 1.1
Jalen Jones 16 13.4 5.1 2.1 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.5
Cameron Payne 9 19.6 8.2 2.1 2.6 0.9 0.3 1.2
J.R. Smith 11 20.2 6.7 1.6 1.9 1.0 0.3 1.0
Sam Dekker 9 18.8 6.3 3.7 1.0 1.2 0.0 0.6
Andrew Harrison 10 14.4 4.3 1.5 1.7 0.4 0.2 1.0
Deng Adel 19 10.2 1.7 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3
Patrick McCaw 3 17.6 1.7 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 1.0
Kobi Simmons 1 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
John Holland 1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Cleveland Cavaliers Future Free Agent Details

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Channing Frye (UFA)
Nik Stauskas (UFA)
Jaron Blossomgame (RFA)
Marquese Chriss (UFA)
Deng Adel (RFA)
David Nwaba (UFA)
J.R. Smith (UFA)
John Henson (UFA)
Brandon Knight (UFA)
Tristan Thompson (UFA)
Matt Dellavedova (UFA)
Jordan Clarkson (UFA)
Ante Zizic (TO)
Collin Sexton (TO)
Cedi Osman (UFA)
Ante Zizic (RFA)
Collin Sexton (RFA)
Kevin Love (UFA)
Larry Nance, Jr. (UFA)

Cleveland Cavaliers Future Draft Pick Summary

Year First Round Second Round
2019Own; HOUTo PHL (via CLE to NYK; via PHL swap of ORL for CLE)
20201-10 Own; 11-30 to ATLTo CHA (via ORL to LAC); UTH
2021OwnTo ATL if CLE does not convey 1st round pick to ATL in 2020; POR
2022Own; MIL 11-30 if MIL conveys 1st round pick to PHX in 2020To ATL if CLE does not convey 1st round pick to ATL in 2020; HOU; WAS
2023Own; MIL 11-24 if not already settledOwn; POR
2024Own; MIL 9-30 if not already settledOwn or UTH (via UTH swap for CLE); MIA 56-60; MIL if MIL has not conveyed 1st round pick to CLE by 2024
2025OwnOwn; MIL if MIL has not conveyed 1st round pick to CLE by 2024

Cleveland Cavaliers Future Traded Pick Details

Incoming Outgoing

2019 first round draft pick from Houston
Houston's 2019 1st round pick to Cleveland [Cleveland-Houston-Sacramento, 2/7/2019]

2020 second round draft pick from Utah
Utah's 2020 2nd round pick to Cleveland [Cleveland-Utah, 11/29/2018]

2021 second round draft pick from Portland
Portland's 2021 2nd round pick to Cleveland [Cleveland-Portland, 2/4/2019]

2022 first round draft pick from Milwaukee
Milwaukee's 1st round pick to Cleveland protected for selections 1-10 in 2022 (if Milwaukee conveys a 1st round pick to Phoenix in 2020), 1-10 and 25-30 in 2023 and 1-8 in 2024; if Milwaukee has not conveyed a 1st round pick to Cleveland by 2024, then Milwaukee will instead convey its 2024 2nd round pick and 2025 2nd round pick to Cleveland [Cleveland-Milwaukee-Washington, 12/7/2018]

2022 second round draft pick from Houston
Houston's 2022 2nd round pick to Cleveland [Cleveland-Houston-Sacramento, 2/7/2019]

2022 second round draft pick from Washington
Washington's 2022 2nd round pick to Cleveland [Cleveland-Milwaukee-Washington, 12/7/2018]

2023 second round draft pick from Portland
Portland's 2023 2nd round pick to Cleveland [Cleveland-Portland, 2/4/2019]

2024 second round draft pick from Miami
Miami's 2024 2nd round pick to Cleveland protected for selections 31-55 (if this pick falls within its protected range and is therefore not conveyed, then Miami's obligation to Cleveland will be extinguished) [Cleveland-Miami, 2/8/2018]

2019 second round draft pick to Philadelphia
Cleveland's 2019 2nd round pick to Philadelphia (via Cleveland to New York; via Philadelphia's swap of Orlando for Cleveland) [Cleveland-New York-Oklahoma City, 1/5/2015; New York-Orlando, 7/9/2015; Orlando-Philadelphia, 2/7/2019]

2020 first round draft pick to Atlanta
Cleveland's 2020 1st round pick to Atlanta protected for selections 1-10; if this pick falls within its protected range and is therefore not conveyed, then Cleveland will instead convey its 2021 2nd round pick and 2022 2nd round pick to Atlanta [Atlanta-Cleveland, 1/7/2017]

2020 second round draft pick to Charlotte
Cleveland's 2020 2nd round pick to Charlotte (via Orlando to L.A. Clippers) [Cleveland-Orlando, 2/18/2016; L.A. Clippers-Orlando, 7/15/2016; Charlotte-L.A. Clippers, 6/21/2018]

2024 second round draft pick to Utah (swap, Utah incoming)
Utah has the right to swap its 2024 2nd round pick for Cleveland's 2024 2nd round pick [Cleveland-Sacramento-Utah, 2/8/2018]

2018-2019 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster Composition

Selected via Draft

Collin Sexton was selected as the #8 pick in the First Round of the 2018 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Collin Sexton signed a multi-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on July 4, 2018.

Tristan Thompson was selected as the #4 pick in the First Round of the 2011 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Tristan Thompson signed a multi-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on December 15, 2011. Tristan Thompson re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on October 22, 2015.

Acquired via Draft Rights Trade

Draft Rights to Cedi Osman, the #1 pick in the Second Round of the 2015 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Minnesota Timberwolves on June 25, 2015. Cedi Osman signed a multi-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on July 18, 2017.

Acquired via Trade

Marquese Chriss was acquired in a trade by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Houston Rockets on February 7, 2019.

Jordan Clarkson was acquired in a trade by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Los Angeles Lakers on February 8, 2018.

Matt Dellavedova was acquired in a trade by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Milwaukee Bucks on December 7, 2018.

John Henson was acquired in a trade by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Milwaukee Bucks on December 7, 2018.

Brandon Knight was acquired in a trade by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Houston Rockets on February 7, 2019.

Kevin Love was acquired in a trade by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Minnesota Timberwolves on August 23, 2014. Kevin Love re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on July 9, 2015. Kevin Love signed a multi-year extension with the Cleveland Cavaliers on July 24, 2018.

Larry Nance, Jr. was acquired in a trade by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Los Angeles Lakers on February 8, 2018. Larry Nance, Jr. signed a multi-year extension with the Cleveland Cavaliers on October 15, 2018.

J.R. Smith was acquired in a trade by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the New York Knicks on January 5, 2015. J.R. Smith re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on September 2, 2015. J.R. Smith re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on October 15, 2016.

Ante Zizic was acquired in a trade by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Boston Celtics on August 22, 2017.

Acquired via Free Agency

Channing Frye signed a contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on July 19, 2018.

David Nwaba signed a contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on September 8, 2018.

Nik Stauskas signed a contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on February 11, 2019.

2018-2019 Cleveland Cavaliers Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Dan Gilbert Owner, Chairman 2004-2005 N/A
Jeff Cohen Minority Owner 2004-2005 N/A
Nate Forbes Vice Chairman 2004-2005 N/A
Len Komoroski Chief Executive Officer 2003-2004 N/A
Tracy Marek Chief Marketing Officer 2003-2004 N/A
Brad Sims Chief Revenue Officer 2012-2013 N/A
Jason Hillman General Counsel 2018-2019 Vice President of General Counsel (Cleveland Cavaliers, 2005 to 2018)
Nate Nielsen Assistant to the General Manager 2018-2019 N/A
Nic Barlage President of Business Operations 2017-2018 Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing (Phoenix Suns, 2014 to 2018)
Marvin Cross Director of Team Security 1981-1982 N/A
Tyronn Lue Head Coach 2015-2016 Associate Head Coach (Cleveland Cavaliers, 2014 to 2016)
Larry Drew Head Coach, Associate Head Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Cleveland Cavaliers, 2014 to 2016)
James Posey Assistant Coach 2014-2015 Assistant Coach (Canton Charge, 2012 to 2014)
Mike Longabardi Assistant Coach 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (Phoenix Suns, 2013 to 2016)
Damon Jones Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Canton Charge, 2015 to 2016)
Dan Geriot Assistant Coach, Player Development 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (2017 to 2018)
Dan Vincent Special Assistant to the Head Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (2015 to 2016)
Andrew Olson Shooting Coach 2018-2019 N/A
Matt Eck Director of Video Operations 2014-2015 N/A
Koby Altman General Manager 2017-2018 Director of Pro Player Personnel (Cleveland Cavaliers, 2013 to 2017)
Mike Gansey Assistant General Manager 2017-2018 Director of Development League Operations (Canton Charge, 2014 to 2017)
Chico Averbuck Director of International Scouting 2001-2002 N/A
David Henderson Scout 2011-2012 N/A
Anton Marchand Scout 2017-2018 N/A
Primoz Brezec Scout 2017-2018 N/A
Trey Platt Scout 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (2016 to 2017)
Mike Gerrity Assistant Coach, Director of Player Development 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (2017 to 2018)
Terry Nooner Player Development Coach 2018-2019 N/A
Steve Spiro Head Athletic Trainer 2013-2014 Assistant Athletic Trainer (Cleveland Cavaliers, 2010 to 2013)
Yusuke Nakayama Assistant Athletic Trainer 2013-2014 N/A
Albert Padilla Assistant Athletic Trainer 2018-2019 N/A
John Michael Radio Broadcaster 2011-2012 N/A
Sean Peebles Public Address Announcer 2017-2018 N/A