Cleveland Cavaliers Regular Season Rosters

2005-2006 Cleveland Cavaliers Regular Season Roster

Jersey Player Pos HT WT YOS Pre-Draft Team Draft Status Nationality
15 Martynas Andriuskevicius C 7-2 240 0 Zalgiris (Lithuania) 2005 Rnd 2 Pick 14 Lithuania
90 Drew Gooden FC 6-10 250 3 Kansas 2002 Rnd 1 Pick 4 United States
1 Stephen Graham GF 6-6 215 0 Oklahoma State 2005 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
31 Zendon Hamilton C 6-11 250 6 St. John's 1998 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
44 Alan Henderson F-C 6-9 235 10 Indiana 1995 Rnd 1 Pick 16 United States
32 Larry Hughes G 6-5 184 7 Saint Louis 1998 Rnd 1 Pick 8 United States
11 Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 7-3 260 9 BC Aisciai-Atletas (Lithuania) 1996 Rnd 1 Pick 20 Lithuania
33 Luke Jackson SF 6-7 215 1 Oregon 2004 Rnd 1 Pick 10 United States
23 LeBron James F 6-9 250 2 St. Vincent St. Mary High School (Ohio) 2003 Rnd 1 Pick 1 United States
19 Damon Jones G 6-3 185 7 Houston 1997 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
24 Donyell Marshall F 6-9 245 11 UConn 1994 Rnd 1 Pick 4 United States
2 Flip Murray SG 6-3 200 3 Shaw 2002 Rnd 2 Pick 13 United States
54 Lee Nailon F 6-9 238 5 TCU 1999 Rnd 2 Pick 14 United States
14 Ira Newble G-F 6-7 220 6 Miami (OH) 1997 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
3 Sasha Pavlovic GF 6-7 235 2 Buducnost (Montenegro) 2003 Rnd 1 Pick 19 Serbia
20 Eric Snow G 6-3 190 10 Michigan State 1995 Rnd 2 Pick 14 United States
17 Anderson Varejao C 6-10 273 1 Barca (Spain) 2004 Rnd 2 Pick 1 Brazil
29 Mike Wilks G 5-10 185 4 Rice 2001 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States

2005-2006 Cleveland Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters E. Snow L. Hughes L. James D. Gooden Z. Ilgauskas
Rotation D. Jones F. Murray I. Newble D. Marshall A. Varejao
Lim PT   S. Pavlovic L. Jackson A. Henderson M. Andriuskevicius
Lim PT     S. Graham    

2005-2006 Central Division Standings

RankTeamRecordGB
1Detroit Pistons64-18-
2Cleveland Cavaliers50-3214
3Indiana Pacers41-4123
4Chicago Bulls41-4123
5Milwaukee Bucks40-4224

2005-2006 Cleveland Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
LeBron James All-NBA First Team (2006)
LeBron James Player Of The Month (Nov 05, Mar 06)
LeBron James Player Of The Week (11/21/05, 01/30/06, 03/19/06, 03/26/06, 04/02/06)
LeBron James Eastern All-Star Fan Vote Selection (2006)
LeBron James Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP (2006)
LeBron James Skills Challenge Participant (2006)

2005-2006 Cleveland Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
LeBron James 79 42.5 31.4 7.0 6.6 1.6 0.8 3.3
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 78 29.3 15.6 7.6 1.2 0.5 1.7 2.0
Drew Gooden 79 27.5 10.7 8.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.3
Donyell Marshall 81 25.7 9.3 6.1 0.7 0.7 0.5 1.1
Larry Hughes 36 35.6 15.5 4.5 3.6 1.5 0.6 2.8
Damon Jones 82 25.5 6.7 1.6 2.1 0.5 0.0 0.7
Eric Snow 82 28.7 4.8 2.4 4.2 0.9 0.2 1.4
Flip Murray 28 36.7 13.5 2.4 2.8 1.4 0.2 2.0
Sasha Pavlovic 53 15.3 4.5 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.8
Anderson Varejao 47 16.2 4.7 5.0 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.6
Alan Henderson 51 10.4 2.5 2.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4
Luke Jackson 35 9.0 2.7 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.9
Ira Newble 36 9.8 1.3 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3
Mike Wilks 36 6.8 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.4
Stephen Graham 13 9.0 2.8 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5
Zendon Hamilton 11 4.1 2.3 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5
Martynas Andriuskevicius 6 1.6 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0

2005-2006 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster Composition

Selected via Draft

Zydrunas Ilgauskas was selected as the #20 pick in the First Round of the 1996 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Zydrunas Ilgauskas signed a multi-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on August 1, 1996. Zydrunas Ilgauskas signed a multi-year extension with the Cleveland Cavaliers on January 29, 1999. Zydrunas Ilgauskas re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on September 26, 2005.

Luke Jackson was selected as the #10 pick in the First Round of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Luke Jackson signed a multi-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on July 1, 2004.

LeBron James was selected as the #1 pick in the First Round of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. LeBron James signed a multi-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on July 3, 2003.

Acquired via Draft Rights Trade

Draft Rights to Martynas Andriuskevicius, the #14 pick in the Second Round of the 2005 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Orlando Magic on June 28, 2005. Martynas Andriuskevicius signed a multi-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on August 11, 2005.

Draft Rights to Anderson Varejao, the #1 pick in the Second Round of the 2004 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Orlando Magic on July 23, 2004. Anderson Varejao signed a multi-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on August 18, 2004.

Acquired via Trade

Drew Gooden was acquired in a trade by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Orlando Magic on July 23, 2004.

Flip Murray was acquired in a trade by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Seattle SuperSonics on February 23, 2006.

Sasha Pavlovic was acquired in a trade by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Charlotte Hornets on June 23, 2004.

Eric Snow was acquired in a trade by the Cleveland Cavaliers from the Philadelphia Sixers on July 20, 2004.

Acquired via Free Agency

Stephen Graham signed a contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on February 6, 2006. Stephen Graham re-signed to a contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on February 20, 2006. Stephen Graham re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on February 24, 2006.

Alan Henderson signed a contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on September 27, 2005.

Larry Hughes signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on August 4, 2005.

Damon Jones signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on September 8, 2005.

Donyell Marshall signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on August 4, 2005.

Ira Newble signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers on July 22, 2003.

2005-2006 Cleveland Cavaliers Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Dan Gilbert Owner, Chairman 2004-2005 N/A
Jeff Cohen Minority Owner, Vice Chairman 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
Kerry Bubolz President of Business Operations 2004-2005 N/A
Marvin Cross Director of Team Security 1981-1982 N/A
Mike Brown Head Coach 2013-2014 Head Coach (Los Angeles Lakers, 2011 to 2013)
Hank Egan Assistant Coach 2003-2004 Assistant Coach (Golden State Warriors, 2002 to 2003)
Kenny Natt Assistant Coach 2004-2005 Assistant Coach (Utah Jazz, 1995 to 2004)
Melvin Hunt Assistant Coach 2005-2006 Assistant Coach (Los Angeles Lakers, 2004 to 2005)
Mike Malone Assistant Coach 2005-2006 Assistant Coach (New York Knicks, 2001 to 2005)
Danny Ferry General Manager 2005-2006 N/A
Lance Blanks Assistant General Manager 2005-2006 Director of Scouting (San Antonio Spurs, 2002 to 2005)
Chico Averbuck Director of International Scouting 2001-2002 N/A
Bryant Moore Video Coordinator 2005-2006 N/A
Mark Cashman Equipment Manager 2001-2002 N/A
Michael Winger Director of Basketball Operations 2005-2006 N/A
Max Benton Head Athletic Trainer 2001-2002 Assistant Athletic Trainer (Denver Nuggets, 1995 to 2001)
Stan Kellers Strength and Conditioning Coach 1996-1997 N/A
Mike Mancias Assistant Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 Assistant Athletic Trainer (Miami Heat, 2010 to 2014)
Richard Parker, MD Team Physician 2000-2001 N/A
Joe Tait Radio Broadcaster 1970-1971 N/A
Olivier Sedra Public Address Announcer 2005-2006 N/A