Cleveland Cavaliers Tickets

Cleveland Cavaliers

2008 Outlook

The Cleveland Cavaliers felt the team lacked the talent needed to win a championship and made a blockbuster three-team mid-season trade that brought power forwards Ben Wallace and Joe Smith, small forward Wally Szczerbiak, and guard Delonte West to the team. The new roster features players that strengthen the interior defense and add outside shooting. The team is built around young super-talent LeBron James, who is always a triple-double threat.

Team History

The Cleveland Cavaliers joined the NBA as an expansion franchise in 1970. The Cavs struggled to find consistency over the first sixteen years of the franchise, but after an ownership change that found the Gund brothers in control, the team began moving toward respectability.

In 1986, the team acquired center Brad Daugherty, point guard Mark Price, shooting guard, Ron Harper, and power forward Larry Nance. With Lenny Wilkens as head coach, the Cavs went to the playoffs eight straight times and had three seasons with more than 50 wins. Unfortunately, the Cavaliers rise coincided with intra-division foe Chicago’s arrival as a dominant team, who beat them regularly in the playoffs.

The Cavs consistently made the playoffs with defensively minded teams under Coach Mike Fratello, but found little success in the playoffs. Eventually Fratello was fired and a string of losing seasons found the Cavs in the lottery. In 2003 that lottery pick landed them LeBron James who led the team to the finals four years after the team drafted him. The team’s success figures to continue with LeBron James’ development as a player. Watch James and the Cleveland Cavaliers live with tickets from TheSeats.com.