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Big fan of Cleveland basketball? Then check out this list of Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every shooting guard from throughout Cleveland Cavaliers history, including current shooting guards and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;greatest NBA shooting guards of all time,&nbsp;the best Cavaliers&nbsp;SGs include Austin Carr, Ron Harper, Bingo Smith, and Wesley Person.In the 2017-18 NBA season, the current Cleveland Cavs starting SGs and backup SGs are Kyle Korver, JR Smith, Iman Shumpert, Dwyane Wade, and John Holland.&nbsp; Who are the best shooting guards in Cleveland Cavaliers history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Cleveland Cavaliers&nbsp;shooting guard.

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A list of the best Cleveland Cavaliers of all time. The Cleveland Cavaliers, much like the rest of the sports teams in Cleveland's history, are a snakebitten franchise. This isn't because they haven't had any good players, in fact the opposite holds true. LeBron James is one of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-2012-nba-players/sportsyeah">greatest players today</a> and one of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-top-nba-players-of-all-time">greatest players of all time</a>. Say what you want about King James, the fact is that when he was with Cleveland, the team was one of the best in the league. James wasn't able to push Cleveland over the top though. With the best player of his generation, the Cavs only had one NBA Finals berth along with the several other brutal early exits, most notably in 2009 and 2010. Zydrunas Ilgauskas is another all time Cavs great that was one that team, but LeBron was the team's superstar player, and the guy that many teams dream of having.Many of the Cavs best players have been steady and been on multiple All Star teams. But their problem is that their greatest players have lost to teams that have had even better players. No one would question that the great Cavalier teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s didn't have talent. With Mark Price running the point and Brad Daugherty posting up down low, these Cavs teams had solid talent, but their best players couldn't get the team to the NBA Finals.This is a list of the best Cleveland Cavaliers of all time. If you see someone that is missing from this list, feel free to add him. Vote or rerank this list so it can accurately reflect who you think is the greatest Cavaliers player in team history.&nbsp;

Big fan of Cleveland basketball? Then check out this list of Cleveland Cavaliers centers with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every center from throughout Cleveland Cavaliers history, including current centers and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-centers-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">greatest NBA centers</a> of all time,&nbsp;the best Cavaliers&nbsp;Cs include Brad Daugherty, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Roy Hinson, and Anderson Varejao.In the 2017-18 NBA season, the current Cleveland Cavs starting Cs and backup Cs are Tristan Thompson.&nbsp; Who are the best centers in Cleveland Cavaliers history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Cleveland Cavaliers&nbsp;center.

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Big fan of Cleveland basketball? Then check out this list of Cleveland Cavaliers power forwards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every power forward from throughout Cleveland Cavaliers history, including current power forwards and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;greatest NBA power forwards of all time,&nbsp;the best Cavaliers&nbsp;PFs include Larry Nance, Tyrone Hill, Kenny Carr, and John Williams.In the 2017-18 NBA season, the current Cleveland Cavaliers starting PFs and backup PFs are Jae Crowder, Jeff Green, and Channing Frye.&nbsp; Who are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-power-forwards-in-nba-history?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best power forwards</a> in Cleveland Cavaliers history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Cleveland Cavaliers&nbsp;power forward.

Big fan of Cleveland basketball? Then check out this list of Cleveland Cavaliers small forwards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every small forward from throughout Cleveland Cavaliers history, including current small forwards and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;greatest NBA small forwards of all time,&nbsp;the best Cavaliers&nbsp;SFs include Campy Russell, Bingo Smith, Lamond Murray, and Cliff Robinson.In the 2017-18 NBA season, the current Cleveland Cavs starting SFs and backup SFs are LeBron James, Jeff Green, and Cedi Osman.&nbsp; Who are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-10-small-forwards?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best small forwards</a> in Cleveland Cavaliers history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Cleveland Cavaliers&nbsp;small forward.

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In their time as an NBA franchise, the Cleveland Cavaliers have gone through many different head coaches, all with different personalities and coaching styles. With that said, who is the best Cleveland Cavaliers coach of all time? We want to hear your thoughts, which is why we created this poll of the top Cleveland Cavaliers coaches of all time. Bill Fitch was the Cavaliers first head coach and coached the team for nine seasons. Fitch has won more regular season games, 738, than any other coach in team history.&nbsp;Chuck Daly is widely regarded to be one of the best head coaches of all time. In 2008 NBA.com named Daly one of the ten best coaches in the history of the game (Fitch was also on that list). If you love basketball and the Cleveland Cavaliers, then help us decide who the best Cleveland Cavaliers coach is by voting up your top picks. You don't have to vote for the winningest Cleveland Cavaliers coach, but it's hard to argue against solid numbers.

Cleveland Cavaliers first-round draft picks have shaped the franchise and been primarily responsible for the only championship in team history. It helps to have drafted one of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-top-nba-players-of-all-time" target="_blank">the best basketball players of all time</a>, LeBron James, but players like Kyrie Irving and Tristan Thompson also helped make the franchise what it is.

Not every Cavaliers draft pick has been a hit, though, with players like Anthony Bennett, DeSagana Diop, and Dajuan Wagner ranking among the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-biggest-nba-busts-of-all-time/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">biggest NBA draft busts</a> in history.

So which of these players had the greatest impact on the Cavaliers? The stats below reflect only the players&#39; time spent with Cleveland, and that&#39;s what you should base your vote on. Did this Cavaliers&nbsp;first-round draft pick help the franchise improve?

These <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-cleveland-cavaliers-of-all-time/ranker-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Cleveland Cavaliers players</a> have all had their numbers retired. After making a big impact while playing for the team, players such as Nate Thurmond and Bingo Smith had their jerseys retired. But not every player in the NBA gets their jersey retired, it is an honor bestowed upon the best players of a franchise. Which of these athletes are the greatest Cleveland Cavaliers players? This list is only for Cleveland Cavaliers players with retired jerseys. Coaches and managers have had their numbers retired as well but we&#39;re here to determine the best Cleveland Cavaliers players that have had their number retired for all time.

Although these are undoubtedly great players, not all of them have been voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame despite having their numbers honored. The Cleveland Cavaliers players that have been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame are noted below. Vote up the Cleveland Cavaliers players with retired numbers that you think made the biggest contribution to the team.

Big fan of Cleveland basketball? Then check out this list of Cleveland Cavaliers point guards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes almost every point guard from throughout Cleveland Cavaliers history, including current point guards and past ones. Featuring some of the&nbsp;greatest <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-point-guards-currently-in-the-nba?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">NBA point guards</a> of all time,&nbsp;the best Cavaliers&nbsp;PGs include Kyrie Irving, Foots Walker, Terrell Brandon, and Mark Price.In the 2017-18 NBA season, the current Cleveland Cavaliers starting PGs and backup PGs are Jose Calderon, Derrick Rose, Isaiah Thomas, and London Perrantes.&nbsp;Who are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-point-guards-in-nba-history?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best point guards</a> in Cleveland Cavaliers history? Here is every player who has ever held the position of Cleveland Cavaliers&nbsp;point guard.

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Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Andrew Irving (; born March 23, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named NBA Rookie of the Year after being selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. A six-time NBA All-Star, Irving was selected to the All-NBA Third Team in 2015. He won an NBA championship with the Cavaliers in 2016.
Irving played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils before joining the Cavaliers in 2011. He was named the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2014. In the 2016 NBA Finals, he made a three-point field goal with 53 seconds remaining in a tied Game 7 to help lead the Cavaliers to a championship over the Golden State Warriors. After losing a rematch against the Warriors in the 2017 Finals, Irving requested a trade and was traded to the Boston Celtics. After two years with the Celtics, he signed with the Brooklyn Nets as a free agent in 2019. He has also played for the United States national team, with which he won gold at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2018, he starred in the film Uncle Drew.

Mark Price

William Mark Price (born February 15, 1964) is an American former basketball player and coach. He was most recently the head coach of the UNC Charlotte 49ers. As a player, he played for 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 1986 to 1998. Spending the majority of his career with the Cleveland Cavaliers, his last three years consisted of one season each with the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Orlando Magic.

Ron Harper

Ronald Harper (born January 20, 1964) is an American retired professional basketball player and five-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion. He played for four teams in the NBA between 1986 and 2001.

Terrell Brandon

Thomas Terrell Brandon (born May 20, 1970) is an American retired professional basketball player. He played for three teams during his 11-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Mo Williams

Maurice Williams (born December 19, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After a successful high school career at Murrah High School, Williams attended college at the University of Alabama, where he led his team as a freshman to a 27–8 record, and also shared an SEC regular-season championship. After two seasons at Alabama, Williams entered the 2003 NBA draft where he was selected with the 47th overall pick by the Utah Jazz. Throughout his career, he has also played for the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Charlotte Hornets and Cleveland Cavaliers. In 2009, Williams was selected as an NBA All-Star. In 2016, he won his first NBA championship with the Cavaliers. In May 2018, he became an assistant coach for the Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team.

World B. Free

World B. Free (born Lloyd Bernard Free; December 9, 1953) is an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1975 to 1988. Free was known as the "Prince of Midair" as well as "All-World".

Lenny Wilkens

Leonard Randolph Wilkens (born October 28, 1937) is an American former basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been inducted three times into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, first in 1989 as a player, as a coach in 1998, and in 2010 as part of the 1992 United States Olympic "Dream Team", for which he was an assistant coach.  He is also a 2006 inductee into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.
Wilkens was a combined 13-time NBA All-Star as a player (nine times) and as a head coach (four times), was the 1993 NBA Coach of the Year, won the 1979 NBA Championship as the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, and an Olympic gold medal as the head coach of the 1996 U.S. men's basketball team.
During the 1994–95 season, Wilkens set the record for most coaching wins in NBA history, a record he held when he retired with 1,332 victories.  Wilkens is now second on the list behind Don Nelson, who broke it in 2010. He won the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award for the 2010–11 NBA season. Wilkens is also the most prolific coach in NBA history, at 2,487 regular season games, 89 more games than Nelson, and over 400 more than any other coach, and has more losses than any other coach in NBA history, at 1,155.

Jim Cleamons

James Mitchell Cleamons (born September 13, 1949) is a retired American professional basketball player and current coach.

Andre Miller

Andre Lloyd Miller (born March 19, 1976) is a  American retired professional basketball player. Miller has played professional basketball for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers, Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards, Sacramento Kings, Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs. Currently, he ranks eleventh all-time in NBA career assists and only missed three games to injury in his 17-year career. He's the only player in NBA history to have at least 16,000 career points, 8,000 assists and 1,500 steals without making an NBA All-Star Game.

Dwyane Wade

Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. ( dwayn; born January 17, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. Wade spent the majority of his 16-year career playing for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association. After a successful college basketball career with the Marquette Golden Eagles, Wade was drafted fifth overall in the 2003 NBA draft by the Heat. In his third season, Wade led the Heat to their first NBA Championship in franchise history and was named the 2006 NBA Finals MVP. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Wade led the United States men's basketball team, commonly known as the "Redeem Team", in scoring and helped them capture the gold medal. In the 2008–09 season, Wade led the league in scoring and earned his first NBA scoring title. With LeBron James and Chris Bosh, Wade helped guide Miami to four consecutive NBA Finals from 2011 to 2014, winning back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013. After playing for the Chicago Bulls and the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wade was traded back to Miami in February 2018. A 13-time NBA All-Star, Wade is Miami's all-time leader in points, games, assists and steals, shots made and shots taken.

Baron Davis

Baron Walter Louis Davis (born April 13, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player who is a studio analyst for The NBA on TNT. He is a two-time NBA All-Star. He was drafted with the third overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft by the Charlotte Hornets. He also played in the NBA for the New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks. Davis played college basketball for UCLA, where he was an All-American honoree before turning professional after his sophomore year. He was a star high school player while at Crossroads School.

Foots Walker

Clarence "Foots" Walker (born May 21, 1951 in Southampton, New York) is a former professional basketball player.  A 6' 0" guard from Vincennes University and the school now known as the University of West Georgia, Walker spent ten seasons (1974–1984) in the NBA, playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New Jersey Nets.  He was the first Cavalier to record a triple-double, which he achieved in 1979.

Brevin Knight

Brevin Adon Knight (born November 8, 1975) is an American retired professional basketball point guard who played with nine teams in the NBA from 1997 to 2009. Knight played college basketball at Stanford University and was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1997. He is the brother of Brandin Knight.
He is currently a color commentator for the Memphis Grizzlies on Fox Sports Tennessee.

Geoff Huston

Geoffrey ”Geoff” Angier Huston (born November 8, 1957) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a point guard for the New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers. Collegiately, he played for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. The Dallas Mavericks traded Huston, along with a 1983 third round draft choice to the Cavaliers in exchange for Chad Kinch and a 1985 first round draft choice on February 7, 1981.In eight NBA seasons, he played in 496 games, having played 12,252 minutes, and scoring 4,380 points. During his NBA career he managed a 48.3 field goal percentage (1,836 for 3,805), 25.4 three-point field goal percentage (16 for 63), 70.8 free throw percentage (692 for 978), 684 total rebounds (201 offensive, 483 defensive), 2,509 assists, 331 steals, 32 blocked shots, 899 turnovers and 844 personal fouls.After retiring as a basketball player, Huston became the director of the St. Mary's Recreation Center in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx in New York City.

John Bagley

John Edward "Bags" Bagley (born April 23, 1960) is a former American basketball player in the National Basketball Association.

Walt Frazier

Walter "Clyde" Frazier (born March 29, 1945) is an American former basketball player in the National Basketball Association. As their floor general, he led the New York Knicks to the franchise's only two championships (1970 and 1973), and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987. Upon his retirement from basketball, Frazier went into broadcasting; he is currently a color commentator for telecasts of Knicks games on the MSG Network.

Bob Sura

Robert Sura Jr. (born March 25, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player who played ten seasons for five different teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). At 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), 200 pounds (91 kg), he played as a shooting guard.

Iman Shumpert

Iman Asante Shumpert ( EE-mahn; born June 26, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Shumpert was selected by the New York Knicks with the 17th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. Shumpert won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016.

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Derrick Rose

Derrick Martell Rose (born October 4, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one year of college basketball for the Memphis Tigers before being drafted first overall by his hometown Chicago Bulls in the 2008 NBA draft. After being named the NBA Rookie of the Year, Rose, at age 22, became the youngest player to win the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2011. He has played for the Bulls, Knicks, Cavaliers, Timberwolves, and Pistons over his 13 year career.

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Eric Snow

Eric Snow (born April 5, 1973) is an American retired professional basketball player. Snow played the point guard position in the NBA from 1995 to 2008 and appeared in three NBA Finals. Known for his defense, Snow was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2003. Following his playing career, Snow served as an assistant coach at Florida Atlantic for two years (2014-2016) after having worked two seasons at SMU (2012–14) as Director of Player Development under Larry Brown, his former coach.

Butch Beard

Alfred "Butch" Beard Jr. (born May 5, 1947) is a former professional basketball player and coach. He was the starting point guard with the 1975 NBA champion Golden State Warriors.
Beard played high school basketball at Breckinridge County High School where, as a junior, he led the Bearcats to the 1964 state championship game losing to a Wes Unseld-led Louisville Seneca team. Beard and Unseld would later become roommates at the University of Louisville. In 1965, Beard led the Bearcats back to the title game, winning the state championship. Additionally, he was named the Kentucky Mr. Basketball.
Butch Beard played college basketball at the University of Louisville.
Beard was selected by the Dallas Chaparrals in the 1969 ABA draft and by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 1969 NBA draft. Beard played nine seasons (1969–1970; 1971–1979) with five teams: the Atlanta Hawks, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Golden State Warriors, and the New York Knicks. He scored 5,622 career points and represented Cleveland in the 1972 NBA All-Star Game. While with the Warriors he scored the last seven points of the team's 1975 NBA Championship win. Beard retired as an NBA player in 1979, last playing for the New York Knicks.
Beard later served as head coach of the New Jersey Nets from 1994 to 1996. He was also color analyst for New York Knicks games on MSG Network during the 1980s.  He was the head coach at Morgan State University until he stepped down in March 2006.

Darius Garland

Darius Garland (born January 26, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Born in Gary, Indiana as the son of former basketball player Winston Garland, Garland attended Brentwood Academy in high school. He joined the varsity basketball team in eighth grade and left as a four-time state champion and three-time Tennessee Mr. Basketball winner. He was a five-star recruit, ranked among the best point guards in the 2018 class, and a McDonald's All-American.
Garland committed to Vanderbilt as the best recruit in program history. After five games, his college career was cut short by a meniscus injury, which prompted him to leave the team to prepare for the NBA draft.

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Derek Anderson

Derek Lamont Anderson (born July 18, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player.

Johnny Davis

Johnny Reginald Davis (born October 21, 1955) is an American retired professional basketball player, and formerly an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA with four teams in ten years from 1976 to 1986, winning an NBA championship in his rookie season (1976–77) with the Portland Trail Blazers. He also played for the Indiana Pacers, the Atlanta Hawks, and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In 1996–97 NBA season Davis coached the Philadelphia 76ers, and he coached the Orlando Magic for nearly two seasons from 2003 to 2005. On June 21, 2007, he was named assistant coach by new Grizzlies head coach Marc Iavaroni. Davis had previously served as an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic, Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers, Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors, and Los Angeles Lakers.
On January 22, 2009, Iavaroni was fired by Memphis GM Chris Wallace, and Davis was named interim head coach of the Grizzlies. On January 25, Lionel Hollins—Davis' teammate on the 1977 Portland team—was named Memphis' head coach, with Davis going back to his old job as an assistant coach. From 2011 to 2013, Davis worked as an assistant with the Toronto Raptors.

Big fan of Cleveland basketball? Then check out this list of Cleveland Cavaliers point guards with photos and seasons played with the team.&nbsp;It includes ...