2004–05 Cleveland Cavaliers season

The 2004-05 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 35th season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers finished the season with a 42–40 record, a fourth place finish in the Central Division, and barely missed out of the playoffs, losing a tiebreaker for the 8th spot to the New Jersey Nets. Lebron James was the team's leading scorer and was named as an All-Star starter.

Key Dates:

On June 24, the 2004 NBA Draft, took place in New York City, New York.
In July, the free agency period began.
On September 15, the Cavaliers named Brendan Malone assistant coach.
On October 14, the Cavaliers' preseason began with a 94–102 loss to Memphis.
On November 3, the Cavaliers' regular season began with a 104–109 2OT loss to Indiana.
On March 21, head coach Paul Silas was fired and Brendan Malone was named interim head coach. Mike Bratz and Wes Wilcox were added to Malone's staff as assistants.
On April 20, the Cavaliers' season ended in a 104–95 win over the Toronto Raptors.
On April 21, Jim Paxson was fired as President of Basketball Operations and General Manager.

Offseason

Free Agents

Additions
Player	Date	Former team
Robert Traylor	August 5	New Orleans Hornets
Anderson Varejao	August 19	Cleveland Cavaliers
Scott Williams	September 28	Dallas Mavericks
Lucious Harris	October 1	New Jersey Nets

Subtractions
Player	Date	New team
Jason Kapono^*	June 22	Charlotte Bobcats
Carlos Boozer	July 29	Utah Jazz
Lee Nailon	September 30	New Orleans Hornets

^*Selected in expansion draft

Trades

June 23, 2004

To Cleveland Cavaliers

Sasha Pavlovic

To Charlotte Bobcats

Future 1st round pick

July 20, 2004

To Cleveland Cavaliers

Eric Snow

To Philadelphia 76ers

Kedrick Brown and Kevin Ollie

July 23, 2004

To Cleveland Cavaliers

Drew Gooden, Anderson Varejao, and Steven Hunter

To Orlando Magic

Tony Battie and two future 2nd round picks

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	10	Luke Jackson	Guard		Oregon

2nd round pick (#39) traded to Toronto in Michael Stewart deal. Used to draft Albert Miralles who was then traded to Miami.

Roster

Regular depth chart

Player salaries

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

November

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record
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December

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

January

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

February

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

March

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

April

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

Player stats

Regular season

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
39	0	7.8	.290	.000	.000	1.8	.4	.21	.69	1.0
82	80	30.8	.492	.179	.810	9.2	1.6	.94	.93	14.4
73	4	15.5	.395	.323	.812	1.7	.7	.37	.08	4.3
78	78	33.5	.468	.286	.799	8.6	1.3	.68	2.12	16.9
10	0	4.3	.370	.667	.833	.6	.3	.00	.00	2.9
80	80	42.4	.472	.351	.750	7.4	7.2	2.21	.65	27.2
76	69	34.9	.412	.345	.813	2.1	5.1	.74	.01	12.8
4	0	6.8	.600	.000	.000	1.8	.3	.25	.50	1.5
74	69	24.8	.429	.358	.797	3.0	1.2	.68	.24	5.9
65	9	13.3	.435	.385	.688	1.1	.8	.45	.06	4.8
81	15	22.8	.382	.289	.738	1.9	3.9	.83	.20	4.0
74	6	17.9	.444	.000	.539	4.5	.8	.73	.68	5.5
54	0	16.0	.513	.000	.535	4.8	.5	.76	.70	4.9
11	0	9.3	.327	.192	.750	.2	1.2	.45	.00	4.0
16	0	12.0	.235	.182	.714	1.8	1.2	.31	.00	2.9
19	0	8.0	.293	.000	.818	1.6	.4	.21	.32	1.7