2004–05 Cleveland Cavaliers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Cleveland Cavaliers 2005 42 40 Central 4 9 Paul Silas (fired) Brendan Malone (interim) Jim Paxson Jim Paxson Gordon Gund George Gund III Gund Arena Did not qualify CLE FSN Ohio WUAB WTAM The 2004–05 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 35th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in Cleveland, Ohio.2004-05 Cleveland Cavaliers During the offseason, the Cavaliers acquired Drew Gooden from the Orlando Magic, and Eric Snow from the Philadelphia 76ers. In his second season, expectations were high for LeBron James as the Cavaliers hoped for a playoff berth. Through the first half of the season, the Cavs held a 30–21 record at the All-Star Break as James was selected to his first All-Star selection in the 2005 NBA All-Star Game along with Zydrunas Ilgauskas. However, as March began, the Cavaliers were unable to upgrade at the trading deadline as the team went on a six-game losing streak. Head coach Paul Silas was fired and replaced by interim Brendan Malone. LeBron was named to the All-NBA Second Team, and finished in sixth place in MVP voting. 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 #8 seed in the Eastern Conference to the New Jersey Nets. This was the seventh straight year that the Cavs missed the playoffs. Despite their collapse, James had an outstanding sophomore season averaging 27.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game. This was the last time that LeBron missed the playoffs until his first season with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2019. 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. 2 Offseason Free agents + AdditionsPlayer DateFormer team Robert Traylor August 5 New Orleans Hornets Anderson Varejão August 19 Cleveland Cavaliers Scott Williams September 28 Dallas Mavericks Lucious Harris October 1 New Jersey Nets+ SubtractionsPlayer DateNew 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 Pavlović 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 Varejão, and Steven Hunter To Orlando Magic Tony Battie and two future 2nd round picks Draft picks 2004 NBA draft 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.Lamond Murray and a future 2nd round pick traded to Toronto for Michael Stewart and a future 1st round pick http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/CAVS_OBTAIN_FIRSTROUND_PICK_A-53834-44.html Used to draft Albert Miralles who was then traded to Miami. Roster Cleveland Cavaliers 2004–05 52 DeSagana Diop C 7 0 300 1982-01-30 Oak Hill Academy 90 Drew Gooden basketball F 6 10 250 1981-09-24 Kansas 12 Lucious Harris G 6 5 190 1970-12-18 Long Beach State 11 Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 7 3 260 1975-06-05 Lithuania 33 Luke Jackson basketball, born 1981 G 6 7 215 1981-11-06 Oregon 23 LeBron James F 6 8 240 1984-12-30 St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH) 0 Jeff McInnis G 6 4 179 1974-10-22 North Carolina 14 Ira Newble F 6 7 220 1975-01-20 Miami (OH) 3 Sasha Pavlović G 6 7 210 1983-11-15 Serbia 20 Eric Snow G 6 3 205 1973-04-24 Michigan State 32 Robert Traylor FC 6 8 290 1977-02-01 Michigan 17 Anderson Varejão FC 6 10 240 1982-09-28 Brazil 2 Dajuan Wagner G 6 2 200 1983-02-04 Memphis 44 Jiří Welsch GF 6 7 210 1980-01-27 Czech Republic 47 Scott Williams basketball FC 6 10 230 1968-03-21 North Carolina Paul Silas Brendan Malone Mike Bratz Brendan Malone Kenny Natt Stephen Silas Wes Wilcox https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2005.html February 24, 2005 Regular season Season standings CLE CLE Game log Cleveland Cavaliers 2005 Total: 42–40 (Home: 29–12; Road: 13–28) Cleveland Cavaliers November yes 6 1 3 4 Cleveland Cavaliers December 5 2 3 5 Cleveland Cavaliers January 5 1 4 4 Cleveland Cavaliers February 5 2 0 5 Cleveland Cavaliers March 5 3 1 6 Cleveland Cavaliers April 3 3 2 4 CLE 2005 Player stats Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Diop, DeSagana DeSagana Diop 39 0 7.8 .290 .000 .000 1.8 .4 .21 .69 1.0 Gooden, Drew Drew Gooden 82 80 30.8 .492 .179 .810 9.2 1.6 .94 .93 14.4 Harris, Lucious Lucious Harris 73 4 15.5 .395 .323 .812 1.7 .7 .37 .08 4.3 Ilgauskas, Zydrunas Žydrūnas Ilgauskas 78 78 33.5 .468 .286 .799 8.6 1.3 .68 2.12 16.9 Jackson, Luke Luke Jackson 10 0 4.3 .370 .667 .833 .6 .3 .00 .00 2.9 James, LeBron LeBron James 80 80 42.4 .472 .351 .750 7.4 7.2 2.21 .65 27.2 McInnis, Jeff Jeff McInnis 76 69 34.9 .412 .345 .813 2.1 5.1 .74 .01 12.8 Moiso, Jerome Jérôme Moïso* 4 0 6.8 .600 .000 .000 1.8 .3 .25 .50 1.5 Newble, Ira Ira Newble 74 69 24.8 .429 .358 .797 3.0 1.2 .68 .24 5.9 Pavlović, Aleksandar Aleksandar Pavlović 65 9 13.3 .435 .385 .688 1.1 .8 .45 .06 4.8 Snow, Eric Eric Snow 81 15 22.8 .382 .289 .738 1.9 3.9 .83 .20 4.0 Traylor, Robert Robert Traylor 74 6 17.9 .444 .000 .539 4.5 .8 .73 .68 5.5 Varejão, Anderson Anderson Varejão 54 0 16.0 .513 .000 .535 4.8 .5 .76 .70 4.9 Wagner, Dajuan Dajuan Wagner 11 0 9.3 .327 .192 .750 .2 1.2 .45 .00 4.0 Welsch, Jiri Jiří Welsch* 16 0 12.0 .235 .182 .714 1.8 1.2 .31 .00 2.9 Williams, Scott Scott Williams 19 0 8.0 .293 .000 .818 1.6 .4 .21 .32 1.7 * Statistics include only games with the Cavaliers Awards and records Awards Records Milestones All-Star LeBron James voted as a starter for the 2005 NBA All-Star Game. He appeared for the first time in the All-Star Game. Zydrunas Ilgauskas - 2005 NBA All-Star Game Transactions Trades Free agents Development League References Cleveland Cavaliers on Database Basketball Cleveland Cavaliers on Basketball Reference 2004-05 Season Media Guide Category:Cleveland Cavaliers seasons Cleveland Cleve Cleve