Cleveland Cavaliers Tickets : The Cavaliers Went Over A Month Without A New Head Coach

The Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1970 as an expansion team.
Several losing seasons followed which saw the Cavaliers drop to the bottom of the league and become a perennial lottery draft team. After another disappointing season in 2002/03, the Cavaliers landed the number one draft pick in the NBA Lottery.

With it, the team selected local high school phenomenon and future NBA MVP LeBron James. As if celebrating a new era in Cleveland Cavaliers basketball, the team's colors were changed from orange, black and blue back to wine and gold, with the addition of navy blue and a new primary logo.

James' status as both an area star (having played his high school basketball at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in nearby Akron) and as one of the most highly touted prospects in NBA history has led many to view his selection as a turning point in the franchise's history.

Embraced by Clevelanders as "King James," the 2003/04 season offered great hope for the future, as James rose to become a dominating player, winning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Hope was even greater for the 2004/05 season. James increased his production in terms of points, rebounds, and assists per game.

Despite the loss of Carlos Boozer in the offseason, James teamed with Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Drew Gooden to form the core of the team. After a promising start, the Cavs began a downward spiral that eventually led to the firing of coach Paul Silas and general manager Jim Paxson. The team failed to make the playoffs that year, tied with New Jersey Nets for the final playoff spot with identical 42-40 records, however the Nets owned the tiebreaker due to having the better head to head record vs the Cavs.

During the 2010 offseason, the Cavaliers fired head coach Mike Brown, along with most of their coaching staff. The General Manager Danny Ferry resigned on June 4, 2010. Chris Grant was promoted to replace Danny Ferry. The Cavaliers went over a month without a new head coach.

On July 1, former Los Angeles Lakers guard and former New Jersey Nets and New Orleans Hornets head coach Byron Scott was named the team's 18th head coach. With the hiring of Scott, the Cavaliers looked to build a squad with more of a team-oriented style of play instead of the superstar isolation style of play that no longer worked due to Lebron's departure to Miami Heat.

The Cavaliers spent the rest of the 2010 off-season rebuilding their team after James' departure. On July 23, they signed 2009 first-round pick Christian Eyenga. On July 26, the Cavs traded Delonte West and Sebastian Telfair to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Ramon Sessions, Ryan Hollins and a 2013 second round draft pick.

On July 30, the Cavaliers signed free agent Joey Graham to a one-year, veteran's minimum contract with a team option for a second year. On August 16, the Cavs signed undrafted Jamaican rookie Samardo Samuels to a three-year, $2.3 million contract.

On September 20, Jawad Williams and the Cavs decided to resign and reached a one-year $1.02 million contract. After finishing the 2010 pre-season with a 6-2 record, the Cavs decided to waive Danny Green and sign with the undrafted rookie Manny Harris, the Cavs also decided to exercise the fourth-year option with J.J. Hickson. On November 18, the Cavaliers sent Christian Eyenga to the Erie BayHawks, the NBA D-League affiliate.

On December 27, the Cavs decided to waive Jawad Williams and assign Samardo Samuels to the NBA D-League.One day later, the Cavs signed Alonzo Gee.On January 1 and 2 the Cavs recalled Samardo Samuels and Christian Eyenga, respectively, from the Erie BayHawks.