At 5 ft 5 in, Earl Boykins is the second-shortest player in NBA history behind Muggsy Bogues, who was 5 ft 3 in. Boykins went undrafted, but he was signed to short-term contracts by five different NBA teams, including the Cavs, before signing a five-year, $13.7 million contract with the Denver Nuggets prior to the 2003-2004 season.
In 2015-16, J.R. Smith made a franchise-record 204 3-pointers, shooting .400 from beyond the arc. He also made a franchise playoff-record 65 3-pointers, which were the fourth-most threes made by any NBA player in a single postseason.
Between 2010 and 2014, Cleveland won the top pick in the NBA draft lottery three times, selecting Kyrie Irving (2011), Anthony Bennett (2013), and Andrew Wiggins (2014).
LeBron James' pre-game chalk toss was one of the coolest rituals in the NBA for years.
Point guard Andre Miller was the only NBA player to average 10+ assists and 10+ points during the 2001-02 NBA season. He finished the season with 1,335 points and a franchise-record 882 assists.
Point guard Steve Kerr has the highest career three-point percentage (45.4%) in NBA history for any player with at least 250 three-pointers made. In 1989-90, his first season with the Cavs, he set a single-season franchise record, hitting 50.7% of his 3-pointers.
In the 2012-13 season, Tristan Thompson set the Cavaliers franchise record for most offensive rebounds in a single season with 306 (second in the NBA), surpassing Zydrunas Ilgauskas' 299 offensive rebounds in the 2004-05 season. He also recorded a team-high 31 double-doubles, becoming just the ninth player in franchise history to total at least 30 double-doubles in a single season.
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