Cleveland Cavaliers All-Time NBA All-Star Game Starting 5
These five players make up the Cleveland Cavaliers all-time NBA All-Star team.
The NBA-All star game is the greatest exhibition of basketball talent on the world, and since the franchise’s inception in 1970, the Cleveland Cavaliers of produced 15 All-Star players, eight of whom have earned more than one trip.
It seems like a low number, but remember, the Cavs have endured their share of dark periods throughout their history. In the early 1980s, Ted Stephen traded so many first-round picks that the league had to intervene.
After the Mark Price, Brad Daugherty, Larry Nance era ended in the early 1990s, the front office had difficulties identifying All-Star players in the draft.
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Throughout the late 1990s, some players did become All-Stars. Tyrone Hill made the team, and Terrell Brandon earned a couple of trips. Even all-time bust Shawn Kemp made one All-Star team as a Cavalier. But the Cavs lacked a perennial All-Star until the team lucked into the LeBron James during the 2003 NBA Draft.
Even with James, the Cavs had trouble securing All-Stars to play along side him, which played a key reason in why James bolted for Miami following the 2010 season.
While he was gone, the franchise made the wise choice of drafting Kyrie Irving, and has sense picked up a three-time All-Star (although he hasn’t been named one as a Cav) in Kevin Love.
The Cavs haven’t oozed All-Stars like more prolific franchises such as the Lakers or Celtics, but the team’s All-Star all-time starting five would give any other team’s a top five a run for their money.
Something to consider about the team: In addition to career stats, the actual All-Star game(s) and the years these players were selected were factored into picking the team…Here’s your starting five…
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