Cleveland Cavaliers 2014-15 Roster No Player Pos Hgt Wgt Birthdate Prior to Nba/ Year Home Country
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CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 2014-15 ROSTER NO PLAYER POS HGT WGT BIRTHDATE PRIOR TO NBA/ YEAR HOME COUNTRY 89 Lou Amundson F 6-9 225 12/7/82 UNLV ’06 / USA 9TH 8 Matthew Dellavedova G 6-4 200 9/8/90 St. Mary’s (CA) ’13 / Australia 2ND 12 Joe Harris G 6-6 225 9/7/91 Virginia ’14 / USA 1ST 33 Brendan Haywood C 7-0 263 11/27/79 North Carolina ’01 / USA 13TH 2 Kyrie Irving G 6-3 193 3/23/92 Duke ’11 / USA 4TH 23 LeBron James F 6-8 250 12/30/84 St. Vincent-St. Mary (OH) ’03 / USA 12TH 1 James Jones G/F 6-8 215 10/4/80 Miami (FL) ’03 / USA 12TH 53 Alex Kirk C 7-0 245 11/14/91 New Mexico ’14 / USA 1ST 0 Kevin Love F 6-10 243 9/7/88 UCLA ’08 / USA 7TH 31 Shawn Marion F 6-7 228 5/7/78 UNLV ’99 / USA 16TH 18 Mike Miller G/F 6-8 218 2/19/80 Florida ’00 / USA 15TH 21 A.J. Price G 6-2 195 10/7/86 Connecticut ’09 / USA 6TH 13 Tristan Thompson F/C 6-10 238 3/13/91 Texas ’11 / Canada 4TH 17 Anderson Varejao F/C 6-11 267 9/28/82 FC Barcelona ’04 / Brazil 11TH 3 Dion Waiters G 6-4 225 12/10/91 Syracuse ’12 / USA 3RD HEAD COACH ................................David Blatt (Princeton) HIGH PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR ...................Alex Moore ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH ..........Tyronn Lue (Nebraska) ..............................................................................(Australia) ASSISTANT COACHES ................Jim Boylan (Marquette) HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER .......Stephen Spiro (Temple) ..................................................Bret Brielmaier (Arizona) ........................................................Larry Drew (Missouri) .........................................................James Posey (Xavier) CAVALIERS NUMERICAL ROSTER 0 Kevin Love 12 Joe Harris 23 LeBron James 1 James Jones 13 Tristan Thompson 31 Shawn Marion 2 Kyrie Irving 17 Anderson Varejao 33 Brendan Haywood 3 Dion Waiters 18 Mike Miller 53 Alex Kirk 8 Matthew Dellavedova 21 A.J. Price 89 Lou Amundson 30 DRAFTED: Not drafted by an NBA franchise. 2013-14 SEASON: Appeared in 19 games for New Orleans and Chicago…averaged 2.0 points and 2.9 rebounds in 9.7 minutes…averaged 2.1 points and 3.1 boards in 18 contests with the Pelicans, while playing one minute in his only appearance with the Bulls…registered a season-high seven points on 3-4 (.750) shooting, along with seven rebounds in a contest against Memphis on Nov. 30...recorded five points, seven boards, two assists and a pair of steals on Dec. 17 against Golden State. PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Owns career averages of 3.6 points on .491 shooting, 3.5 rebounds and 0.7 blocks in 12.6 minutes per game in 346 games (seven starts) over eight seasons with the Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors, Indiana Pacers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Chicago Bulls and New Orleans Pelicans…During the 2012-13 season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Chicago Bulls and New Orleans Pelicans, appeared in 39 games and averaged 1.9 points and 2.7 boards in 9.5 minutes…recorded a season-high eight points, along with six rebounds, a steal and a block on Jan. 2 against the Utah Jazz…registered three contests of at least five points and five rebounds… during 2011-12 with the Pacers, saw action in 60 games and averaged 3.6 points and 3.7 boards in 12.6 minutes…recorded a career-high 21 points on 10-11 (.909) shooting, to go along with eight rebounds and a block against the Portland Trailblazers on March 13…gathered four or more rebounds 29 times and claimed 10+ rebounds twice...posted a season-high 12 boards against the Charlotte Bobcats on Feb. 22... during 2010-11 with the Warriors, appeared in 46 games (seven starts), averaging 4.3 points and 4.0 rebounds in 15.0 minutes...scoring and rebounding averages were the second-highest marks of his career...Hauled in a season-high 12 rebounds at New Orleans on Jan. 5, scored a season-high 11 points twice: vs. Lakers on April 6 and vs. Timberwolves on March 13…during the 2009-10 season, appeared in 79 games, averaging 4.7 points and 4.4 rebounds in 14.8 minutes, while shooting .551 from the field…set new career-highs in nearly every major statistical category, including points, rebounds, field goal percentage and minutes…played 20-plus minutes 14 times, averaging 9.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.14 blocks and 22.1 minutes in those contests…scored 10-plus points 11 times…scored a career-high tying 20 points vs. Minnesota on March 16…grabbed 10-plus rebounds four times…registered two double-doubles, both of the point/rebound variety…appeared in all 16 of the Suns playoff games, averaging 2.9 points and 3.5 rebounds in 12.1 minutes…in the 2008-09 season with Phoenix, appeared in 76 games, averaging 4.2 points and 3.6 rebounds in 13.7 minutes, while shooting .536 from the field...scored 10-plus points six times...scored a career-high tying 20 points to go along with 10 rebounds and four blocks vs. Toronto on Feb. 27...grabbed five-or-more rebounds 20 times... collected a career-high 14 rebounds vs. Indiana on Jan. 7...recorded one double-double...was the team’s winner of the 2009 Dan Majerle Hustle Award in his first season with the Suns…during the 2007-08 season with Philadelphia, appeared in 16 games, averaging 1.1 points in 4.0 minutes per game…during the 2006-07 season, appeared in 11 games with Utah and Philadelphia…in 10 games with the 76ers, averaged 1.6 points and 2.8 rebounds in 8.7 minutes...at Detroit on April 15, recorded career-highs of eight points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks in 23 minutes of play…led all NBA rookies in blocks per 48 minutes played (4.32) in 2006–07 and ranked sixth among all players league-wide… also appeared in 25 games for the Colorado 14ers of the D-League and averaged 11.1 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in 25.2 minutes... was named the 2006-07 D-League Rookie of the Year despite being called up to the NBA halfway through the season…named to the 2006-07 All-NBA D-League First Team...ranked 5th in the D-League in blocks per game, 8th in field goal percentage (.562) and 9th in rebounds per game. PLAYOFF CAREER: Appeared in 29 career playoff games with averages of 2.7 points on .524 shooting and 2.1 rebounds in 10.3 minutes… during the 2012 PLAYOFFS with Indiana, averaged 2.5 points on and 2.1 rebounds in 11 games…in the 2010 PLAYOFFS with Phoenix, appeared in 16 games and averaged 2.9 points on .528 shooting and 3.5 rebounds in 12.1 minutes…during the 2008 PLAYOFFS with Philadelphia, played in two games and averaged 2.5 points and 3.5 rebounds in 5.0 minutes. PERSONAL: Grew up in Boulder, Colorado…graduated cum laude from UNLV in May 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in university studies with areas of study in English and philosophy…was the first player in Mountain West Conference history to record multiple career games with 20+ points and 20+ rebounds…has Swedish heritage on his father’s side, and also lived in Stockholm for a time. LOU AMUNDSON NBA REGULAR SEASON TOTAL 3-POINT FREE THROWS REBOUNDS TEAM YEAR GP GS MIN MPG FGM FGA PCT GM GA PCT FTM FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL SPG BLK BPG PTS PPG UTA-PHI 06-07 11 0 89 8.1 6 15 .400 0 0 .000 4 10 .400 13 15 28 2.5 1 0.1 15 0 1 0.1 8 0.7 16 1.5 PHI 07-08 16 0 64 4.0 8 16 .500 0 0 .000 2 7 .286 7 5 12 0.8 0 0.0 13 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 18 1.1 PHO 08-09 76 0 1044 13.7 134 250 .536 0 1 .000 53 120 .442 128 142 270 3.6 28 0.4 154 0 32 0.4 65 0.9 321 4.2 PHO 09-10 79 0 1168 14.8 152 276 .551 0 1 .000 67 123 .545 128 218 346 4.4 31 0.4 169 1 24 0.3 73 0.9 371 4.7 GSW 10-11 46 7 691 15.0 83 183 .454 0 0 .000 34 87 .391 81 104 185 4.0 17 0.4 87 1 14 0.3 33 0.7 200 4.3 IND 11-12 60 0 753 12.6 89 207 .430 0 0 .000 35 82 .427 94 128 222 3.7 14 0.2 125 1 27 0.5 44 0.7 213 3.6 MIN-CHI-NO 12-13 39 0 372 9.5 32 81 .395 0 0 .000 12 36 .333 48 58 106 2.7 11 0.3 53 0 16 0.4 12 0.3 76 1.9 NO-CHI 13-14 19 0 185 9.7 16 32 .500 0 0 .000 6 24 .250 28 27 55 2.9 6 0.3 49 2 9 0.5 11 0.6 38 2.0 TOTAL 346 7 4366 12.6 520 1060 .491 0 2 .000 213 489 .436 527 697 1224 3.5 108 0.3 177 5 124 0.4 247 0.7 1253 3.6 NBA PLAYOFFS TOTAL 3-POINT FREE THROWS REBOUNDS TEAM YEAR GP GS MIN MPG FGM FGA PCT GM GA PCT FTM FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL SPG BLK BPG PTS PPG PHI 07-08 2 0 10 5.0 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 5 2 7 3.5 0 0.0 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 2.5 PHO 09-10 16 0 194 12.1 19 36 .528 0 0 .000 9 21 .429 30 26 56 3.5 1 0.1 31 0 6 0.4 7 0.4 47 2.9 IND 11-12 11 0 94 8.5 12 23 .522 0 0 .000 3 6 .500 6 17 23 2.1 2 0.2 16 0 2 0.2 5 0.5 27 2.5 TOTAL 29 0 298 10.3 33 63 .524 0 0 #DIV/0! 13 29 .448 41 45 86 3.0 3 0.1 49 0 8 0.3 12 0.4 79 2.7 32 DRAFTED: Not drafted by an NBA franchise.