2007–08 Cleveland Cavaliers season

Key dates

• On June 28, the 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• On July 1, the free agency period started.
• On October 9, the Cavaliers' pre-season began with a 62–81 loss to Washington Wizards.
• On October 31, the Cavaliers' season started with a 74–92 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.
• On November 2, the Cavaliers signed Sasha Pavlović to a multi-year extension.
• On November 2, the Cavaliers defeated the New York Knicks 110–106 for their first win.
• On November 27, the Cavaliers handed the Boston Celtics their second loss of the season.
• On December 5, the Cavaliers matched the offer sheet of the Charlotte Bobcats to retain Anderson Varejão and waived Demetris Nichols.
• On January 17, the Cavaliers defeated the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio for the second straight year.
• On January 23, a victory over the Washington Wizards gave the Cavaliers a season-long five-game win streak.
• On February 21, in a three-team trade, the Cavaliers acquired Ben Wallace, Joe Smith, a 2009 second-round pick from the Chicago Bulls, and a trade exception, plus Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West from the Seattle SuperSonics.
• On March 5, LeBron James scored 50 points against the New York Knicks which led to victory.
• On March 10, an 88–80 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers put the Cavaliers a season-high 10 games over 0.500.
• On May 2, the Cavaliers defeated the Washington Wizards 105–88 to advance to the second round of the NBA Playoffs.
• On May 18, the Cavaliers fell to the Boston Celtics 92–97 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Draft picks

Main article: 2007 NBA draft

Cleveland did not have a draft pick in the 2007 NBA Draft due to trades from previous seasons.

• 1st round pick (#22) acquired from Toronto and traded to Charlotte as part of Sasha Pavlović deal. Used to draft Jared Dudley.
• 1st round pick (#24) traded to Boston and then to Phoenix as part of Jiří Welsch deal. Used to draft Rudy Fernández.
• 2nd round pick (#54) traded to Orlando and then to Houston as part of Drew Gooden deal. Used to draft Brad Newley.

Roster

• Mike Brown
• Hank Egan
• Melvin Hunt
• Chris Jent
• John Kuester
• Michael Malone

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 31 | Dallas | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (17) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (18) | LeBron James, Daniel Gibson (4) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | November 2 | New York | | LeBron James (45) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 1–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | November 4 | @ Phoenix | | LeBron James (27) | Drew Gooden (14) | LeBron James (8) | US Airways Center 18,422 | 1–2 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | November 6 | @ Golden State | | LeBron James (24) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (14) | LeBron James (9) | Oracle Arena 19,596 | 2–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | November 7 | @ Utah | | LeBron James (32) | LeBron James (15) | LeBron James (13) | EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 | 2–3 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | November 9 | @ Sacramento | | LeBron James (26) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15) | LeBron James (4) | ARCO Arena 15,293 | 3–3 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | November 11 | @ L. A. Clippers | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (25) | Drew Gooden (16) | LeBron James (8) | STAPLES Center 15,541 | 4–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 12 | @ Denver | | LeBron James (27) | Dwayne Jones (10) | LeBron James (4) | Pepsi Center 19,155 | 4–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 14 | Orlando | | LeBron James (39) | LeBron James (13) | LeBron James (14) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 4–5 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 | November 16 | Utah | | LeBron James (40) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | LeBron James (9) | Quicken Loans Arena 19,862 | 5–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 20 | Milwaukee | | LeBron James (34) | Drew Gooden (13) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,115 | 5–6 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 12 | November 21 | @ Minnesota | | LeBron James (45) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Dwayne Jones (10) | LeBron James, Daniel Gibson (5) | Target Center 15,224 | 6–6 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 13 | November 24 | Toronto | | LeBron James (37) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15) | LeBron James (12) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,018 | 7–6 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 14 | November 25 | @ Indiana | | LeBron James (30) | Drew Gooden (12) | LeBron James (10) | Conseco Fieldhouse 11,603 | 8–6 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 | November 27 | Boston | | LeBron James (38) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15) | LeBron James (13) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 9–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 28 | @ Detroit | | LeBron James (15) | Drew Gooden (9) | LeBron James (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 | 9–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 17 | November 30 | @ Toronto | | Daniel Gibson (24) | Drew Gooden (14) | Daniel Gibson (7) | Air Canada Centre 19,800 | 9–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | December 2 | @ Boston | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (13) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Dwayne Jones, Eric Snow, Damon Jones, Devin Brown (2) | TD Garden 18,624 | 9–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 4 | New Jersey | | Shannon Brown (20) | Dwayne Jones (12) | Daniel Gibson, Shannon Brown (4) | Quicken Loans Arena 19,838 | 9–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | December 5 | @ Washington | | Daniel Gibson, Drew Gooden, Shannon Brown (13) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) | Daniel Gibson (8) | Verizon Center 17,684 | 9–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 | December 8 | @ Charlotte | | Larry Hughes (22) | Drew Gooden (9) | Daniel Gibson, Shannon Brown (3) | Charlotte Bobcats Arena 17,624 | 9–12 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 22 | December 11 | Indiana | | Larry Hughes (36) | Drew Gooden (11) | LeBron James, Eric Snow (5) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,010 | 10–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 | December 14 | @ New Jersey | | LeBron James (29) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | LeBron James (8) | Izod Center 15,242 | 10–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | December 15 | Philadelphia | | LeBron James, Drew Gooden (21) | Drew Gooden (10) | LeBron James, Eric Snow (6) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 10–14 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 25 | December 17 | Milwaukee | | LeBron James (31) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | Devin Brown (6) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 11–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 26 | December 19 | @ New York | | LeBron James (32) | LeBron James (8) | LeBron James (6) | Madison Square Garden 18,704 | 11–15 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 27 | December 20 | L. A. Lakers | | LeBron James (33) | Anderson Varejao (15) | LeBron James (5) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 12–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 28 | December 23 | Golden State | | LeBron James (25) | Anderson Varejao (11) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 12–16 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 29 | December 25 | Miami | | LeBron James (25) | Drew Gooden (9) | LeBron James (12) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 13–16 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 | December 27 | @ Dallas | | LeBron James (24) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | LeBron James (7) | American Airlines Center 20,462 | 14–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 29 | @ New Orleans | | LeBron James (21) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | LeBron James (6) | New Orleans Arena 17,623 | 14–17 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 | January 2 | Atlanta | | LeBron James (36) | Anderson Varejao (11) | LeBron James (6) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 15–17 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 | January 4 | Sacramento | | LeBron James (24) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (15) | LeBron James (10) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 16–17 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 | January 6 | @ Toronto | | LeBron James (39) | Anderson Varejao (13) | LeBron James (8) | Air Canada Centre 19,800 | 17–17 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 35 | January 8 | Seattle | | LeBron James (22) | Anderson Varejao, Zydrunas Ilgauskas (9) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (4) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,409 | 18–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 9 | @ Atlanta | | LeBron James (31) | Drew Gooden (11) | LeBron James (6) | Philips Arena 16,246 | 18–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 37 | January 11 | Charlotte | | LeBron James (31) | LeBron James (19) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 19–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 38 | January 15 | @ Memphis | | LeBron James (51) | Drew Gooden (11) | LeBron James (9) | FedEx Forum 13,871 | 20–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 39 | January 17 | @ San Antonio | | LeBron James (27) | Anderson Varejao (14) | LeBron James (7) | AT&T Center 18,482 | 21–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 | January 21 | @ Miami | | LeBron James (28) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | LeBron James (5) | AmericanAirlines Arena 19,600 | 22–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 | January 23 | Washington | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (24) | Drew Gooden (10) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 23–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 25 | Phoenix | | LeBron James (36) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) | LeBron James, Daniel Gibson (5) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 23–19 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 | January 27 | @ L. A. Lakers | | LeBron James (41) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | LeBron James, Larry Hughes (4) | STAPLES Center 18,997 | 24–19 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 44 | January 30 | @ Portland | | LeBron James (37) | LeBron James (14) | LeBron James (4) | Rose Garden Arena 20,501 | 25–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 31 | @ Seattle | | Larry Hughes (28) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (9) | Daniel Gibson (6) | KeyArena 13,109 | 25–20 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 46 | February 2 | L. A. Clippers | | LeBron James (28) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (13) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 26–20 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 47 | February 5 | Boston | | LeBron James (33) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) | LeBron James (12) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 27–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 48 | February 7 | @ Houston | | LeBron James (32) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (8) | LeBron James (6) | Toyota Center 18,402 | 27–21 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 49 | February 8 | @ Atlanta | | LeBron James (26) | LeBron James, Zydrunas Ilgauskas (11) | LeBron James (7) | Philips Arena 19,335 | 28–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 10 | Denver | | LeBron James (30) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (10) | LeBron James, Devin Brown, Damon Jones, Eric Snow (3) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 28–22 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 51 | February 11 | @ Orlando | | Larry Hughes (40) | LeBron James, Donyell Marshall (7) | LeBron James (10) | Amway Arena 17,519 | 29–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 13 | San Antonio | | LeBron James (39) | Drew Gooden (11) | LeBron James (9) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 29–23 |- align="center" |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 | February 19 | Houston | | LeBron James (26) | LeBron James (13) | LeBron James (11) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 29–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 | February 20 | @ Indiana | | LeBron James (31) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (17) | LeBron James (12) | Conseco Fieldhouse 13,096 | 30–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 | February 22 | Washington | | LeBron James (33) | LeBron James (15) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 31–24 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 | February 24 | Memphis | | LeBron James (25) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (13) | LeBron James (11) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 32–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 | February 26 | @ Milwaukee | | LeBron James (35) | Ben Wallace (11) | Delonte West (7) | Bradley Center 15,346 | 32–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | February 27 | @ Boston | | LeBron James (26) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (12) | LeBron James (4) | TD Garden 18,624 | 32–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 59 | February 29 | Minnesota | | LeBron James (30) | Ben Wallace (9) | Delonte West (13) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 33–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 60 | March 2 | Chicago | | LeBron James (37) | Ben Wallace, Anderson Varejao (8) | LeBron James (6) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 34–26 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 61 | March 5 | @ New York | | LeBron James (50) | Joe Smith (11) | LeBron James (10) | Madison Square Garden 18,760 | 35–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 62 | March 6 | @ Chicago | | LeBron James (39) | Anderson Varejao, Ben Wallace (10) | Devin Brown (4) | United Center 22,097 | 35–27 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 63 | March 8 | Indiana | | LeBron James (38) | Anderson Varejao (16) | Anderson Varejao, Delonte West (6) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 36–27 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 64 | March 10 | Portland | | LeBron James (24) | LeBron James (10) | LeBron James (11) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,213 | 37–27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 12 | @ New Jersey | | LeBron James (42) | LeBron James (11) | LeBron James (7) | Izod Center 18,287 | 37–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 13 | @ Washington | | LeBron James (25) | Anderson Varejao (12) | LeBron James, Delonte West (7) | Verizon Center 20,173 | 37–29 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 67 | March 16 | Charlotte | | LeBron James (33) | Ben Wallace (15) | LeBron James (10) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 38–29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 68 | March 17 | @ Orlando | | LeBron James (30) | LeBron James (9) | LeBron James (6) | Amway Arena 17,519 | 38–30 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 69 | March 19 | Detroit | | LeBron James (30) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Ben Wallace (8) | LeBron James, Delonte West (6) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 39–30 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 70 | March 21 | Toronto | | LeBron James (29) | LeBron James (12) | Damon Jones (7) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 40–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | March 22 | @ Milwaukee | | LeBron James (29) | LeBron James, Anderson Varejao (11) | LeBron James, Wally Szczerbiak, Damon Jones (4) | Bradley Center 15,337 | 40–31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 72 | March 26 | New Orleans | | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (29) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Anderson Varejao (15) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 40–32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 73 | March 29 | @ Detroit | | LeBron James (13) | Anderson Varejao (9) | Damon Jones (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 | 40–33 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 74 | March 30 | Philadelphia | | LeBron James (26) | LeBron James (9) | Delonte West (11) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 41–33 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 75 | April 2 | @ Charlotte | | LeBron James (29) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Anderson Varejao (12) | Devin Brown (8) | Charlotte Bobcats Arena 15,106 | 42–33 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 3 | Chicago | | LeBron James (33) | Wally Szczerbiak, Ben Wallace (8) | Devin Brown, Delonte West (5) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 42–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 77 | April 5 | Orlando | | Delonte West (19) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Ben Wallace (9) | LeBron James (9) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 42–35 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 78 | April 9 | New Jersey | | LeBron James (33) | Anderson Varejao (9) | LeBron James (8) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,063 | 43–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 79 | April 11 | @ Chicago | | LeBron James (34) | Anderson Varejao (8) | Delonte West (6) | United Center 22,084 | 43–36 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 | April 13 | Miami | | Delonte West (18) | Zydrunas Ilgauskas (14) | LeBron James (7) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 44–36 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 81 | April 14 | @ Philadelphia | | LeBron James (27) | Anderson Varejao (8) | LeBron James (5) | Wachovia Center 20,730 | 45–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | April 16 | Detroit | | Wally Szczerbiak (18) | Dwayne Jones (10) | Delonte West (7) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 45–37

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 1 || April 19 || Washington || W 93–86 || LeBron James (32) || Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (11) || Gibson, West (5) ||Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 2 || April 21 || Washington || W 116–86 || LeBron James (30) || Ilgauskas, James (9) || LeBron James (12) ||Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 3 || April 24 || @ Washington || L 72–108 || LeBron James (22) || Anderson Varejão (9) || three players tied (3) ||Verizon Center 20,173 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 4 || April 27 || @ Washington || W 100–97 || LeBron James (34) || James, Wallace (12) || LeBron James (7) ||Verizon Center 20,173 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 5 || April 30 || Washington || L 87–88 || LeBron James (34) || LeBron James (10) || Delonte West (8) ||Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 || 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 6 || May 2 || @ Washington || W 105–88 || LeBron James (27) || LeBron James (13) || LeBron James (13) ||Verizon Center 20,173 || 4–2 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 1 || May 6 || @ Boston || L 72–76 || Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (22) || Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (12) || LeBron James (9) || TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 2 || May 8 || @ Boston || L 73–89 || LeBron James (21) || Anderson Varejão (10) || LeBron James (6) || TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 3 || May 10 || Boston || W 108–84 || James, West (21) || Ben Wallace (9) || LeBron James (8) || Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 4 || May 12 || Boston || W 88–77 || LeBron James (21) || Ilgauskas, Wallace (7) || LeBron James (13) || Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 || 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 5 || May 14 || @ Boston || L 89–96 || LeBron James (35) || Ilgauskas, Varejão (7) || LeBron James (5) || TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 || 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | 6 || May 16 || Boston || W 74–69 || LeBron James (32) || LeBron James (12) || LeBron James (6) || Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 || 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" | 7 || May 18 || @ Boston || L 92–97 || LeBron James (45) || Joe Smith (6) || LeBron James (6) || TD Banknorth Garden 18,624 || 3–4 |-

Player stats

Regular season

*Statistics include only games with the Cavaliers

Playoffs

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

• LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from November 19 through November 25.
• LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played December 31, 2007 through January 6, 2008.
• LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for January 2008.
• Mike Brown was named the Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for January 2008.
• Daniel Gibson, 33 points, was named the MVP of the Rookie Challenge Game during NBA All-Star Week on February 15, 2008.
• LeBron James, 27 points, 9 assists, 8 rebounds, was named the MVP of the NBA All-Star Game during NBA All-Star week on February 17, 2008.
• LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from February 18 through February 24.
• LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for February 2008.

Records

Milestones

• On December 17, 2007 LeBron James became the youngest NBA player to score 9,000 points.
• On February 11, 2008 Drew Gooden grabbed his 2,500th rebound as a Cavalier. Gooden is the 9th Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On February 11, 2008 Larry Hughes scored his 2,000th point as a Cavalier. Hughes is the 44th Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On February 13, 2008 Žydrūnas Ilgauskas blocked his 1,100th shot as a Cavalier. Ilgauskas is the 2nd Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On February 20, 2008 Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored his 9,000th point as a Cavalier. Ilgauskas is the 6th Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On February 20, 2008 LeBron James played his 15,000th minute as a Cavalier. James is the 8th Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On February 22, 2008 Zydrunas Ilgauskas grabbed his 2,000th offensive rebound as a Cavalier. Ilgauskas is the team leader in offensive rebounds.
• On February 22, 2008 Damon Jones hit is 300th three pointer as a Cavalier. Jones is the 6th Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On February 22, 2008 LeBron James grabbed his 2,500th rebound as a Cavalier. James is the 10th Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On February 27, 2008 LeBron James became the youngest NBA player to score 10,000 points.
• On March 19, 2008 LeBron James dished his 2,500th assist as a Cavalier. James is the 2nd Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On March 26, 2008 Žydrūnas Ilgauskas grabbed his 5,000th rebound as a Cavalier. Ilgauskas is the 2nd Cavalier to reach that milestone.
• On March 29, 2008 LeBron James made his 500th three point shot as a Cavalier. James is the 4th Cavalier to reach that milestone.

All-Star

• Daniel Gibson participated in the 2008 Rookie Challenge Game on February 15, 2008, and was named the MVP.
• Daniel Gibson participated in the 2008 Three Point Contest on February 16, 2008, and finished in second place.
• LeBron James started the 2008 All-Star Game on February 17, 2008, and was named the MVP.

Transactions

The Cavaliers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

*Note: This is the largest trade in Cleveland Cavaliers history.

Free agents

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References

• Cleveland Cavaliers on Basketball Reference

References

1. Lamond Murray and a future 2nd round pick traded to Toronto for Michael Stewart and a future 1st round pick. http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/pr_murray_020925.html
   1st round pick then traded to Charlotte for Sasha Pavlović. http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/pavlovic_040623.html
2. [https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=1998808 2007 1st round pick traded to Boston for Jiri Welsch]
3. [http://www.nba.com/magic/news/MAGIC_ACQUIRE_TONY_BATTIE_PIC-114607-66.html Tony Battie and two future 2nd round picks traded to Orlando for Drew Gooden, Steven Hunter and the rights to Anderson Varejão]
4. [http://www.nba.com/news/pow_071126.html?rss=true James and Parker Earn Weekly Honors], ''[[NBA]].com'', November 26, 2007.
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7. [http://www.nba.com/news/coaches_080201.html Mike Brown, Byron Scott Named Coaches of the Month], ''[[NBA]].com'', February 1, 2008.
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