2013–14 Cleveland Cavaliers season
The 2013–14 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association. It would be the team's last losing record until the 2018–2019 season and the team's last season before re-signing LeBron James.
Key dates
- April 18, 2013 – Fired head coach Byron Scott.
- April 24 – Hired Mike Brown as head coach.
- June 27 – The 2013 NBA draft took place in Brooklyn, New York, at the Barclays Center.
- July 12 – Signed Jarrett Jack and Earl Clark.
- July 19 – Signed Andrew Bynum; waived Kevin Jones and Chris Quinn.
- August 1 – Signed Carrick Felix.
- August 2 – Signed Sergey Karasev.
- August 20 – Signed Anthony Bennett.
- September 13 – Signed Matthew Dellavedova.
- September 30 – Signed Jermaine Taylor, Kenny Kadji, Henry Sims, Michael Lee, Elliot Williams and DeSagana Diop.
- October 19 – Waived Michael Lee.
- October 23 – Exercised third-year options on Dion Waiters and Tyler Zeller; exercised fourth-year options on Kyrie Irving and Tristan Thompson.
- October 25 – Waived Jermaine Taylor, Kenny Kadji, Elliot Williams and DeSagana Diop.
- December 5 – Assigned Henry Sims and Carrick Felix to the Canton Charge of the NBA D-League.
- December 9 – Recalled Henry Sims and Carrick Felix from the Canton Charge.
- December 11 – Assigned Henry Sims, Sergey Karasev and Carrick Felix to the Canton Charge.
- December 12 – Recalled Henry Sims, Sergey Karasev and Carrick Felix from the Canton Charge.
- December 27 – Assigned Sergey Karasev to the Canton Charge.
- December 28 – Suspended Andrew Bynum indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the team.
- December 30 – Recalled Sergey Karasev from the Canton Charge.
- January 6, 2014 –Acquired Luol Deng from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Andrew Bynum, three future draft picks and the right to swap 2015 first round picks.
- January 15 – Assigned Carrick Felix to the Canton Charge.
- January 21 – Recalled Carrick Felix from the Canton Charge.
- January 22 – Assigned Sergey Karasev and Carrick Felix to the Canton Charge.
- January 26 – Recalled Sergey Karasev and Carrick Felix from the Canton Charge.
- January 29 – Dion Waiters selected to play in the 2014 NBA Rising Stars Challenge; Assigned Sergey Karasev to the Canton Charge.
- February 6 – Fired general manager Chris Grant ; Kyrie Irving selected to participate in the 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout.
- February 12 – Recalled Sergey Karasev from the Canton Charge.
- February 18 – Assigned Sergey Karasev to the Canton Charge.
- February 19 – Recalled Sergey Karasev from the Canton Charge.
- February 20 –Acquired Spencer Hawes from the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Henry Sims, Earl Clark and two future second round draft picks.
- February 22 –Signed Arinze Onuaku to 10-day contract.
- March 3 –Signed Arinze Onuaku to second 10-day contract.
- March 5 – Assigned Sergey Karasev to the Canton Charge.
- March 11 – Retired Zydrunas Ilgauskas's jersey ;. Recalled Sergey Karasev to the Canton Charge.
- March 11 – Assigned Sergey Karasev to the Canton Charge.
- March 12 – Arinze Onuaku's contract expired; Signed Shane Edwards to 10 day contract.
- March 18 – Recalled Sergey Karasev from the Canton Charge.
- March 21 – Shane Edwards' 10 day contract expired; Signed Seth Curry to 10 day contract.
- March 30 – Seth Curry's 10 day contract expired.
- March 31 – Signed Scotty Hopson to multi-year contract.
- April 6 – Assigned Sergey Karasev and Scotty Hopson to the Canton Charge.
- April 9 – Recalled Sergey Karasev and Scotty Hopson from the Canton Charge.
- April 10 – Assigned Sergey Karasev and Scotty Hopson to the Canton Charge.
- April 12 – Recalled Sergey Karasev from the Canton Charge.
- April 15 – Luol Deng won the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award; Recalled Scotty Hopson from the Canton Charge.
Draft picks
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Club team |
| 1 | 1 | Anthony Bennett | PF/SF | Canada | UNLV |
| 1 | 19 | Sergey Karasev | SG/SF | Russia | Triumph Lyubertsy |
| 2 | 31 | Allen Crabbe | SG | United States | California |
| 2 | 33 | Carrick Felix | SG | United States | Arizona State |
Roster
Pre-season
Standings and schedule
Standings
Game log
Player statistics
Regular season
Awards, records and milestones
Awards
Week/Month
- December 16, 2013- Kyrie Irving won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.
All-Star
- January 23, 2014- Kyrie Irving named Eastern Conference All-Star starter.
- February 16, 2014- Kyrie Irving is named the MVP of the 2014 NBA All-Star Game.
Records
- October 30, 2013- Anderson Varejão passed Jim Brewer for 7th all-time in rebounds as a Cavalier.
- November 2, 2013- Anderson Varejão passed Larry Nance for 6th all-time in rebounds as a Cavalier.
- November 6, 2013- Anderson Varejão passed Terrell Brandon for 13th all-time in minutes played as a Cavalier.
- December 4, 2013- Anderson Varejão passed Jim Brewer for 12th all-time in minutes played as a Cavalier.
- December 7, 2013- Kyrie Irving passed Antawn Jamison for 15th all-time in three-point field goals made played as a Cavalier.
- December 10, 2013- Kyrie Irving passed Lamond Murray for 14th all-time in three-point field goals made played as a Cavalier.
- December 14, 2013- Anderson Varejão passed Jim Brewer for 8th all-time in blocked shots as a Cavalier.
- December 26, 2013- Kyrie Irving passed Bob Sura for 13th all-time in three-point field goals made played as a Cavalier.
- December 28, 2013- Anderson Varejão passed Jim Chones for 5th all-time in rebounds as a Cavalier.
- December 28, 2013- Kyrie Irving passed Donyell Marshall for 12th all-time in three-point field goals made played as a Cavalier.
- January 2, 2014- Anderson Varejão grabbed 25 rebounds against the Orlando Magic to tie a team record set by Rick Roberson on March 4, 1972.
- January 5, 2014- Anderson Varejão passed LeBron James for 4th all-time in rebounds as a Cavalier.
- January 5, 2014- C. J. Miles made a team record 10 three-pointers against the Philadelphia 76ers.
- January 14, 2014- Kyrie Irving passed Anthony Parker for 11th all-time in three-point field goals made played as a Cavalier.
- January 20, 2014- Anderson Varejão passed John Bagley for 8th all-time in steals as a Cavalier.
- January 24, 2014- Anderson Varejão passed Jim Chones for 11th all-time in minutes played as a Cavalier.
- February 3, 2014- Anderson Varejão passed Craig Ehlo for 9th all-time in games played as a Cavalier;Kyrie Irving passed Terrell Brandon for 10th all-time in three-point field goals made played as a Cavalier.
- April 16, 2014- Mike Brown passed Bill Fitch for 2nd all-time in coaching wins as a Cavalier.
Team records
- November 4, 2013- Tied team record for longest streak of holding opponents under 95 points to start a season- 4 games.
- January 2, 2014- The Cavs played in their third overtime game in a row at home for the first time in team history.
- February 5, 2014- Set a Quicken Loans Arena record with 27 offensive rebounds against the Los Angeles Lakers.
- April 5, 2014- In a loss to the Charlotte Hornets the Cavs tied a team record with their eighth overtime game in a season.
Milestones
- October 30, 2013- C. J. Miles scored his 4,000th career point.
- November 2, 2013- Earl Clark played in his 200th career game.
- November 4, 2013- C. J. Miles made his 1,500th career field goal.
- November 8, 2013- Jarrett Jack made his 1,500th career free throw.
- November 9, 2013- Jarrett Jack became the first reserve player since Tom Gugliotta in 1995 to put up 20 points, four rebounds, five assists, three steals and three blocks in a game.
- November 11, 2013- Dion Waiters scored his 1,000th career point.
- November 16, 2013- Kyrie Irving made his 200th career three-point field goal.
- November 20, 2013- Andrew Bynum played in his 400th career game.
- November 22, 2013- Alonzo Gee recorded in his 250th career steal.
- December 13, 2013- Kyrie Irving made his 1,000th career field goal.
- December 14, 2013- Alonzo Gee scored in his 2,000th career point.
- December 17, 2013- Jarrett Jack scored his 7,000th career point.
- December 21, 2013- Jarrett Jack made his 2,500th career field goal.
- December 23, 2013- Earl Clark scored his 1,000th career point.
- December 26, 2013- Anderson Varejão made his 1,500th career field goal.
- December 28, 2013- Jarrett Jack recorded in his 500th career steal.
- December 31, 2013- Anderson Varejão played in his 500th career game.
- January 4, 2014- C. J. Miles made his 500th career three-point field goal.
- January 10, 2014- Kyrie Irving scored his 3,000th career point.
- January 14, 2013- Luol Deng made his 4,000th career field goal.
- January 30, 2014- Jarrett Jack made his 500th career three-point field goal; Tristan Thompson scored his 2,000th career point.
- February 1, 2014- Luol Deng made his 400th career three-point field goal.
- February 3, 2014- Anderson Varejão became fourth player to record 4,000 points and 4,000 rebounds as a Cavalier and he achieved both milestones on the same night.
- February 7, 2014- C. J. Miles played in his 500th career game.
- February 21, 2014- Spencer Hawes grabbed his 3,000th career rebound in his first game as a Cavalier.
- February 26, 2014- Spencer Hawes made his 200th career three-point field goal.
- March 7, 2014- Kyrie Irving recorded his 1,000th career assist.
- March 8, 2014- Spencer Hawes made his 500th career free throw.
- March 25, 2014- Mike Brown became the third coach to pick up his 300th win as a Cavalier.
- April 2, 2014- Spencer Hawes made his 2,000th career field goal; Tristan Thompson made his 500th career free throw.
- April 12, 2014- Alonzo Gee grabbed his 1,000th career rebound.
- April 16, 2014- Kyrie Irving recorded his 250th career steal; Spencer Hawes played in his 500th career game. Dion Waiters scored his 2,000th career point;Tyler Zeller scored his 1,000th career point.
Team milestones
- November 4, 2013- Team had at least 12 blocks and 10 steals in a game for the first time since March 16, 2004.
- November 11, 2013- Team had back-to-back games of at least 10 blocks for the first time since December 6, 2008.
- December 7, 2013- Held the Los Angeles Clippers to.322 shooting, the lowest percentage against the Cavs since November 18, 2003.
- December 20, 2013- Scored 107 points for the fifth straight game, the most in a row since December 28, 1993.
Injuries, surgeries and absences
- Carrick Felix missed the first nine games of the season due to a sports hernia.
- Andrew Bynum did not played in the second game of back-to-backs due to a knee injury at the beginning of the season; missed two games in November due to personal reasons.
- Dion Waiters missed two games in mid-November due to illness.
- C. J. Miles missed four games in late-November due to a right calf strain.
- Tyler Zeller missed two games in late-November due to a right ankle sprain.
- Carrick Felix missed two games in mid-December due to right knee soreness.
- Anthony Bennett missed two games in mid-December due to illness.
- Dion Waiters missed three games in late-December due to right wrist tendinitis.
- Kyrie Irving missed three games in early January due to a left knee contusion.
- Jarrett Jack missed two games in mid-January due to lower back spasms.
- In late January it was announced that Carrick Felix would miss six to eight weeks with a stress fracture of the left knee.
- Anderson Varejão missed three games in late-January/early-February with a knee bruise.
- Anderson Varejão missed 12 games in mid-February/early-March with a sore back
- Dion Waiters missed seven games in mid-February/early-March due to a hyperextended left knee
- C. J. Miles missed the final 26 games of the season due to a left ankle sprain.
- Luol Deng missed three games in mid-March due to a left ankle sprain.
- Kyrie Irving missed eight games in mid-March until late March due to a left biceps strain.
- Sergey Karasev missed five games in late March due to right knee patellar tendonitis.
- Anthony Bennett missed 17 games from mid-March until mid-April with a left patellar tendon strain.
- Luol Deng missed three games in mid-April due to lower back soreness.
Transactions