Kevin Love is back but the Cavaliers are still losing. Entering the trade deadline many thought the Cavaliers might be actively looking to parachute some contracts in exchange for picks.
In the end players they sent out might not have been the ones they wanted to purge. Alec Burks went to the Kings, Rodney Hood to Blazers, plus they flipped Nik Stauskas, and Wade Baldwin in what became a game of hot potato for those two players.
The biggest gain is the Rockets 2019 first round pick protected 1-14.
Offensive Rating: 23rd (105.4)
Defensive Rating: 30th (116.8)
Net Differential: 30th (-11.4)
Points per game: 102.3 (29th)
Offensive field goal efficiency: 44.1 percent (28th)
3-Point percent: 35.3% percent (tied 12th)
Opponent points per game:113.2 (22nd)
Opponent field goal efficiency: 49.3 percent (tied 30th)
Opponent 3-point percent: 37.2% (29th)
Record: 14th in EC
Home: 6-21 | Road: 5-24 | Back to back sets: 11
Versus the West: 2-17 | Versus the East: 9-28
Week 17, 0-3: Lost vs. Celtics, @Wizards, @Pacers
On tap for week 18: vs. Knicks, Nets