2013–14 Cleveland Cavaliers Season

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.

• 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 (1–14 protected).
• 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 and named David Griffin their new general manager; 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 (#11);. 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.

Standings

Game log

Regular season

Through April 16, 2014

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 (Chicago Bulls).
• 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 (also against the Clippers).
• December 20, 2013- Scored 107 points for the fifth straight game, the most in a row since December 28, 1993.

• Carrick Felix missed the first nine games of the season due to a sports hernia.
• Andrew Bynum did not play 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 (missed 37 games).
• 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.

Preseason

Overview

Free agents

In season

Overview

Trades