2012–13 Cleveland Cavaliers season

The 2012–13 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates

• June 28 – The 2012 NBA draft took place in Newark, New Jersey, at the Prudential Center.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club Team
1	4	Dion Waiters	SG	United States	Syracuse
1	24	Jared Cunningham [a] [b]	SG	United States	Oregon State
2	33	Bernard James [b]	PF	United States	Florida State
2	34	Jae Crowder [b]	SF	United States	Marquette

• ^a Pick obtained from the Los Angeles Lakers the previous season.^[1]
• ^b Rights to Jared Cunningham, Bernard James and Jae Crowder were traded to the Dallas Mavericks on draft day for right to Tyler Zeller.^[2]

Roster

2012–13 Cleveland Cavaliers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 4.0 !F 36 Casspi, Omri 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1988–06–22 Israel 1.5 !G 21 Ellington, Wayne 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1987–11–29 North Carolina 4.0 !F 33 Gee, Alonzo 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1987–05–29 Alabama 1.5 !G 1 Gibson, Daniel 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1986–02–27 Texas 1.5 !G 2 Irving, Kyrie (C) 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 1992–03–23 Duke 4.0 !F 5 Jones, Kevin 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1989–08–25 West Virginia 1.5 !G 14 Livingston, Shaun 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1985-09-11 Peoria Central (IL) 2.5 !G/F 0 Miles, C. J. 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1987–03–18 Skyline High School (TX) 1.5 !G 32 Selby, Josh (DL) 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1991–03–27 Kansas 5.5 !F/C 15 Speights, Marreese 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1987–08–04 Florida 4.0 !F 13 Thompson, Tristan 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1991–03–13 Texas 5.5 !F/C 17 Varejão, Anderson  (C) 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1982–09–28 Brazil 1.5 !G 3 Waiters, Dion 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1991–12–01 Syracuse 4.0 !F 4 Walton, Luke 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1980–03–28 Arizona 6.0 !C 40 Zeller, Tyler 7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1990–01–17 North Carolina	Head coach Byron Scott Assistant coach(es) Paul Pressey Jamahl Mosley Joe Prunty Nate Tibbetts Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2013–01–22

Pre-season

Regular season

Game log

Standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Indiana Pacers	49	32	.605	–	30–11	19–21	13–3	81
x-Chicago Bulls	45	37	.549	4.5	24–17	21–20	9–7	82
x-Milwaukee Bucks	38	44	.463	11.5	21–20	17–24	7–9	82
Detroit Pistons	29	53	.354	20.5	18–23	11–30	8–8	82
Cleveland Cavaliers	24	58	.293	25.5	14–27	10–31	3–13	82

Injuries

• Starting point guard Kyrie Irving broke his right hand on July 14, 2012 during a Cavaliers training session^[3] and underwent surgery a few days later.^[4] Irving returned to the Cavaliers line-up in time for the start of the pre-season.^[5]

Transactions

Overview

^a Waived before the start of the regular season.

Trades

Free agents

References

External links

• Media related to 2012–13 Cleveland Cavaliers season at Wikimedia Commons