All-Time Cleveland Cavaliers Starting Five

One championship — the 2016 comeback from 3-1 — and the most important career in franchise history twice over. The Cavs' five centers on LeBron with a Hall of Fame supporting cast.

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The Starting Five

  • PGMark Price

    1980s–90s

    Four-time All-Star and the franchise's all-time leader in assists.

  • SGKyrie Irving

    2010s

    Hit the title-winning shot in Game 7 of the 2016 Finals.

  • SFLeBron James

    2000s–10s

    Two MVPs in Cleveland and the 2016 championship that ended the city's 52-year drought.

  • PFLarry Nance

    1980s–90s

    Three-time All-Star and one of the franchise's most efficient interior scorers.

  • CBrad Daugherty

    1980s–90s

    Five-time All-Star and the franchise's all-time leading rebounder.

Honorable mentions

Kevin Love · Zydrunas Ilgauskas · Austin Carr · Donovan Mitchell. Any of these could swap in depending on which positional gap you want to plug.

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