The Cavaliers lost the 2015, 2017 and 2018 NBA Finals to the Warriors, who added Kevin Durant in the 2016 offseason after losing the 2016 NBA Finals. Irving injured his knee in Game 1 of the 2015 NBA Finals, while Kevin Love missed the entire 2015 NBA Finals after getting hurt against the Boston Celtics in the first round.

Jerome is coming off a season full of career highs. In his second season with the Cavaliers, he averaged 12.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 3.4 assists while shooting 51.6 percent from the floor and 43.9 percent from behind the arc.

A Cavaliers front office led by Koby Altman is attempting to recover from disappointment and brainstorming about a path forward. Decisions await it.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have had several star players don the wine and gold (or orange and blue) throughout their 55-year history in the NBA. However, just one of those greats took home the prestigious title of the Most Valuable Player award. LeBron James, the Akron, Ohio native, won the honor in back-to-back seasons in 2008-09 and 2009-10.

Donovan Mitchell was named First Team All-NBA. Mitchell started 71 games this season with averages of 24.0 points (16th-best in NBA), 4.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.34 steals (23rd in NBA) in 31.4 minutes per game.

Unless the Cleveland Cavaliers make a move to trade up into the first round, the Wine and Gold won't be making a selection through the first 30 picks of the 2025 NBA Draft. However, they do have two second-round selections and could still find a solid player or an intriguing development project in the closing picks of the draft.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are trying to piece together what went wrong with their season after suffering an embarrassing 4-1 loss to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Semis.