Cleveland Cavaliers Logo — Cleveland Cavaliers (also known as the Cavs) is a professional team of basketball of the NBA based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers began playing in the NBA in 1970 under the ownership of Nick Mileti. By then, they played their home games at Cleveland Arena and were trained by Bill Fitch, notching a 15-67 balance in his first season in the league. After you have selected in the 1970 Draft with the number 1 Austin Carr, began to build the team around him, but the continuing injuries that besieged were an impediment to become an elite player.
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The following seasons were better for the Cavaliers, who year after year were reinforced with players such as Bingo Smith, Jim Chones, Jim Cleamons and Dick Snyder. Cleveland got a 23-59 record in his second NBA season, following a 32-50 in 1972-73 and a downturn in 1973-74 : 29-53. In 1974, the team moved to play the Richfield Coliseum, located in Summit County. That year ended with a 40-42, staying one step to contest the playoffs for the first time. More