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Cleveland Cavaliers Dynasty Rebuild

Posted on February 9, 2013 at 11:22 PM.

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The Cavaliers were a very busy team this off-season. Last year the Cavs were the second worst team in the league. It is very possible that they could completely head the other direction and reach the playoffs in the 2013-2014 season. Directly after the NBA Draft Lottery resulted in the Cavaliers receiving the third overall pick, they traded it away.

They traded it for this man, Kevin Love. Cleveland's front office sent their 2013 1st Round(3rd pick), 2014 1st Round, Tristan Thompson, Alonzo Gee for the former UCLA Bruin Kevin Love. Love on a few occasions made remarks about Minnesota's front office not having a plan in place. "You walk into the locker room every year, and it's completely turned over," Love told Yahoo! Sports. "There's new guys everywhere. And then it happens again and again. You start to wonder: Is there really a plan here? Is there really any kind of a ... plan?" He also hinted that he could be looking to sign elsewhere in two seasons if the team still isn't competitive. "I haven't been in the playoffs yet. I'm looking at my contract in the eye of two years from now, and if I haven't been to the playoffs -- or it's been one playoff berth -- well, it's going to be tough to say, 'Oh well, I'm going to stay here and continue to rebuild,' " he told Yahoo! Sports. Cleveland inquired to Minnesota about Kevin Love and to everybody's surprise, a deal was made. Shortly after that deal, the Cavs powered back up the trade machine and acquired the Switzerland native Thabo Sefolosha for their 2013 2nd round(1st pick of 2nd Rnd) and 2014 2nd round pick.

Cavaliers then turned their attention at Andre Iguodala. "Iggy" chose not to re-sign with the Nuggets and tested the free agent market. They jumped at the chance and signed him to a three year deal with a player option for a fourth year. His contract breaks down like this.

Year 1 - 9.17 mil
Year 2 - 9.58 mil
Year 3 - 10.00 mil
Year 4 - 10.41 mil (player option)

With Kyrie Irving out the first 6-8 weeks rehabbing his torn MCL, the Cavs signed three point guards. Jarrett Jack will start and log the most minutes while Kyrie is out. They also picked up Will Bynum and A.J. Price. For shooters off the bench, Cleveland signed Kyle Korver and Anthony Morrow. Lastly they got big man Ryan Hollins. Here is a look at the complete roster.

Cleveland Cavaliers Depth Chart - 13'-14'
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Jarrett Jack	Will Bynum	A.J. Price	Kyrie Irving (Torn MCL 6-8 weeks)
SG	Thabo Sefolosha	Dion Waiters	Anthony Morrow
SF	Andre Iguodala	Kyle Korver
PF	Kevin Love	Marreese Speights
C	Anderson Varejao	Tyler Zeller	Ryan Hollins

The season is right around the corner. How will the new look Cavaliers fair against the rest of the league? Will Byron Scott be able to lead this team? Can they win without Kyrie? How will Kyrie play when he returns? There are many unanswered questions for the Cavaliers heading into the 2013-2014 season.