2005-06 Cleveland Cavaliers season | |
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Head coach | Mike Brown |
General manager | Danny Ferry |
Owner(s) | Dan Gilbert |
Arena | Quicken Loans Arena |
Results | |
Record | 50–32 (.610) |
Place | Division: 2nd (Central) Conference: 4th (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Conference Semifinals (Lost to Pistons 3-4) |
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | |
Radio | WTAM |
The 2005-06 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 36th season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers finished the season with a 50-32 record, and a second-place finish in the Central Division, returning to the playoffs for the first time since 1998. In the playoffs, the Cavaliers defeated the Washington Wizards in six games in the first round and reached the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference where they lost in seven games to the Detroit Pistons. LeBron James was the team's leading scorer and was named to the All-NBA first team. He was also selected to play in the 2006 NBA All-Star Game where he was the game's MVP.
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June 28, 2005 |
To Cleveland Cavaliers 2006 2nd round draft pick |
To Milwaukee Bucks Ji?í Welsch |
June 29, 2005 |
To Cleveland Cavaliers Rights to Martynas Andriuskevicius |
To Orlando Magic 2006 2nd round draft pick and cash |
Cleveland did not have a draft pick in the 2005 NBA Draft due to trades from previous seasons.
Rank | Player | Salary |
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1 | Larry Hughes | $10,344,900 |
2 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | $8,740,000 |
3 | Eric Snow | $5,484,375 |
4 | Donyell Marshall | $4,799,108 |
5 | LeBron James | $4,621,800 |
6 | Drew Gooden | $4,065,811 |
7 | Damon Jones | $3,590,000 |
8 | Ira Newble | $2,950,200 |
9 | Luke Jackson | $1,955,160 |
10 | Sasha Pavlovi? | $1,274,160 |
11 | Alan Henderson | $1,138,500 |
12 | Flip Murray | $895,248 |
13 | Anderson Varejão | $866,800 |
14 | Martynas Andriuskevicius | $398,762 |
15 | Stephen Graham | $259,204 |
Central Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
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y-Detroit Pistons | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | 37-4 | 27-14 | 13-3 |
x-Cleveland Cavaliers | 50 | 32 | .610 | 14 | 31-10 | 19-22 | 11-5 |
x-Indiana Pacers | 41 | 41 | .500 | 23 | 27-14 | 14-27 | 6-10 |
x-Chicago Bulls | 41 | 41 | .500 | 23 | 21-20 | 20-21 | 4-12 |
x-Milwaukee Bucks | 40 | 42 | .488 | 24 | 25-16 | 15-26 | 6-10 |
Eastern Conference | |||||
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
1 | z-Detroit Pistons | 64 | 18 | .780 | - |
2 | y-Miami Heat | 52 | 30 | .634 | 12 |
3 | y-New Jersey Nets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15 |
4 | x-Cleveland Cavaliers | 50 | 32 | .610 | 14 |
5 | x-Washington Wizards | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22 |
6 | x-Indiana Pacers | 41 | 41 | .500 | 23 |
7 | x-Chicago Bulls | 41 | 41 | .500 | 23 |
8 | x-Milwaukee Bucks | 40 | 42 | .488 | 24 |
9 | Philadelphia 76ers | 38 | 44 | .463 | 26 |
10 | Orlando Magic | 36 | 46 | .439 | 28 |
11 | Boston Celtics | 33 | 49 | .402 | 31 |
12 | Toronto Raptors | 27 | 55 | .329 | 37 |
13 | Charlotte Bobcats | 26 | 56 | .317 | 38 |
14 | Atlanta Hawks | 26 | 56 | .317 | 38 |
15 | New York Knicks | 23 | 59 | .280 | 41 |
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Team | ATL | BOS | CHA | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | LAC | LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | MIN | NJN | NOK | NYK | ORL | PHI | PHO | POR | SAC | SAS | SEA | TOR | UTA | WAS |
Atlanta | -- | 2-1 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-3 |
Boston | 1-2 | -- | 2-1 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-3 |
Charlotte | 3-1 | 1-2 | -- | 2-2 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 |
Chicago | 3-0 | 4-0 | 2-2 | -- | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 |
Cleveland | 2-1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | -- | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-3 |
Dallas | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | -- | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 |
Denver | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | -- | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
Detroit | 3-1 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | -- | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
Golden State | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | -- | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 0-2 |
Houston | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 3-1 | -- | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 |
Indiana | 0-4 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-1 | -- | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 |
L.A. Clippers | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-2 | -- | 2-2 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
L.A. Lakers | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | -- | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 |
Memphis | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | -- | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 |
Miami | 3-1 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | -- | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 4-0 |
Milwaukee | 3-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | -- | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 |
Minnesota | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | -- | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
New Jersey | 3-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | -- | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
New Orleans/Oklahoma City | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | -- | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
New York | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | -- | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-3 |
Orlando | 2-2 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 3-1 | -- | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 |
Philadelphia | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-3 | -- | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 |
Phoenix | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | -- | 3-1 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Portland | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | -- | 1-2 | 0-4 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 1-1 |
Sacramento | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-1 | -- | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 |
San Antonio | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 | -- | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 |
Seattle | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 1-2 | -- | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
Toronto | 3-1 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | -- | 0-2 | 1-2 |
Utah | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 2-0 | -- | 1-1 |
Washington | 3-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | -- |
Regular Season
Player | GP | GS | MIN | FG% | FT% | 3FG% | STL | BLK | AST | REB | PTS |
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LeBron James | 79 | 79 | 42.5 | 48.0% | 73.8% | 33.5% | 1.56 | .84 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 31.4 |
Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 78 | 78 | 29.3 | 50.6% | 83.4% | 0.0% | .49 | 1.74 | 1.2 | 7.6 | 15.6 |
Larry Hughes | 36 | 31 | 35.6 | 40.9% | 75.6% | 36.8% | 1.47 | .58 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 15.5 |
Flip Murray | 28 | 25 | 36.7 | 44.8% | 70.2% | 30.8% | 1.36 | .25 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 13.5 |
Drew Gooden | 79 | 79 | 27.5 | 51.2% | 68.2% | 33.3% | .66 | .62 | .7 | 8.4 | 10.7 |
Donyell Marshall | 81 | 0 | 25.6 | 39.5% | 74.8% | 32.4% | .73 | .51 | .7 | 6.1 | 9.3 |
Damon Jones | 82 | 7 | 25.5 | 38.7% | 64.0% | 37.7% | .45 | .01 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 6.7 |
Eric Snow | 82 | 0 | 28.8 | 40.9% | 68.8% | 10.0% | .93 | .23 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 4.8 |
Anderson Varejão | 48 | 4 | 15.8 | 52.7% | 51.3% | 0.0% | .65 | .40 | .4 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
Sasha Pavlovi? | 53 | 19 | 15.3 | 41.0% | 65.3% | 36.5% | .36 | .11 | .5 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
Stephen Graham | 13 | 0 | 9.0 | 42.4% | 88.9% | 0.0% | .23 | .15 | .2 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
Luke Jackson | 36 | 0 | 8.8 | 34.1% | 78.8% | 33.3% | .31 | .06 | .7 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
Alan Henderson | 51 | 3 | 10.4 | 51.6% | 67.3% | 0.0% | .18 | .24 | .2 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
Zendon Hamilton | 11 | 0 | 4.2 | 53.8% | 68.8% | 0.0% | .03 | .00 | .0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
Ira Newble | 36 | 3 | 9.8 | 29.3% | 68.8% | 23.1% | .14 | .28 | .3 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
Mike Wilks | 37 | 0 | 6.6 | 28.8% | 50.0% | 14.3% | .02 | .00 | .5 | .7 | 1.1 |
Martynas Andriuskevicius | 6 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | .33 | .00 | .0 | .7 | 0.0 |
Playoffs
Player | GP | GS | MIN | FG% | FT% | 3FG% | STL | BLK | AST | REB | PTS |
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LeBron James | 13 | 13 | 46.5 | 47.6% | 73.7% | 33.3% | 1.38 | .69 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 30.8 |
Larry Hughes | 9 | 8 | 37.3 | 31.9% | 74.2% | 27.8% | 2.20 | .11 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 11.1 |
Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 13 | 13 | 27.2 | 45.4% | 75.0% | 0.0% | .38 | 2.08 | .8 | 6.3 | 10.4 |
Donyell Marshall | 13 | 0 | 26.5 | 43.3% | 88.2% | 39.1% | .54 | .69 | .6 | 5.6 | 9.5 |
Drew Gooden | 13 | 13 | 21.7 | 52.9% | 94.4% | 0.0% | .23 | .15 | .6 | 7.5 | 8.2 |
Flip Murray | 13 | 5 | 30.7 | 33.0% | 81.3% | 20.8% | .69 | .15 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 8.1 |
Anderson Varejão | 13 | 0 | 18.3 | 62.0% | 70.3% | 0.0% | .69 | .15 | .2 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
Eric Snow | 13 | 13 | 31.4 | 42.0% | 75.9% | 0.0% | .85 | .23 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 6.6 |
Damon Jones | 13 | 0 | 13.9 | 30.8% | 75.0% | 27.8% | .15 | .00 | .9 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
Ira Newble | 5 | 0 | 2.2 | 1.000% | 0.0% | 1.000% | .20 | .00 | .0 | .4 | 1.4 |
Alan Henderson | 2 | 0 | 4.5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | .00 | .00 | .0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Sasha Pavlovi? | 3 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | .00 | .00 | .0 | .3 | 0.0 |
2006 marked the first time LeBron James made the playoffs in his career, and the first time the Cavaliers had made the playoffs since 1998 with Shawn Kemp. They came off a playoff series win vs the Wizards, while the Pistons came in off a 4-1 win vs the 8th seeded Bucks. Detroit was expected to win the series, and took a commanding two games to none lead with two wins at the Palace of Auburn Hills. James and the Cavaliers would not be intimidated however, and won their two games at home to tie the series 2-2. Coming into game 5, both teams were confident, but the Pistons were expected to pull out the win easily. The game was low scoring throughout as usual in this series, with Cleveland holding a 68 to 66 lead throughout 3 quarters. With the game tied at 84 with 26 seconds left in regulation, Drew Gooden came through and hit a layup to give Cleveland the lead that they would never squander. James led the Cavs with 32 and this brought the series to Cleveland up 3-2, quite shockingly. Detroit held on to a 2-point win to win game 6, and won game 7 at home to seal the deal, but this was the coming out party for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, scaring the 2004 champs.
February 23, 2006 |
To Cleveland Cavaliers Flip Murray |
To Seattle SuperSonics Mike Wilks and cash considerations |
February 23, 2006 |
To Cleveland Cavaliers Lee Nailon and a 2nd round pick |
To Philadelphia 76ers 2nd round pick |
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*Waived by team mid-season and later re-signed to two 10-day contracts.
**Signed to two successive 10-day contracts and then the remainder of the season.
***Traded for and then immediately waived before playing in a game.