1987–88 Cleveland Cavaliers season

1987–88 Cleveland Cavaliers season
1987–88 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach	Lenny Wilkens
General manager	Wayne Embry
Owners	Gordon Gund; George Gund III;
Arena	Richfield Coliseum
Results
Record	42–40 (.512)
Place	Division: 5th (Central); Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First round; (lost to Bulls 2–3)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WUAB
Radio	WWWE
< 1986–87	1988–89 >

The 1987-88 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 18th season of NBA basketball in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers acquired Larry Nance from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for top draft pick Kevin Johnson in a midseason trade, and finished 4th in the Central Division with a 42–40 record. Second-year star Brad Daugherty was selected for the 1988 NBA All-Star Game. Second-year guard Ron Harper played just 57 games due to injury. In the first round of the playoffs, the Cavaliers lost in five games to the Chicago Bulls.

Key Dates:

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	7	Kevin Johnson	Guard	United States	California
2	41^*	Kannard Johnson	Forward	United States	Western Kentucky
3	52	Donald Royal	Forward	United States	Notre Dame
4	75	Chris Dudley	Center	United States	Yale
4	80^**	Carven Holcombe	Guard	United States	TCU
5	98	Carl Lott	Guard	United States	TCU
6	121	Harold Jensen	Guard	United States	Villanova
7	144	Michael Foster	Guard	United States	South Carolina

2nd round pick (#29) traded to Portland in Linton Townes deal.^[2] Used to draft Lester Fonville.

^*2nd round pick acquired from Milwaukee in Paul Thompson deal.^[3]

^**5th round pick acquired from Indiana in Ron Anderson deal.^[4]

Roster

1987–88 Cleveland Cavaliers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	54	Benson, Kent	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1954–12–27	Indiana
G	30	Curry, Dell	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1964–06–25	Virginia Tech
C	43	Daugherty, Brad	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1965–10–19	North Carolina
C	22	Dudley, Chris	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1965–02–22	Yale
G	3	Ehlo, Craig	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1961–08–11	Washington State
G	4	Harper, Ron	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1964–01–20	Miami (OH)
G	12	Henderson, Kevin	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1964–03–22	Cal State Fullerton
F	35	Hubbard, Phil	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1956–12–13	Michigan
F	6	Nance, Larry	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1959–02–12	Clemson
G	25	Price, Mark	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1964–02–15	Georgia Tech
F	32	Rogers, Johnny	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1963–12–30	UC Irvine
F	11	Sanders, Mike	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1960–05–07	UCLA
F/C	18	Williams, Hot Rod	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1962–08–09	Tulane

Head coach

Lenny Wilkens

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 29, 1988

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Detroit Pistons	54	28	.659	–	34–7	20–21	20–10
x-Chicago Bulls	50	32	.610	4	30–11	20–21	16–13
x-Atlanta Hawks	50	32	.610	4	30-11	20-21	16–13
x-Milwaukee Bucks	42	40	.512	12	30–11	12–29	13–17
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	42	40	.512	12	31–10	11–30	11–19
Indiana Pacers	38	44	.463	16	25–16	13–28	13–17

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Boston Celtics	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Detroit Pistons	54	28	.659	3
3	x-Chicago Bulls	50	32	.610	7
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	50	32	.610	7
5	x-Milwaukee Bucks	42	40	.512	15
6	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	42	40	.512	15
7	x-Washington Bullets	38	44	.463	19
8	x-New York Knicks	38	44	.463	19

9	Indiana Pacers	38	44	.463	19
10	Philadelphia 76ers	36	46	.439	21
11	New Jersey Nets	19	63	.232	38

Notes

z, y – division champions
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1987-88 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	2–4	2–3	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	5–0	3–3	6–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–3
Boston	4–2	–	3–3	2–3	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–1
Chicago	3–2	3–3	–	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	5–1	3–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3
Cleveland	1–5	3–2	3–3	–	1–1	1–1	1–5	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	5–1	2–4	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	6–0
Dallas	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	–	3–3	1–1	4–1	4–2	2–0	5–0	1–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	5–1	5–1	3–2	3–3	1–1
Denver	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	–	1–1	4–1	4–2	1–1	5–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	4–2	5–1	4–1	2–4	2–0
Detroit	4–2	3–3	4–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	4–2	5–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2
Golden State	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	0–2	–	0–5	0–2	3–3	0–6	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–5	2–3	3–2	1–5	1–4	0–2
Houston	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	5–0	–	2–0	3–2	1–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	4–2	2–4	3–2	3–3	2–0
Indiana	2–4	0–5	3–3	2–4	0–2	1–1	3–3	2–0	0–2	–	1–1	1–1	3–3	6–0	2–3	2–4	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	0–5	1–1	3–3	2–3	1–1	–	1–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	0–6	3–2	0–5	1–5	1–4	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–3	2–0	6–0	4–1	1–1	5–1	–	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–1	3–3	4–1	5–0	4–2	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	1–5	4–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	2–0	–	3–2	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1
New Jersey	0–5	1–5	1–5	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–2	1–1	0–6	2–0	0–2	2–3	–	3–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–6
New York	3–3	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	–	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3
Philadelphia	0–6	2–4	2–4	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–2	4–2	4–2	3–3	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	2–3	0–2	4–2	1–4	0–2	4–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	–	0–6	3–2	2–3	2–4	2–3	0–2
Portland	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	5–1	1–4	2–0	6–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	–	4–1	5–0	3–3	1–4	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–4	0–2	3–2	2–4	0–2	2–3	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	–	3–3	1–4	1–5	0–2
San Antonio	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–5	1–1	2–3	4–2	0–2	5–0	0–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–5	3–3	–	3–2	3–3	0–2
Seattle	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	1–1	5–1	2–3	1–1	5–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	3–3	4–1	2–3	–	1–4	2–0
Utah	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–3	4–2	0–2	4–1	3–3	1–1	4–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	4–1	5–1	3–3	4–1	–	2–0
Washington	3–3	1–5	3–3	0–6	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	6–0	3–3	3–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

Regular season

1987–88 game log
Total: 42–40 (home: 31–10; road: 11–30)

November: 3–8 (home: 2–4; road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	November 7, 1987 7:30 p.m. EST	@ Atlanta	L 105–113	Harper (20)	Corbin (10)	Price (6)	The Omni 11,455	1–1
3	November 11, 1987 7:30 p.m. EST	Milwaukee	L 101–107	Daugherty (24)	Daugherty (13)	Daugherty, Price (6)	Richfield Coliseum 12,145	1–2
4	November 13, 1987 7:30 p.m. EST	@ Boston	L 114–128	Curry (25)	Hubbard (9)	Price (9)	Boston Garden 14,890	1–3
5	November 14, 1987 7:30 p.m. EST	Detroit	L 113–128	Daugherty (22)	West (6)	Price (10)	Richfield Coliseum 10,157	1–4
6	November 17, 1987 8:00 p.m. EST	Boston	W 109–88	Hubbard (17)	Curry, Daugherty, West (8)	Price (6)	Richfield Coliseum 14,621	2–4

December: 10–7 (home: 6–2; road: 4–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
14	December 5, 1987 7:30 p.m. EST	L.A. Lakers	W 97–95	Hubbard (19)	Daugherty (9)	Price (8)	Richfield Coliseum 20,015	6–8
18	December 13, 1987 10:30 p.m. EST	@ L.A. Lakers	L 89–90	Daugherty	Corbin, Daugherty, Williams (7)	Ehlo (7)	The Forum 17,505	7–11
19	December 15, 1987 7:30 p.m. EST	Dallas	W 106–93	Daugherty (21)	Ehlo (14)	Johnson (6)	Richfield Coliseum 6,852	8–11
20	December 17, 1987 8:30 p.m. EST	@ Chicago	L 100–111	Daugherty (2)	Daugherty, Johnson, Williams (6)	Johnson (8)	Chicago Stadium 17,650	8–12
23	December 22, 1987 7:30 p.m. EST	@ Washington	W 106–102	Price (22)	Ehlo (10)	Price (7)	Capital Centre 4,464	11–12
24	December 23, 1987 7:30 p.m. EST	Utah	L 83–91	Price (26)	Williams (10)	Daugherty (9)	Richfield Coliseum 9,202	11–13
27	December 30, 1987 7:30 p.m. EST	Atlanta	L 110–117	Curry (25)	Daugherty (9)	Daugherty, Price (7)	Richfield Coliseum 19,029	12–15

January: 9–6 (home: 7–1; road: 2–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
29	January 4, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	Denver	W 122–101	Daugherty (25)	West, Williams (9)	Harper (9)	Richfield Coliseum 6,448	14–15
31	January 8, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	@ Atlanta	L 97–101	Hubbard (17)	Daugherty (13)	Daugherty, Price (4)	The Omni 11,408	23–8
34	January 14, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	Chicago	W 91–88 (OT)	Daugherty, Harper (16)	Ehlo (8)	Price (6)	Richfield Coliseum 16,648	17–17
35	January 15, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	@ Detroit	L 93–97	Daugherty (20)	Daugherty (10)	Johnson (7)	Pontiac Silverdome 19,622	17–18
36	January 17, 1988 2:30 p.m. EST	@ Milwaukee	L 93–111	Daugherty (19)	Daugherty (8)	Harper (6)	MECCA Arena 11,052	17–19
37	January 21, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	Atlanta	L 93–101	Daugherty (25)	Williams (12)	Curry, Daugherty (4)	Richfield Coliseum 10,129	17–20
38	January 23, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	Boston	W 119–100	Curry (23)	Williams (9)	Harper, Johnson (6)	Richfield Coliseum 20,900	18–20
39	January 25, 1988 9:30 p.m. EST	@ Utah	L 96–119	Daugherty, Price, West (14)	Daugherty, West (8)	Johnson (8)	Salt Palace 12,212	18–21
42	January 30, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	Washington	W 128–126 (OT)	Daugherty (29)	Williams (14)	Harper, Price (9)	Richfield Coliseum 18,749	21–21

February: 7–8 (home: 5–1; road: 2–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
43	February 1, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	Detroit	W 94–83	Harper (23)	Williams (15)	Price (10)	Richfield Coliseum 10,636	22–21
44	February 3, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	@ Washington	W 107–106	Williams (23)	Daugherty (10)	Daugherty (11)	Capital Centre 6,806	23–21
All-Star Break
46	February 9, 1988 8:30 p.m. EST	@ Milwaukee	L 104–112	Daugherty (19)	Daugherty (10)	Harper (10)	MECCA Arena 11,052	23–23
47	February 10, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	Washington	W 118–102	Williams (23)	Daugherty (13)	Daugherty (6)	Richfield Coliseum 9,179	24–23
52	February 21, 1988 1:00 p.m. EST	Chicago	W 113–111	Daugherty (29)	Daugherty (8)	Price (11)	Richfield Coliseum 20,089	28–25
54	February 24, 1988 8:30 p.m. EST	@ Dallas	L 89–93	West (16)	West (11)	Harper (6)	Reunion Arena 17,007	28–26

March: 5–9 (home: 4–2; road: 1–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
58	March 2, 1988 9:30 p.m. EST	@ Denver	L 81–99	Daugherty, Nance (15)	Williams (10)	Harper (8)	McNichols Sports Arena 9,178	28–29
59	March 6, 1988 1:00 p.m. EST	@ Boston	L 98–127	Harper (25)	Williams (8)	Daugherty, Ehlo, Price (4)	Boston Garden 14,890	28–31
60	March 9, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	Milwaukee	W 117–91	Harper (23)	Nance, Williams (9)	Price (8)	Richfield Coliseum 11,641	29–31
62	March 12, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	@ Detroit	L 100–104	Daugherty (24)	Daugherty, Williams (9)	Daugherty (10)	Pontiac Silverdome 33,854	30–32
64	March 15, 1988 8:00 p.m. EST	@ Chicago	L 89–108	Harper (20)	Nacne (9)	Harper (9)	Chicago Stadium 17,752	30–34
65	March 17, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	Detroit	L 99–102	Daugherty (21)	Daugherty (8)	Price (7)	Richfield Coliseum 13,261	30–35
66	March 19, 1988 9:00 p.m. EST	@ Milwaukee	L 100–101	Price (24)	Daugherty (10)	Price (7)	MECCA Arena 11,052	30–36
68	March 25, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	Chicago	L 110–111 (OT)	Nance (29)	Nance (11)	Curry (6)	Richfield Coliseum 19,876	31–37
69	March 26, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	@ Atlanta	L 102–109	Daugherty (25)	Nance (8)	Harper (8)	The Omni 16,418	31–38
71	March 30, 1988 7:30 p.m. EST	@ Washington	W 107–96	Nance (22)	Daugherty (14)	Harper, Price (6)	Capital Centre 8,387	33–38

April: 9–2 (home: 7–0; road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
74	April 6, 1988 7:30 p.m. EDT	Washington	W 98–87	Price (20)	Nance (9)	Harper (7)	Richfield Coliseum 10,165	35–39
75	April 8, 1988 7:30 p.m. EDT	Milwaukee	W 104–85	Daugherty (22)	Daugherty, Harper (8)	Harper (6)	Richfield Coliseum 16,475	36–39
77	April 12, 1988 7:30 p.m. EDT	Atlanta	W 116–103	Harper (25)	Daugherty (7)	Price (14)	Richfield Coliseum 12,418	38–39
78	April 13, 1988 7:30 p.m. EDT	@ Detroit	L 98–115	Nance (20)	Nance (12)	Ehlo (4)	Pontiac Silverdome 18,808	38–40
79	April 15, 1988 7:30 p.m. EDT	Boston	W 120–109	Daugherty (44)	Daugherty (9)	Harper (6)	Richfield Coliseum 20,149	39–40
81	April 22, 1988 8:30 p.m. EDT	@ Chicago	W 107–103	Price (26)	Daugherty (10)	Price (11)	Chicago Stadium 17,726	41–40

1987–88 schedule

Playoffs

1988 playoff game log

Eastern Conference First Round: 2–3 (home: 2–0; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 28, 1988 8:00 p.m. EDT	@ Chicago	L 93–104	Ehlo (21)	Nance (8)	Price (12)	Chicago Stadium 18,676	0–1
2	May 1, 1988 3:30 p.m. EDT	@ Chicago	L 101–106	Nance (27)	Daugherty (13)	Nance (8)	Chicago Stadium 18,645	0–2
3	May 3, 1988 8:00 p.m. EDT	Chicago	W 110–102	Price (31)	Daugherty (10)	Price (6)	Richfield Coliseum 20,068	1–2
4	May 5, 1988 8:00 p.m. EDT	Chicago	W 97–91	Harper (30)	Daugherty (9)	Price (7)	Richfield Coliseum 20,026	2–2
5	May 8, 1988 1:00 p.m. EDT	@ Chicago	L 101–107	Price (25)	Daugherty (10)	Price (7)	Chicago Stadium 18,008	2–3

1988 schedule

Player stats

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Brad Daugherty	79	78	37.4	51.0	0.0	71.6	8.4	4.2	0.6	0.7	18.7
Larry Nance	27	26	33.6	52.6	0.0	83.0	7.9	3.1	0.7	2.3	16.2
Mark Price	80	79	32.8	50.6	48.6	87.7	2.3	6.0	1.2	0.2	16.0
Ron Harper	57	52	32.1	46.4	15.0	70.5	3.9	4.9	2.1	0.9	15.4
Hot Rod Williams	77	50	27.4	47.7	0.0	75.6	6.6	1.3	0.8	1.9	10.9
Dell Curry	79	8	19.0	45.8	34.6	78.2	2.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	10.0
Mark West	54	12	21.9	57.6	0.0	62.1	5.2	0.9	0.5	1.5	8.5
Phil Hubbard	78	59	20.9	48.9	0.0	74.9	3.6	1.0	0.6	0.1	8.4
Tyrone Corbin	54	4	21.3	49.1	0.0	78.6	4.1	1.0	0.8	0.3	7.3
Kevin Johnson	52	3	20.1	46.0	22.2	82.1	1.4	3.7	1.2	0.3	7.3
Craig Ehlo	79	27	21.6	46.6	34.4	67.4	3.5	2.6	1.0	0.4	7.1
Mike Sanders	24	11	17.4	53.8	0.0	87.0	2.0	1.1	0.5	0.2	6.8
Chris Dudley	55	1	9.3	47.4	0.0	56.3	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	3.1
Johnny Rogers	24	0	7.0	42.6	0.0	76.9	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	2.6
Kent Benson	2	0	6.0	100.0	0.0	50.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.5
Kevin Henderson	5	0	4.0	40.0	0.0	41.7	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.8
Kannard Johnson	4	0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mark Price	5	5	41.0	56.7	41.7	96.0	3.6	7.6	0.6	0.0	21.0
Ron Harper	4	4	33.5	47.6	0.0	68.8	5.0	3.8	2.8	1.0	17.8
Larry Nance	5	5	40.0	53.1	0.0	88.9	7.2	3.6	0.4	2.2	16.8
Brad Daugherty	5	5	40.8	46.0	0.0	67.7	9.2	3.2	0.4	1.4	15.8
Mike Sanders	5	5	26.8	53.8	0.0	80.0	5.0	1.4	0.6	0.4	12.8
Hot Rod Williams	5	0	26.6	50.0	0.0	46.2	5.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	9.2
Craig Ehlo	5	1	25.6	42.5	0.0	62.5	3.6	3.4	1.0	0.0	8.8
Chris Dudley	4	0	6.0	50.0	0.0	50.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.3
Dell Curry	2	0	8.5	25.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
Phil Hubbard	3	0	7.0	16.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7

Player Statistics Citation:^[5]

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Milestones

All-Star

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Development League

References

^ Dyer, Bob (January 30, 1988). "Cavs End Contract with WWWE". Akron Beacon Journal. Beacon Journal Publishing Co. p. B8.
^ Blazers traded Linton Townes to Cavaliers for 1987 second round pick (#29-Lester Fonville) on 9/6/83 http://n-c-systems.com/hoops/DraftTrades/1987.html Archived 2007-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ Cavaliers traded Paul Thompson to Bucks for two-second round picks (1985 #45-John Williams) (1987 #41-Kannard Johnson) on 2/12/85 http://n-c-systems.com/hoops/DraftTrades/1987.html Archived 2007-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ Traded Ron Anderson to Pacers for 1987 fourth round pick (#80-Carven Holcomb) on 12/10/85 http://n-c-systems.com/hoops/DraftTrades/1987.html Archived 2007-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ "1987-88 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 12, 2021.

[1] Dyer, Bob (January 30, 1988). "Cavs End Contract with WWWE". Akron Beacon Journal. Beacon Journal Publishing Co. p. B8.

[2] Blazers traded Linton Townes to Cavaliers for 1987 second round pick (#29-Lester Fonville) on 9/6/83 http://n-c-systems.com/hoops/DraftTrades/1987.html Archived 2007-11-07 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Cavaliers traded Paul Thompson to Bucks for two-second round picks (1985 #45-John Williams) (1987 #41-Kannard Johnson) on 2/12/85 http://n-c-systems.com/hoops/DraftTrades/1987.html Archived 2007-11-07 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Traded Ron Anderson to Pacers for 1987 fourth round pick (#80-Carven Holcomb) on 12/10/85 http://n-c-systems.com/hoops/DraftTrades/1987.html Archived 2007-11-07 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "1987-88 Cleveland Cavaliers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 12, 2021.

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