What year was the player the Cavaliers traded Kyrie Irving for drafted?
2017–18 Cleveland Cavaliers season The 2017–18 Cleveland Cavaliers season will be the 48th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Cavaliers will enter the season as the 3-time defending Eastern Conference champions and a runner up from the 2017 NBA Finals. On June 19, 2017, the Cavaliers general manager David Griffin agreed to leave the team. During July, Cleveland competed in the MGM Resorts Summer League in Las Vegas, winning 4 of 5 games. On July 24, 2017, the Cavaliers named Koby Altman as their new general manager. On August 22, 2017, the Cavaliers traded away Kyrie Irving to the rival Boston Celtics in exchange for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Žižić, and the rights to the Brooklyn Nets' first round pick in the 2018 NBA draft; the trade would later be expanded with the Cavaliers acquiring a 2020 second round pick from the Miami Heat eight days afterward due to concerns over the health of Thomas's hip. On September 28, during training camp, Dwyane Wade would sign a one-year deal with Cleveland. The Cavs will play the first regular season game of the year on October 17, 2017 against the Boston Celtics.
1997–98 Cleveland Cavaliers season The 1997–98 NBA season was the 28th season of the National Basketball Association in Cleveland, Ohio. In the offseason, the Cavaliers acquired All-Star forward Shawn Kemp from the Seattle SuperSonics in a three-team trade, and Wesley Person from the Phoenix Suns in another three-team trade. The Cavs went on a ten-game winning streak early into the season, and finished 5th in the Central Division with a 47–35 record, qualifying for the playoffs after a one-year absence. Kemp led the team in scoring and rebounding and was selected for the 1998 NBA All-Star Game, which would be his sixth and final All-Star appearance. Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Brevin Knight were both selected to the All-Rookie First Team, while Derek Anderson and Cedric Henderson both made the All-Rookie Second Team. However, the Cavaliers would lose in four games in the Eastern Conference first round of the playoffs to the Indiana Pacers, and they would not make it back to the postseason until 2006.