*Cleveland acquired Emir Preldzic from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for cash considerations. Preldzic was selected by the Suns with the 57th overall pick.
2008
Round
Pick
Player
College
1.
19
J.J. Hickson
North Carolina State
*Cleveland acquired Darnell Jackson from the Miami Heat in exchange for the lower of the Cavaliers two second round picks in the 2009 NBA Draft. Jackson was selected by the Heat with the 52nd overall pick. The Cavaliers purchased the rights to Sasha Kaun from the Seattle Sonics. Kaun was selected by the Sonics with 56th overall pick.
2007
Round
Pick
Player
College
No Selections
2006
Round
Pick
Player
College
1.
25
Shannon Brown
Michigan State
2.
42
Daniel Gibson
Texas
2.
55
Ejike Ugboaja
Nigeria
2005
Round
Pick
Player
College
No Selections
*Cleveland acquired Martynas Andriuskevicius from the Orlando Magic in exchange for a second-round pick and cash. Andriuskevicius was selected by the Magic with the 44th overall pick. Cavaliers acquired a second-round pick in the 2006 NBA Draft from the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Jiri Welsch.
2004
Round
Pick
Player
College
1.
10
Luke Jackson
Oregon
2003
Round
Pick
Player
College
1.
1
LeBron James
St. Vincent-St. Mary HS
2.
30
Jason Kapono
UCLA
2002
Round
Pick
Player
College
1.
6
Dajuan Wagner
Memphis
2.
35
Carlos Boozer
Duke
2001
Round
Pick
Player
College
1.
8
DeSagana Diop
Oak Hill Academy HS
1.
20
Brendan Haywood*
North Carolina
2.
36
Jeff Trepagnier
Southern California
*Cleveland selected Brendan Haywood with the 20th pick in the first round. The Cavaliers acquired Michael Doleac from Orlando in exchange for Haywood.
2000
Round
Pick
Player
College
1.
8
Jamal Crawford*
Michigan
*Cleveland selected Jamal Crawford with the eighth pick in the first round and traded Crawford and cash to Chicago for Chris Mihm.
*Cleveland traded its 1996 second pick and other considerations to the Houston Rockets for forward Keith Hughes, selected by the Rockets with the 47th overall pick.
1990
Round
Pick
Player
College
2.
52
Stefano Rusconi
Ranger Varese
*Cavaliers selected Stefano Rusconi of Ranger, Italy with the 52nd choice and traded his rights along with future considerations to Phoenix for the rights to Milos Babic of Tennessee Tech who was chosen by the Suns with the 50th overall pick.
*Cavaliers traded Keith Lee to Portland in exchange for Jim Paxson. Trade was later rescinded due to Lee not passing a physical.
1986
Round
Pick
Player
College
1.
1
Brad Daugherty
North Carolina
1.
8
Ron Harper
Miami (Ohio)
2.
29
Johnny Newman
Richmond
3.
50
Kevin Henderson
Cal State-Fullerton
4.
73
Warren Martin
North Carolina
5.
96
Ben Davis
Gardner-Webb
6.
119
Gilbert Wilburn
New Mexico State
7.
142
Ralph Dalton
Georgetown
*Cavaliers traded Roy Hinson and other considerations to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the 76ers first-round pick (first overall). With the first pick Cleveland selected Brad Daugherty from North Carolina. Also that day, Cleveland acquired Mark Price (25th overall selection) from Dallas in exchange for a 1989 second round draft choice and other considerations.
1985
Round
Pick
Player
College
1.
9
Charles Oakley
Virginia Union
2.
30
Calvin Duncan
VCU
2.
45
John Williams
Tulane
3.
55
Herb Johnson
Tulsa
4.
79
Mark Davis
Old Dominion
5.
101
Gunther Behnke
West Germany
6.
125
Ricky Johnson
Illinois State
7.
147
Buzz Peterson
North Carolina
*Cleveland drafted Charles Oakley with the ninth overall pick and Calvin Duncan with the 30th pick. Cleveland then traded Oakley and Duncan to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Keith Lee (11th pick overall).
1984
Round
Pick
Player
College
1.
12
Tim McCormick
Michigan
2.
27
Ron Anderson
Fresno State
3.
50
Ben McDonald
UC-Irvine
3.
60
Leonard Mitchell
LSU
4.
73
Art Aaron
Northwestern
5.
96
Vince Hinchen
Boise State
6.
119
Matt Doherty
North Carolina
7.
142
Joe Jakubick
Akron
8.
165
Elliot Beard
Oberlin
9.
187
John Shimko
Xavier (Ohio)
10.
209
Darrell Space
NE Illinois
*Cleveland selected Tim McCormick of Michigan with the 12th overall pick. McCormick and Cliff Robinson and an undisclosed amount of cash were traded to the Washington Bullets for Mel Turpin, the sixth overall pick.