CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cavaliers bottomed out properly the first time LeBron James said goodbye and did everything a tanking team in distress should do.
They slogged through a miserable 19-win season in 2010-11 to secure the second-worst record in the league and a sure top-five pick.
They swapped middling Mo Williams and agreed to absorb Baron Davis' contract to snag another first-round pick.
They began a streak of draft luck when the pick from that deal won the lottery.
They made the right choice at the No. 1, picking Kyrie Irving over Derrick Williams.