In 2014, the Cleveland Cavaliers weren’t happy with the way the rebuild had been going. After losing LeBron James to free agency in 2010, the Cavs had to start from scratch. Things started well with youngsters Kyrie Irving and Tristan Thompson outperforming expectations but the rebuild simply wasn’t going fast enough for the ownership’s liking. Therefore, in 2014, the Cleveland Cavaliers fired Chris Grant and named David Griffin as acting general manager.
Griffin has been an active GM every season, signing free agents, making trades, plotting for drafts and is active at the trade deadline.