From the basketball mad country of Lithuania, Zydrunas Ilgauskas was drafted 20^th overall in 1996, and he would be named to the All-Rookie Team.  Injuries piled up on the big man over the next few seasons, but he would be healthy, and from the 2002-03 season to the 2005-06 season he would elevate to become one of the top Centers of the time.  In that stretch (which also coincided with the arrival of LeBron James) he would be named to two All-Star Games and averaged 16.2 Points, 7.9 Rebounds and 2.1 Blocks per Game.  Ilgauskas would play 12 seasons with the Cavaliers, and he is second all-time in Points, Rebounds and is first in Blocks.  He would have his #11 retired by the Cavs after his career was over.

Brad Daugherty was the number one Draft Pick of 1986, a pick they obtained many years before in a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers.  Along with Ron Harper and Mark Price who they also picked up that season, Daugherty was the literal centerpiece of a Cavs team that would regularly win 50 Games, and he was named an All-Star five times, and while he may not have been on the upper tier of NBA Centers, he wasn't far from it.  Daugherty was a Third Team All-NBA Selection in 1991/92, and he would have six straight seasons where he averaged 9.0 Rebounds per Game, with the last four seeing him go over 10.  Daugherty would also have three straight 20 Points per Game Seasons (1990-91 to 1992-93).

Mark Price came to Cleveland as part of a draft-day trade when he was chosen in the 2^nd Round in 1986 by the Dallas Mavericks for a future 2^nd Rounder of 1989.  Cleveland got Price, but Dallas would pick Jeff Hodge who never played in the NBA.  

Were you expecting someone else?

LeBron James was so highly touted as the eventual number one pick that his high school games were broadcast on ESPN.  The Cleveland Cavaliers were thrilled to land the number one pick, and the native of Akron fittingly began his career with the team he grew up an hour away from.