Cleveland Cavaliers: 15 best forwards of all-time
player. 156. . SG/SF. (2001-03). Ricky Davis. 9
Ricky Davis had a short run with the Cavaliers, but it’s worthy of mentioning. He comes in as the ninth-best forward, although he’s also considered a guard. He began his time with Cleveland coming off the bench, appearing in all 82 games. But by next season, he earned a starting nod.
As a starter, Davis poured in a career-high 20.6 points along with 5.5 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game. Without a star and little direction, he averaged a team-high 18.6 shots per game.
Despite the positive production from Davis, Cleveland went 17-65 during the 2002-03 season. Davis was the lone bright spot in an otherwise down season that also saw Keith Smart act as an interim head coach.
His career-high of 45 points came against the Milwaukee Bucks in a 140-133 double-overtime loss on Dec. 9, 2002. Davis shot 16-of-33 (48.5 percent) from the floor and 6-of-8 from 3-point range in the bitter defeat.
He put up a career-high 12 assists twice during that season as well against the Utah Jazz and Detroit Pistons. With nine rebounds in both games, he was eerily close to achieving triple-doubles in those games, too.
For his part, Davis did his best where he could, achieving 11 double-doubles, double-figures in assists nine times, three 40+ point performances and six 30+ point performances.
While his teams weren’t very good, he still managed to shoot 43.4 percent from the floor and 35.5 percent from 3-point range. He ended his career with Cleveland averaging 16.0 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.2 steals per game.