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The Eight Cleveland Cavaliers Retired Numbers
The Cleveland Cavaliers franchise may only be 54 years old, but they’ve still had some all-time great players appear in a Cavalier uniform during their history.
Let’s look back at some of the best players in team history who eventually had their jersey numbers retired by the organization after their playing careers ended.
In total, the Cavs have retired eight different jersey numbers, which hang in the rafters of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Brad Daugherty has the argument and resume to be considered the best power forward in Cleveland history. He played eight seasons with the Cavaliers and averaged 19.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in 546 games.
The power forward has left his mark on the organization and sits fourth on the all-time rebounds list with 5,227.
Nate Thurmond finished his historic NBA career as a member of the Cavaliers. He averaed 5.0 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks in the two years he spent in Cleveland, and those seaons weren’t nearly as impactful as his season with the San Francisco Warriors, but Cleveland wanted to recognize the legacy he left on the game of NBA.
Some consider Austin Carr to be the best shooting guard in Cavaliers franchise history. (However, something tells me Donovan Mitchell will have something to say about that when it’s all said and done.)
Carr was not only one of the best pure scorers on the Cavaliers during his time in Cleveland but one of the best in the NBA. He averaged 16.2 points while shooting 45 percent from the floor. Those numbers could look even better if he had the three-point line for his entire career.
Recognizing his contribution to the franchise, the Cavaliers have officially retied the number 34.
Mark Price spent nine seasons in Cleveland and was a part of the legendary 90s teams that constantly made playoff runs.
The four-time All-Star averaged 16.4 points while shooting 48 percent from the floor and 40 percent from behind the arc. Price also averaged 7.2 assists a game with the Cavaliers and, to this day, has the second-most assists in club history with 4,206.
Larry Nance did a little bit of everything when he was on the floor. During his eight seasons in Cleveland, he averaged 16.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks a game and was a slo voted to an All-NBA defense first team.
This one has an asterisk because the number came out of retirement, but for a good reason. When Nance’s son, Larry Nance Jr, was a member of the Cavs, we wore the number “22” to keep the family legacy going.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, or “Big Z,” is easily the best center in Cavaliers history. During his time with the Cavs, he averaged 13.8 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks.
Loyalty also has to come into play when a team decides if they’re going to retire a player’s number. No one was more loyal than Ilgauskas, who spent 12 long seasons with the Cavs and is still part of the organization today.
The Cavalier’s first true star was Bingo Smith, who was part of the first-ever Wine and Gold roster. He spent the next 10 seasons with the Cavs, averaging 13.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.2 assists.
Smith’s number being retired is a nice nod to the franchise’s history.
Bill Russell never played for the Cavaliers. However, after his passing, his number “6” was retired across the NBA.
Neither LeBron James nor Kevin Love have their jersey numbers in the rafters … yet. However, Dan Gilbert promised to retire LeBron’s “23” after his playing days were over and made a similar commitment to Love’s number “0.”
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The 60th Annual Car Parts Warehouse I-X Piston Powered Auto-Rama wraps up this weekend, marking the last show at the longtime International Exposition (I-X) Center.
Organizers say 900 cars are parked for the event, featuring flashy cars and rebuilt classics.
Cleveland City Council approved plans last year to repurpose the event space for an unnamed private company. What replaces it, nobody is saying.
“Never miss, never miss,” said Jack Marino, who has attended many shows at the I-X Center. “It’s sad because it’s sort of a tradition to this area.”
Marino said he is worried about what Cleveland could lose when the building closes.
Show features diverse collection
“Anything that has a piston that makes it go is in the show. We even have a tank here that was built in 1964 when we were the Cleveland tank plant,” said Scott McGorty with the I-X Center.
George Conrad owns 221 cars and brought a few to the show, including a purple classic.
“Knowing this is possibly the last show, hopefully not. I wanted to bring an eclectic mix of really different things,” said Conrad.
Conrad said someone else started the build on the purple car and never finished it.
“Kind of a step child project to me. An older gentleman had purchased it and started the build and unfortunately he passed away,” said Conrad. “We took the project on, completely disassembled it and kind of restarted the whole thing. Three years, we don’t want to talk about the money.”
Conrad finished it just in time. There will not be another show according to the organizers of the autorama.
No replacement venue in sight
The I-X Center has hosted events for decades, including the garden show, the auto show, the boat show and the RV show. The city and the building’s owner have not released details on what comes next. Only that the expo space will close.
Organizers say no other building in Northeast Ohio is big enough to host the autorama.
“This show has always been about people as much as it is about cars,” said Steve Legerski, show manager for the I-X Piston Powered Auto-Rama. “For 60 years, families have grown up coming to this event together. Builders have debuted lifelong projects here.”
The event features hundreds of vehicles, specialty exhibits, competitions and a marketplace.
The final consumer show inside the Cleveland I-X Center begins Friday and runs through Sunday, March 29. The show is the 60th Annual Car Parts Warehouse I-X Piston Powered Auto-Rama.
Tickets are available at www.pistonpowershow.com and at all 23 Car Parts Warehouse retail locations.
The I-X Center was built in 1942 as the Cleveland Bomber Plant and was a manufacturing site for the B-29 bomber during World War II.
Later, it was known as the Cleveland Tank Plant and tanks and other military vehicles were built there.
Once the war ended, the center had several different uses before becoming the I-X Center in 1985.
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VERICA “VERA” DRAKSIC
OBITUARY
age 74, of Kirtland, OH, passed away peacefully February 26, 2026. Daughter of the late Mijat and Anna Kalac, Vera was born and raised in former Yugoslavia with her siblings Maria (deceased), Lucija (deceased), Nevenka, and Petar. As a young woman, Vera felt a calling to help others that drew her to the field of nursing. This developed into a life-long devotion to cooking and caring for family and friends that she took with her everywhere, from aiding residents at the Slovene Home for the Aged to her work with the Congregation of Blessed Sacrament. In the winter of 1971, Vera emigrated to the United States, settling in Cleveland where she started a family with Martin (deceased), her husband of 40 years. She was a loving mother to their two daughters, Anita (late husband Edgar), and Irena (husband Chris), and a devoted grandmother to her cherished grandson, Evan. Vera spent nearly every waking moment preparing foods for people she admired, including the delicious dishes of her homeland, like strudels, poticas and sarma. Around the holidays, she baked until every container she owned was filled with cookies; gifts for the dozens of people she considered family. If you needed Vera, you could always find her in a kitchen peeling a potato, chopping an onion, or kneading dough; all while stirring a simmering pot. Fueled by a love of people, hard work, strong coffee, and bread and butter, she somehow had time to get the job done with a story and a smile. They don’t make them like Vera anymore. Contributions may be made in memory of Vera to either Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of Notre Dame of the United States, St. Jude, or Doctors Without Borders. Mass of Christian Burial Friday, March 6, 2026, at Divine Word Catholic Church, 8100 Eagle Road, Kirtland, Ohio, 44094, at 10 AM. Burial following at All Souls Cemetery. Family will receive friends to pay tribute to and celebrate the life of Vera at THE ZEVNIK-COSIC FUNERAL HOME OF WILLOUGHBY HILLS, 28890 CHARDON ROAD (between Bishop Rd. and Rt. 91) Thursday, March 5, 2026, from 4 – 8 PM. Online obituary, guestbook, & order flowers at www.DeJohnCares.com.
CLEVELAND — Thousands of people braved the cold in downtown Cleveland for the third wave of “No Kings Day” demonstrations against the Trump administration.
This time, protestors said, the stakes are higher than ever.
Community members and activists joined at the Free Stamp in Willard Park and marched alongside Lakeside Avenue and around Cleveland Public Square on Saturday. Demonstrators said they’re rallying against the Trump administration’s escalation of federal immigration enforcement tactics and rocky global economy amid the country’s war with Iran.
Protestor Fidel Swain who served 15 years in the US Air Force. (Spectrum News 1/Tanya Velazquez)
U.S. Military Veteran Fidel Swain said he’s marching for the rights of all Americans.
“We’re really concerned with what’s going on in the country today as far as this current administration,” Swain said. “They all seem to not follow the principles and ideas of the working class and just most Americans, which is law, order.”
Northeast Ohio resident Charlotte Hartman also stood among the crowd of demonstrators. She said she attended the two previous No Kings Day protests in Strongsville.
Today, Hartman said, she’s standing in solidarity with all marginalized groups.
(L-R) Protestors Elaine Wheaton, Charlotte Hartman, and Michele Murphy. (Spectrum News 1/Tanya Velazquez)
“The way he treats people and minorities, the way he treats handicapped people … They don’t seem to be any care or concern for anybody,” Hartman said.
Hartman was joined by Elaine Wheaton, who said she hopes the demonstration will help unite Americans, despite ideological differences.
“We’re hoping that some of the people that voted for Trump before might be changing their mind,” Wheaton said. “He’s getting a little too overboard … I have no problem with Republican presidents like Reagan or Bush or whatever, but it’s not that he’s Republican. It’s just that he’s a bad human.”
The White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson sent a statement to Spectrum News dismissing Saturday’s protest. She wrote, “The only people who care about these Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions are the reporters who are paid to cover them.”
The first No Kings Day protest in June included around 5 million participants, while the second event in the fall drew in around 7 million people.
While speaking about the No Kings Day protests in October, Trump told Fox business that he’s “not a king.”
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