Cleveland Cavaliers officially announce 2024-25 training camp roster

This week, the Cleveland Cavaliers begin training camp for the 2024-25 season.

The Wine and Gold are looking to build on their appearance in the Eastern Conference semifinals last year and advance this far into the playoffs for the first time since the 2017/18 season.

Shortly before media day began on Monday, the Cavaliers announced their official training camp schedule for the upcoming season.

Here’s a look at this year’s training camp schedule.

Cleveland is expected to have 21 players in training camp. This group includes four players with invitations to training camp, listed below.

Pete Nance, the brother of former Cavalier Larry Nance Jr., had a productive season with the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League last year. In 42 combined showcase and regular season games, the 6-foot-11 big averaged 13.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.5 blocks and 0.9 steals per game.

Nance also appeared in eight games for the Cavaliers, totaling three points, three rebounds and one steal.

Jacob Gilyard played in a total of 41 games (14 starts) for the Memphis Grizzlies and Brooklyn Nets last season. The 5-foot-9 guard averaged 4.2 points, 3.3 assists and 0.8 steals per game while shooting an efficient 40.5% from three-point range.

Jules Bernard performed well in the NBA G League’s Capital City Go-Go last year. The 6-foot-7 winger averaged 19.9 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.0 steals per game in 36 showcase and regular season contests.

He also played in 19 games for the Washington Wizards, averaging 3.9 points in 7.8 minutes per game.

Zhaire Smith played a total of 47 showcase and regular season games for the Cleveland Charge last year. He averaged 13.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.3 steals and one block per contest while shooting 53.9% from the field and 39.4% from deep.