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Where Are They Now: Mike Sanders

Blue-Collar Forward from One of the Golden Eras of Cavaliers Basketball Takes a Look Back

Every successful team has a player like Mike Sanders. And the Cavaliers of the late-80s and early-90s had plenty of success with a player just like Mike Sanders.

After his arrival in 1997 with Larry Nance from Phoenix in a mid-season blockbuster that sent Kevin Johnson, Tyrone Corbin and Mark West to the Suns, the Cavaliers made the Playoffs in each of Sanders’ four seasons with the team.

That era of Cavs basketball had no shortage of star power.