A fix at 26? Cavs have been in this spot in draft three times

Thanks to a trade swung by general manager Koby Altman at the Feb. 7 deadline this season, the Cleveland Cavaliers will have two picks in the first round of the NBA Draft on June 20, their own at No. 5 overall and that of the Houston Rockets at No. 26 overall.

As part of a three-team trade on Feb. 7, Altman sent Wade Baldwin, Nik Stauskas and a 2021 second-round pick to the Rockets and Alec Burks to the Sacramento Kings and in return, received Houston's first-round pick this year along with Knight and Marquese Chriss.

We outlined the players selected in the draft with the fifth overall pick here. When it comes to the 26th pick, the Cavaliers have been here on three occasions.

In 1970 -- their first season in the NBA, the Cavaliers chose Dave Sorenson out of Ohio State University.

Three years later, Cleveland selected another Buckeye, Allan Hornyak.

In 1979, the Cavaliers chose Bruce Flowers out of Notre Dame.

Sorenson, a 6-foot-8, 225-pound power forward, had a solid rookie season, averaging 11.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 24.6 minutes in 79 games, shooting 44.5 percent from the field and 80.3 percent from the free-throw line.

He had this moment in the sun as a member of the Cavaliers:

However, he never again played at that level, playing four more seasons, the last of which being 1972-73, when Cleveland traded him to the Philadelphia 76ers 10 games into the season in exchange for pivotman Bob Rule on Nov. 10, 1972.

Sorenson was in training camp with the Boston Celtics in 1974, where he was competing with Phil Hankinson, Glenn McDonald and Benny Clyde for two roster spots. Eventually, Hankinson and McDonald earned this spots.

He averaged 8.1 points, 4.7 boards and 1.3 assists in 18.1 minutes in 213 games, shooting 44.2 percent from the field and 77.8 percent from the charity stripe.

Sorenson finished his professional career playing in Italy.

A Findlay, Ohio native, Sorenson died at age 54 on July 9, 2002, after a battle with cancer.

Despite also being drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the 1973 ABA Draft, Hornyak, a 6-1 185-pound shooting guard who earned All-Big Ten honors three times during his collegiate career at Ohio State, never played professional basketball.

Allan Hornyak was a star at Ohio State but never played in the NBA after being drafted by the Cavaliers in 1973.

The Bellaire, Ohio native scored 86 points for St. John Central High School against Tiltonsville Warren Consolidated on Jan. 10, 1969.

Flowers, a 6-8, 225-pound power forward, played only one season in the NBA.

Before that, though, he played professionally in Italy. He was part of the 1982 EuroLeague championship team.

He averaged 4.9 points and 3.4 rebounds in 13.2 minutes in 53 games (5 starts) in the 1982-83 campaign, shooting 53.4 percent from the field and 77.4 percent from the free-throw line.

Bruce Flowers (right) tangling with Bill Laimbeer during a game in Italy.

After that season, Flowers, a Rochester, N.Y. native, returned to Italy, for four more seasons.

Here's a look at the players selected with the 26th overall pick in the draft:

Year Player School/Country – Team
* 2018 -- Landry Shamet, Wichita State – Philadelphia 76ers
* 2017 -- Caleb Swanigan, Purdue – Portland Trail Blazers
* 2016 -- Furkan Korkmaz, Turkey – Philadelphia 76ers
* 2015 -- Nikola Milutinov, Partizan – San Antonio Spurs
* 2014 -- P.J. Hairston, Texas Legends (D-League) – Charlotte Hornets
* 2013 -- Andre Roberson, Colorado – Minnesota Timberwolves
* 2012 -- Miles Plumlee, Duke – Indiana Pacers
* 2011 -- Jordan Hamilton, University of Texas at Austin – Dallas Mavericks
* 2010 -- Quincy Pondexter, University of Washington – Oklahoma City Thunder
* 2009 -- Taj Gibson, University of Southern California – Chicago Bulls
* 2008 -- George Hill, IUPUI – San Antonio Spurs
* 2007 -- Aaron Brooks, Oregon – Houston Rockets
* 2006 -- Jordan Farmar, UCLA – LA Lakers
* 2005 -- Jason Maxiell, Cincinnati – Detroit Pistons
* 2004 -- Kevin Martin, Western Carolina – Sacramento Kings
* 2003 -- Ndudi Ebi, Westbury Christian HS (Texas) – Minnesota Timberwolves
* 2002 -- John Salmons, Miami – San Antonio Spurs
* 2001 -- Samuel Dalembert, Seton Hall – Philadelphia 76ers
* 2000 -- Mamadou N’diaye, Auburn – Denver Nuggets
* 1999 -- Vonteego Cummings, Pittsburgh – Indiana Pacers
* 1998 -- Sam Jacobson, Minnesota – LA Lakers
* 1997 -- Charles Smith, New Mexico – Miami Heat
* 1996 -- Jerome Williams, Georgetown – Detroit Pistons
* 1995 -- Sherell Ford, Illinois-Chicago – Seattle Supersonics
* 1994 -- Charlie Ward, Florida State – New York Knicks
* 1993 -- Geert Hammink, Louisiana State – Orlando Magic
* 1992 -- David Johnson, Syracuse – Portland Trail Blazers
* 1991 -- Mark Randall, Kansas – Chicago Bulls
* 1990 -- Lance Banks, Texas – Detroit Pistons
* 1989 -- Vlade Divac, Yugoslavia – LA Lakers
* 1988 -- Rolando Ferreira, University of Houston – Portland Trail Blazers
* 1987 -- Steve Alford, Indiana University – Dallas Mavericks
* 1986 -- Greg Dreiling, University of Kansas – Indiana Pacers
* 1985 -- Bill Martin, Georgetown University – Indiana Pacers
* 1984 -- Victor Fleming, Xavier University – Portland Trail Blazers
* 1983 -- Leroy Combs, Oklahoma State University – Indiana Pacers
* 1982 -- Ricky Frazier, University of Missouri – Chicago Bulls
* 1981 -- Brian Jackson, Utah State University – Portland Trail Blazers
* 1980 -- Sam Worthen, Marquette University – Chicago Bulls
* 1979 -- Bruce Flowers, University of Notre Dame – Cleveland Cavaliers
* 1978 -- Ron Carter, Virginia Military Institute – LA Lakers
* 1977 -- Glen Gondrezick, University of Nevada, Las Vegas – New York Knicks
* 1976 -- Jacky Dorsey, University of Georgia – New Orleans Jazz
* 1975 -- Ticky Burden, University of Utah – New York Knicks
* 1974 -- Leonard Gray, California State University, Long Beach – Seattle Supersonics
* 1973 -- Allan Hornyak, Ohio State University – Cleveland Cavaliers
* 1972 -- Dave Twardzik, Old Dominion University – Portland Trail Blazers
* 1971 -- Amos Thomas, Southwestern Oklahoma State University – Buffalo Braves
* 1970 -- Dave Sorenson, Ohio State University – Cleveland Cavaliers
* 1969 -- Bill Bunting, University of North Carolina – New York Knicks
* 1968 -- Ron Nelson, University of New Mexico – Baltimore Bullets
* 1967 -- Gary Gray, Oklahoma City University – Cincinnati Royals
* 1966 -- Jim Ware, Oklahoma City University – Cincinnati Royals
* 1965 -- Toby Kimball, University of Connecticut – Boston Celtics
* 1964 -- Freddie Crawford, St. Bonaventure University – New York Knicks
* 1963 -- Chuck Kriston, Valparaiso University – Boston Celtics
* 1962 -- Chico Vaughn, Southern Illinois University – St. Louis Hawks
* 1961 -- Doug Kistler, Duke University – Detroit Pistons
* 1960 -- Wally Frank, Kansas State University – Los Angeles Lakers
* 1959 -- Wilson Eison, Purdue University – Minneapolis Lakers
* 1958 -- Ralph Croswaite, Western Kentucky University – Detroit Pistons
* 1957 -- Kurt Englebert, Saint Joseph's University – Detroit Pistons
* 1956 -- Elgin Baylor, Seattle University – Minneapolis Lakers
* 1955 -- Bart Leach, University of Pennsylvania – Boston Celtics
* 1954 -- Don Anielak, Missouri State University – New York Knicks
* 1953 -- Ted Lallier, Colby College – Boston Celtics
* 1952 -- Bud Penwell, Oklahoma City University – Baltimore Bullets
* 1951 -- John Furlong, Pepperdine University – New York Knicks
* 1950 -- Bob Donham, Ohio State University – Boston Celtics
* 1949 -- Mac Otten, Bowling Green State University -- Indianapolis Olympians
* 1948 -- Paul Marcinin, Moravian College -- Baltimore Bullets
* 1947 -- George Petrovick, Bridgeport Newfields -- Boston Celtics