CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson was stunned to discover he had butterflies before Saturday's Wine & Gold Scrimmage at The Q.

"I haven't had those in forever," said the fan favorite, entering his seventh season with the team. "I've been wanting to play so bad . . . I just felt like a kid again."

Gibson, recovering from surgery on his left foot and ankle last spring, made his season debut Saturday, and although he made just 1 of 6 shots, he was thrilled to be back on the court.

"That was my first time being back on the floor after a long, long, long time," he said. "That felt amazing."

He will make a debut of a different sort Tuesday night, when "Keyshia & Daniel: Family First," his reality show with wife Keyshia Cole, airs at 10 p.m. on BET. He's not the least bit nervous about that. In fact, he can't wait for fans to see all eight episodes.

"I'm extremely proud of it because I just think, for some reason, family is not big in America anymore," he said after practice Sunday as the Cavs prepared to host Italian power Montepaschi Siena tonight at The Q.

"It seems like people have become real materialistic. When they see us, I'm hoping it gives hope to a family atmosphere," Gibson said. "No person is perfect, but you work together, you work it out, you stick it out . . . that's what makes a family work. The name says it all."

Cole, an R&B singer, had her own popular reality show on BET from 2006 to '08, "The Way It Is." It was before she and Gibson were dating, and it focused on her difficult and unresolved relationships with her mother, who put her up for adoption, and her sister. She suggested the new show to BET a couple of years ago, and it was filmed last year.

"She asked me to do it with her because she was at a different stage in her life," Gibson said. "There would still be a little bit of conflict, but there would be more of a resolution to show growth. That's why we both decided to do it together."

The show will feature everything from the couple's wedding to raising their son to Gibson's surgery and grueling rehabilitation last season.

"On reality TV, we felt like you see a lot of foolishness," Gibson said. "We wanted to actually show something real. We go through stuff within our marriage, me being injured, her going through stuff with her record label, we just wanted to show real reality.

"The relationship that we have, I think that's what's going to be so amazing for people to see. We're like best friends. We don't keep anything from each other."

Although the film crew was in Cleveland for a couple of games, little footage deals with the team. Gibson also promised the show would be nothing like "Keeping Up With The Kardashians," a reality show that has featured NBA players Lamar Odom and Kris Humphries and their relationships with Khloe and Kim Kardashian, respectively.

"Me and Keyshia are just naturally different from anybody else," Gibson said with a smile. "We both come from very humble beginnings, so I think people feel like they can relate to us. We're always open to communicating and speaking to people. We're real transparent.

"I think that's why people will have a lot of fun watching the show. They'll see a lot of themselves in us."

Still learning: Rookie Dion Waiters was the second-leading scorer in Saturday's scrimmage with 12 points, but Cavs coach Byron Scott said Waiters wasn't comfortable yet.

"It's going to take some time," Scott said. "This is a whole new system for him. A lot of it has to do with him having to work without the ball at times, where [at Syracuse] he was so used to having the ball in his hands. He's still going to have the ball in his hands at times, but he has to learn to play without the ball as well. That's where he's getting a little bit of 'I really don't know where I'm supposed to be right now.'

"But the one thing I love about him, he asks a lot of questions. He wants to get it and understand what he's supposed to do on every single play. He'll get more comfortable every single day."

Final scrimmage notes: Attendance at the scrimmage was 12,230 . . . Assistant coach Jamahl Mosley, who coached the Wine team, celebrated his 34th birthday.