If I am Cleveland I am burning the phones to trade the pick plus necessary fillers for Love or Aldridge then hoping that player plus Kyrie is enough to convince Lebron to go home.
Sixers are in total rebuild mode, so a young starter? Then again they have a crap load of cap space, so maybe they can convince a couple of players to go there and trade it for a proven vet
Scott Howard-Cooper @SHowardCooper Follow Just filed to http://NBA.com : Kings put No. 8 on the trade block, wanting veteran instead of next rookie to develop. Link to come.
The question is, would you do it? Aldridge for #1, Waiters, Thompson, Varejao Dame/Livingston? Wiggins/Waiters Batum/Wes Thompson/Robinson Rolo/Varejao I don't know... that lineup doesn't really excite me.
No it's not Olshey said the Blazers are no longer in "asset acquisition mode" With getting to the 2nd round they're now in "win now mode" Trades for draft picks will not happen
cleveland could have realistically drafted 2011 kyrie valaciunas (went #5 right after tristan) 2012 drummond (might have been a reach at the time at #4 but would have been accepted, you cant teach size, etc) terrance jones at #17 instead of the tyler zeller pick 2013 it remains to be seen if any of these players are anything special, but oladipo at #1 would have been better (anything would have been better than bennett) 2014 #1 kyrie olapido t jones drummond valanciunas wiggins, parker, or embiid
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/draft/2014/05/20/052014-draft-lottery-behind-the-scenes.nba// Kinda cool never seen the actually ping pong balls being drawn before
That is a king's ransom, and far more than I think Cleveland would offer. But yes, I do that, draft Wiggins, and see what that lineup can do. I would see that as a "one step back to take two steps forward" type of move.
