Originally Posted by
GGLC
I would have drafted someone who doesn't require the ball in their hands to be effective. As for who they should have picked up instead, Barnes or Drummond were both good options...or they could have tried to trade up to grab Beal or down to get additional assets. What they should not have done was draft someone like Waiters. I mean, obviously the 2012 draft was fairly weak overall, but Kyrie and Waiters are not synergistic.
The bottom line is that they've had the #1 pick twice and the #4 pick twice in the last three years, and they've come away with one superstar and overdrafted on three other guys, none of whom look like their career ceiling is anywhere close to All-Star level at this point. (And I say that despite being a fan of Thompson generally.)
Hate to say it, but this would have been an incredible pick up. There was a lot of speculation surrounding Barnes. Why the Cavs didn't pick him up I'll never understand.
Waiters and then Bennett? Watch them get the second pick this year and spend it on Aaron Gordon...
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