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What this postseason has revealed to rebuilding teams like the Cavs Author:
Jason Lloyd Publication: The Athletic
When he was introducing John Beilein as the new coach of the Cavs a couple of
weeks ago, owner Dan Gilbert didn’t hide the fact the organization was
disappointed to be selecting fifth in this year’s draft. Like everyone else on
the lottery stage, the Cavs were hopeful they’d pick somewhere in the top three,
particularly since they entered the night with as good of odds as anyone at
landing the No. 1 pick.
“You could see it on my face and Koby’s face,” Gilbert said. “We tried to cover
it up. It’s a little hard at the fifth pick.”
Most of the league tends to agree the drop after the top three in this draft is
significant, but that doesn’t make building a winner impossible. Just look
around the playoffs this year as proof.
The Raptors are even with the Warriors through two games of these NBA Finals
with a roster void of top draft picks. Their highest-drafted player is Kawhi
Leonard, whom the Spurs originally drafted 15th, and half of their roster
initially went undrafted. While acknowledging LeBron James’ departure from the
East released his stranglehold on the conference, it’s also a credit to the
terrific job Masai Ujiri, Dwane Casey and now Nick Nurse have done at
cultivating talent and turning unknowns like Pascal Siakam and Fred VanVleet
into key contributors on a team now three wins from a championship. – CLICK HERE
to read full story.
Cavs bringing in big man Fall, Mann for pre-draft auditions Author: Sam Amico
Publication: Amico Hoops
The Cavaliers are continuing their pre-draft workouts by bringing in Central
Florida center Tacko Fall and Florida State shooting guard Terance Mann.
Both players were originally projected as second-round picks but have been
climbing the charts over the past couple of weeks. While neither is a candidate
to be selected with the No. 5 overall pick, the Cavs also own the No. 26 overall
(via a trade with the Houston Rockets). The Cavs do not have a second-rounder
this year.
Fall is 7-foot-6 and 311 pounds and a native of Senegal. He averaged 11.0
points, 7.7 rebounds a whopping 2.6 blocked shots this past season as a senior
at UCF.
He was a straight-A student and if basketball doesn’t work out, Fall has dreams
of becoming an engineer for a large electronic company such as Microsoft. –
CLICK HERE to read full story.
NBA Mock Draft 2019: Cleveland Cavaliers fill two positions of need Author:
Chris Fedor Publication: Cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The NBA Draft is a little more than two weeks away.
The combine and agency pro days are both in the rearview mirror. Now it’s time
for teams to conduct private, individual workouts and important sit-down
interviews.
The top two picks are certain. After that? It gets awfully interesting. Will the
Knicks and Lakers trade out of their spots? Where will enigmas Cameron Reddish
and Bol Bol get picked?
The Cleveland Cavaliers could go a number of different directions, and trading
— up or back — shouldn’t be ruled out at this point. The next few weeks are
vital in any evaluation. Collin Sexton’s June workout went a long way toward his
draft selection. Will that happen again for the Cavs, allowing their tricky
fifth pick to become clear? – CLICK HERE to read full story.
Prospect Profile: Darius Garland Author: Joe Gabriele Publication: Cavs.com
With the current Draft system focusing so much on one-and-done players, a full
season is considered a very good sample size. Darius Garland played exactly five
collegiate contests – and could very well be one of the first five players
picked.
If Garland didn’t play a single game of college ball, he might still have been a
Lottery pick. But scouts likely saw enough of him in a handful of contests – and
word on the street is that he was given some form of guarantee; enough to make
him leave the Combine early.
Following a prolific high school career, the son of Winston Garland – who played
seven NBA seasons with the Warriors, Clippers, Nuggets, Rockets and T-Wolves –
could have attended the college of his choice. But as a youngster growing up in
Indiana, Garland attended basketball camps conducted by Bryce Drew at Valparaiso
– and when Drew got the Vandy job, the choice for Garland (whose family had
previously relocated to Tennessee) was an easy one.
As a high schooler, the lithe point guard was a four-time state champion and was
named Tennessee Mr. Basketball in each of his last three seasons. He grew
two-and-a-half inches from his sophomore to his junior year and going into his
senior year at Brentwood Academy was ranked as the best point guard of the 2018
Class by 247Sports. – CLICK HERE to read full story.
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