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Too bad we have no picks in the 2016 draft, I think we may have given them too handedly,
There's this guy Timothe Luwawu from the Adriatic League https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msd4OQimjDI
Again, I have no clue why we added the Miami pick to the Kevin Love trade, or why we handed ours to dump Jack and Zeller, cause there are quite a few rookies that would have helped us 1 year from now.
Look at this guy, what do you think of him? You gotta value your picks more, especially if you have LBJ that helps the rookies learn.

Yes the Cavs shouldn't have traded the Heat pick with Wiggins. That was Griffin bidding on himself. No it's not going to matter to the Cavs championship hopes. There isn't one player taken in last year's draft who you'd be comfortable playing meaningful minutes in a Final's series. In the one and done era, these guys just need too much development. Even if you look at Kyrie's rookie year when he was wowing everyone, he wasn't playing a lick of defense back then and he was the No. 1 overall pick. Whatever non-lottery player is selected with the Heat's pick next summer, the chances of that player contributing in the playoffs for a winning team are slim.

Even if they didn't contribute as rookies they still could be cheap options in their second year and beyond. The Cavaliers could use some cheap run/jump athletes.

tidho wrote:Even if they didn't contribute as rookies they still could be cheap options in their second year and beyond. The Cavaliers could use some cheap run/jump athletes.

If you just need them to run/jump you can get them from the D League. I'd prefer it if the guys the Cavs were already paying figured it out and if we could get some relatively consistent rotations going. After we win a championship, if we want to go in the Spurs direction and try to develop young talent to mesh with our vets, I'm okay. But playing rookies in the playoffs, ECF, or Finals is risky. Until we've slayed the dragon, I just assume not sacrifice roster spots on projects.

as a general rule there is no lack of mid to late first round picks. They are bought and sold every year.