Eight days before the NBA draft, Cleveland Cavaliers coach Byron Scott told Yahoo! Sports the franchise isn’t close to deciding whether to use the No. 1 pick on Duke guard Kyrie Irving or Arizona forward Derrick Williams.
The Cavaliers have the first and fourth picks in the June 23 draft in Newark, N.J. Who they decide to take with the top pick could be determined by whether they decide to pursue another guard like Kentucky’s Brandon Knight or Connecticut’s Kemba Walker at No. 4 – or whether they receive an enticing trade offer, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. The Cavs also have workouts scheduled for early next week that will factor in their decision.
“The main reason is we want to do our due diligence on the other guys as well,” Scott said on why a decision hasn’t been made. “We have a few more workouts we want to get in before we really want to start evaluating on who we think is the best possible pick at No. 1 and who we think is the best at No. 4. So, by no means, has anyone in our organization who has been to our workouts said, ‘Derrick Williams is our first pick’ or ‘Kyrie Irving is our first pick.’
“We’re all keeping an open mind and understand we have a few more workouts to go through. Both of those guys are very, very good basketball players in our minds. Both are going to have a long career, but no way are we set on a guy.”
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I wonder how it would change things if Irving was available to Minn at #2? Sounds like they are still having problems with Rubio, so maybe it doesn't affect the #3 at all.
If Irving and Williams are off the board at #3 (which is the likely scenario) I still think that Knight is our pick at #3. I would also be happy with one of Hamilton, Singleton, or Burks at #12 and it sounds like it is definitely possible that all 3 could be there at #12.
(as far as Jimmer goes, I think picking him at #3 would be a big mistake and it sounds like he might not be there at #12. I think there are a lot of people who are going to have to get themselves ready for not seeing Jimmer in a Jazz uni).