I just don't get the feeling Ferry and his staff sat down and said, "ok, lets go get this guy whatever it takes". That's my point.
Thank god they didn't. "Whatever it takes" is a ridiculous standard to use in getting a player because you may end up giving up more than you gained, and making your team worse.
If we would have drafted a player that could contribute in one of our needed spots then perhaps we don't have to sign Andy like our hair is on fire. Yes we have JJ and DJ, but these dudes are by no means Lottery picks.
This was a very weak draft, and at the least, Hickson is a lot closer to being a lottery pick than Young. So I'm still not understanding the Young thing at all. As for trading up, again, it was a weak draft, and the FO clearly didn't think it would have been worth the cost.
Another thing they could have concentrated on is drafting the best player available in the hopes that he can contribute or turns into a valuable trade piece in a couple years. EYENGA is YEARS away from even sniffing an NBA Locker room. This does nothing for our "impact" off-season.
Here is something to consider. Great athletes -- the guys with high ceilings -- get drafted in the lottery if they've got demonstrated skills. The Cavs don't figure to be in the lottery again for a long time. So if we're not going to be drafting in the lottery, how are we ever going to get a shot at a great athlete?
The answer is by taking a project athlete later in the draft. If the kid would help you in the next year or so, he'd have gone in the lottery and you couldn't have drafted him. Kids that low in the draft are hit or miss anyway. Hell, kids higher than that in the draft, except the top guys, are hit or miss. No guarantee that a guy drafted at 30 is even going to be on the roster. So we decided not to go for the low ceiling guy with a higher chance of making the team. Instead, we took a shot on exceptional athleticism that, unless we draft it late in the form of a project player like Eyenga, we wouldn't be able to sniff otherwise.