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Holy Sheep-shit! Hubie looks like he’s already been EMBALMED! Close the friggin’ casket!
 
I hate Zaza Pachulia’s face. I would defecate on that face, were it in my immediate vicinity.
 
Washington seems decent at selecting and developing wings.
 
Oladipo and and Otto Porter have turned into nice players.

So, what possessed Grant to take Anthony Bennett?
 
Since being traded:

- Jae Crowder is 27/72 from the field shooting a scorching 37.5%.

- Isiaiah (spelling? who gives a fuck) Thomas is 24/61 from the field shooting a slightly more scorching 39.3%.

- Derrick Rose is getting up shots at Cleveland State University. Apparently he is taking his talents to the intramural league.

- Iman Shumpert is starting fights with children for questioning why he has yet to log a minute on the court via Instagram.


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KilgoreTrout said:
Oladipo and and Otto Porter have turned into nice players.

So, what possessed Grant to take Anthony Bennett?
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The 2013 draft was supposed to be awful but now it looks pretty good. Oladipo, McCollum, Giannis, Adams, Porter, Gobert, Schroeder. That's one all-NBA player, two of the best big men in the league, and three guys who look like all-star caliber players even if Porter and McCollum haven't been picked yet.

The 2014 draft was supposed to be historically great but now looks kind of meh. A lot of pretty good starters but the only all-NBA caliber player is Embiid and then it's hard to figure out who the all-stars would be (Wiggins? Clint Capela? Will Jabari Parker ever come back to be good? Will Zach Lavine or Aaron Gordon break out?).

And in both drafts you have a lot of busts in the top ten and many of the best players aren't picked till 11-20. In fact overall you could argue the picks after 10 are better than the top 10 picks in those two drafts.

Kind of a lesson in how you can't judge the quality of a draft class until years later, and how hard it is to make good picks in the moment. And also a lesson for those who think our pick this year is automatically going to deliver an eventual all-star.
 
cavsfever said:
The 2013 draft was supposed to be awful but now it looks pretty good. Oladipo, McCollum, Giannis, Adams, Porter, Gobert, Schroeder. That's one all-NBA player, two of the best big men in the league, and three guys who look like all-star caliber players even if Porter and McCollum haven't been picked yet.

The 2014 draft was supposed to be historically great but now looks kind of meh. A lot of pretty good starters but the only all-NBA caliber player is Embiid and then it's hard to figure out who the all-stars would be (Wiggins? Clint Capela? Will Jabari Parker ever come back to be good? Will Zach Lavine or Aaron Gordon break out?).

And in both drafts you have a lot of busts in the top ten and many of the best players aren't picked till 11-20. In fact overall you could argue the picks after 10 are better than the top 10 picks in those two drafts.

Kind of a lesson in how you can't judge the quality of a draft class until years later, and how hard it is to make good picks in the moment. And also a lesson for those who think our pick this year is automatically going to deliver an eventual all-star.
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Also gives us some hope we might get a good player even if not top 3.
 
Cavatt said:
Also gives us some hope we might get a good player even if not top 3.
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have to show a skill at scouting we've never shown before though.

I don't think the modern Cavs have ever hit a home run with a non-#1 pick, unless you count Cedi, and it's way too early to call him that. Maybe he's a single or a double.
 
cavsfever said:
have to show a skill at scouting we've never shown before though.

I don't think the modern Cavs have ever hit a home run with a non-#1 pick, unless you count Cedi, and it's way too early to call him that. Maybe he's a single or a double.
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I like Koby's scouting much better than Griff or Grant so far. He scouted Cedi, and he also brought in Hood, Hill, Clarkson and Nancce all of who I like for their fit on this team. That was great scouting IMO.

I think there is some hope in the scouting department right now. Looking back on TT, Bennett and Waiters(who I think has star talents and a roleplayers brains) most of those guys were unidimensional and they liked for a single reason or skill. Koby so far has shown a preference for a well-rounded player with high BBall IQ's. If he continues to follow that recipe, I think there are great players to be had in the draft.

I still think ther eis a high likliehood the pick gets traded with JR or TT to get a star player. If not I think the Cavs are targeting the right players according to Inboobiewetrust
 
KilgoreTrout said:
Oladipo and and Otto Porter have turned into nice players.

So, what possessed Grant to take Anthony Bennett?
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I wanted Lim or Porter with the pick, more Porter. Not sure it matters much as Porter would have been shipped out in the Love trade, but still.
 
Cavatt said:
I still think ther eis a high likliehood the pick gets traded with JR or TT to get a star player. If not I think the Cavs are targeting the right players according to Inboobiewetrust
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Absolving ourselves of the remaining 2 years of TT's deal is becoming a priority. As much as I want to draft a stud to fit with the timeline of our other young guys, we need to get TT's cap-destroying contract off this team. If we do that while getting a star to contribute, I think you have to take that route.

A condition of LeBron re-upping is he should remove himself completely from the contract negotiations of other players going forward.
 
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Kbiz said:
Since being traded:

- Jae Crowder is 27/72 from the field shooting a scorching 37.5%.

- Isiaiah (spelling? who gives a fuck) Thomas is 24/61 from the field shooting a slightly more scorching 39.3%.

- Derrick Rose is getting up shots at Cleveland State University. Apparently he is taking his talents to the intramural league.

- Iman Shumpert is starting fights with children for questioning why he has yet to log a minute on the court via Instagram.


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You forgot to include Wade.

Wow, was Altman's first off-season a disaster.
 
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