The point is the post is smart drafting.
I shouldn't have had to explain this.
There's a fine line between smart & lucky. I can go on and on, and it doesn't put me out trying to explain it:
For instance, when we snagged Daugherty the league was in a golden age of bigs. In order, the #1 over all picks went Sampson, Olajuwon, Ewing, Daughterty, and then Robinson.
You could say the Cavs might have actually won a championship if we'd drafted one of those other guys as Brad was good - but not that good. On the other hand, that "golden age" came to a screeching halt as the top selected bigs in following years included the likes of Rik Smits, Pervis Ellison, Derrick Coleman, and Larry Johnson.
Speaking of smart, Wayne Embry was the GM of the Cavaliers from '86 up until '99. So yeah, he's responsible for all those guys and Kevin Johnson too. He's also responsible for trading Johnson (which most thought was a good move), and trading for Ferry (which people say he had no choice in). Hot Rod was actually drafted the season before Embry arrived, and we lucked out that he was acquitted of gambling charges.
But did Embry suddenly lose his "smarts" when he took Randolph Keys over Brian Shaw or the 13 other players who played more minutes in the league? Was Johnny Morton a great pick when Vlade Divac, Sherm Douglas, and Cliff Robinson were still on the board?
At least the guy could find PGs when given a high enough pick, as he snagged Brandon at #11, Miller at #8, but we don't really want to talk about who he passed on so he could take Vitaly Potapenko #12 do we?!?
As a matter of fact, we had multiple #1 picks in '96, '97, and '99; but yet the only top Embry pick to last long enough to see LeBron arrive was Z.
You say smart. I say lucky.