NBA Draft: Do or Die for the Cavs...

Cleveland Basketball is a mess... When Hurricane Lebron left town, he left destruction in his wake. And now, they are team built around a huge superstar that doesn't exist. A Giant Gaping hole, where once stood greatness. The Cavs are all body and no heart. The Team is a mish-mosh of role players and past their prime "potential" studs, that frankly never peaked. The Owner is a Stone-Cold Villian, a mask of sanity he tore off when his Dream fell apart. And the Fans, well those poor fans are angry. No sport held Cleveland together like Basketball when their other teams... the Indians & the Browns, have been shameful for years.

Now, Cleveland has hit a breaking point, the NBA Draft. And for the sake of Basketball, the fans and the city of Cleveland itself, I hope they can hit a home run, cuz god knows their baseball team can't. Unfortunately, with Dan Gilbert behind them, I don't know where his head is or will be. Is he building a new brand? Has he gone completely Darth Vader and let that anger consume him? Or will he make Picks 1 & 4 in the NBA Draft count and in essence save the Cleveland Cavaliers from another Decade of Insignificance? Only time will tell but here is my one opinion on the issue. DO NOT TAKE A PG #1 OVERALL!

All reports and rumors have the Cavs taking Kyrie Irving #1 overall, Why Not you might ask? Simple.

1) How many pure PGs in the league can take over a game, CONSISTENTLY? 3-4? Maybe? I will say Derrick Rose, Chris Paul & Deron Williams. Chauncey Billups & Steve Nash in their primes too. Don't get me wrong there are some great PGs that make their team that much better out there, Jason Kidd, Derek Fisher, Tony Parker... But not many of them have won the ring as the star player. How bout in history of PGs... Magic Johnson, okay, Gary Payton, John Stockton... anymore? Again not many noteable, historic PGs. So what makes Kyrie Irving so special?

2)At Least 3 of the top 10 Prospects are PGs: See Kyrie Irving, Kemba Walker & Brandon Knight. All viable draft choices with potential, sure only Kyrie is off the charts, but is he worth losing another off the charts player.

3) Derrick Williams is available. A large, physical, smart PF with a great shot midrange and a decent 3Pt Shot to boot.


I am the Cavs owner, for the most value and stability for next year this is my draft:
1) Derrick Williams (Explosiveness is crazy, he could be a future Garnett or better)
2)----
3)----
4)Whoever is left of the 3 Top PGs... Because obviously 1 will be there, and statistically speaking pick 2 or 3 will be used on some over-hyped, Euro Baller, leaving 2 great options at Pick 4 for PG.

Please don't Harikari yourselves Cavs, Gilbert. Do the right thing....

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