For the better part of the last 12 months, we have heard that the Cleveland Cavaliers were extremely motivated to end their post-Lebron playoff drought.
Proclaiming that they wanted to make the playoffs in 2014, they went out and threw money at Jarrett Jack and Andrew Bynum in free agency last summer. When that incarnation of the Cavalier roster fell flat on it's face, they traded future assets away for Luol Deng and Spencer Hawes throughout the winter in an attempt to get things back on track and secure one of the final playoff spots in a historically weak Eastern conference. Still, it was not good enough.
Fast foward to last night and Cleveland has once again fallen ass backwards into picking first overall in the NBA draft despite doing practically everything wrong for the past year and change. They signed the wrong guys in free agency (Jack has gone from a 6th man of the year type player to a horrible contract in the span of a year; Bynum was accused of 'sabotaging' their own practices, an NBA first as far as I know), they drafted the wrong guys (Bennett has serious work to do to absolve himself from 'worst first overall pick in history' discussion), signed the wrong coach, and the assets they spent on mid-season pick ups appear to be sunk costs as neither Hawes or Deng are expected to re-sign there, nor did they help them achieve any sort of tangible success.
The question I have now is whether the Cavaliers would consider moving the first overall pick in their quest to get back to the playoffs as soon as possible, and if they would, should the Raptors get in on the bidding and what type of package would it take to get a deal done?
Proclaiming that they wanted to make the playoffs in 2014, they went out and threw money at Jarrett Jack and Andrew Bynum in free agency last summer. When that incarnation of the Cavalier roster fell flat on it's face, they traded future assets away for Luol Deng and Spencer Hawes throughout the winter in an attempt to get things back on track and secure one of the final playoff spots in a historically weak Eastern conference. Still, it was not good enough.
Fast foward to last night and Cleveland has once again fallen ass backwards into picking first overall in the NBA draft despite doing practically everything wrong for the past year and change. They signed the wrong guys in free agency (Jack has gone from a 6th man of the year type player to a horrible contract in the span of a year; Bynum was accused of 'sabotaging' their own practices, an NBA first as far as I know), they drafted the wrong guys (Bennett has serious work to do to absolve himself from 'worst first overall pick in history' discussion), signed the wrong coach, and the assets they spent on mid-season pick ups appear to be sunk costs as neither Hawes or Deng are expected to re-sign there, nor did they help them achieve any sort of tangible success.
The question I have now is whether the Cavaliers would consider moving the first overall pick in their quest to get back to the playoffs as soon as possible, and if they would, should the Raptors get in on the bidding and what type of package would it take to get a deal done?
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