Look, I'm happy for the Cavs, who now own the first and fourth pick in this year's draft. I have to ask though, who thinks that Kyrie Irving is really going to have an impact on this team? The Cavs history in the draft does not bode well for Irving lighting the league on fire. Let's look at some of the first round gems they have selected over the past 15 years:
1996: Vitaly Potapenko- 12th Overall Pick BUST
1997: Derek Anderson- 13th Overall Pick QB, Arizona Cardinals
1998: Ryan Stack- 48th Overall Pick BUST
1999: Andre Miller- 8th Overall Pick Decent Selection, had some good years in CLE
Trajon Langdon- 11th Overall Pick BUST
2000: Jamal Crawford- 8th Overall Pick Traded to Chicago for their pick, Chris Mihm <headslap>
For those of you who don't remember Chris Mihm, he was
a pussy. A soft, 7 footer, who rode the coattails of Kobe to
a ring in Los Angeles while not playing a single playoff minute.
2001: Desagana Diop- 8th Overall Pick BUST
Brendan Haywood- 20th Overall Pick Traded to Orlando for Michael Doleac....fuck me
2002: Dajuan Wagner- 6th Overall Pick Carlos Boozer was taken in 2nd round...
2003: LeBron James- 1st Overall Pick Gave CLE best basketball it has ever seen, left team in ruins
after his departure
2004: Luke Jackson- 10th Overall Pick Played 46 games in first 2 seasons, now playing in NBDL
2005: No First Round Picks
2006: Shannon Brown- 25th Overall Pick Never saw the floor time deserved; playing best ball of career
in Los Angeles with the Lakers
2007: No Selections
2008: J.J. Hickson- 19th Overall Pick Jury is still out on Hickson; Can show flashes of brilliance, but
can also look lost on the floor.
2009: Christian Eyenga- 30th Overall Pick Got first solid playing time in 2010-2011 season
2010: No Selections
Taking a kid who played in 11 games in college due to a ligament injury to his foot and has already been quoted as saying " I'm not LeBron James" tells me he doesn't want the weight of a town on his shoulders, or weak foot. Most mock drafts have Enes Kanter going at the 4 spot to the Cavs. The same Enes Kanter who committed to play for the Washington Huskies, then reopened his recruiting and landed at Kentucky with the most upstanding coach in America, John Calipari. He never laced the shoes up once because of a NCAA violation for accepting $33,000 in benefits and was given the title of "Student Assistant Coach". This just sounds like trouble.
In brighter news, the Indians have put up 26 runs in the last two games against the Royals. The bats have come alive, and the pitching has been stout the entire year. Here is to hoping this team is not a flash in the pan, and can endure through the dog days of summer and bring this city into a pennant race.
In personal news, The Peanut's grandfather, who is the man, undergoes a very serious operation today at the Clinic. Everyone send him your well wishes for a successful surgery, and a quick recovery.
Cheers,
Bobbaganoosh
Burrows - The Cavs draft history has been questionable no doubt about it. but when weve had the top pick we got it right. Lebron, Daugherty... Everything I have read points to Irving being not only a solid player but a great kid. Somebody more interested in working with charities than his shoe deal. What Cleveland needs is a team first player. Somebody who isnt concerned about his shrine outside the arena. Maybe Im naive, but I think Irving is the kid. Well see who they get at #4, maybe they wont make an impact but theres a reason Browns fans love the draft - no matter how bad the player turns out to be there is always the promise that this could be the piece we need to bring a championship to Cleveland. Also, consider that with the talent that is going back to college, next years draft pool should be exceptionally talented so a lottery pick should get us a legit player.
ReplyDeleteBTW, Tribe is playing best baseball since 07. Interested to see how the rest of the season turns out.
Also saw your running the Columbus half...good luck with the training...thats more than I want to run.
Get Rhythm to columbus!!!