Cavs Draft: Limited Resources To Acquire A Draft Pick

The Cavs roster is pretty much set already for next season, but could a trade occur tonight during the NBA Draft add to their talented roster?

Hard work, determination, and the willingness to spend the necessary money allowed the Cleveland Cavaliers to win their first championship Sunday night. However, to acquire some of the needed pieces of the championship team, the Cavs had to surrender multiple first round picks (including two for Timofey Mozgov and one for Channing Frye).

Now, just hours before the NBA Draft begins, the Cavs will go into the draft without not only zero first round picks, but also zero second rounders too. There are holes on this roster that needs to be fixed, but they may not be filled the way fans would like them to be improved upon.

Despite no current picks in tonight’s draft, that is not to say Cleveland cannot/will not be able to acquire a veteran player and/or pick. Thanks to their multiple trade exceptions, the Cavs could get into position to acquire exactly that.

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The Cavs have five trade exceptions. Of the five, only one has been partly been used and that was center Brendan Haywood‘s. The other four trade exceptions are of the following former Cavaliers players: guard/forward Mike Miller, guard Joe Harris, center Anderson Varejao, and guard Jared Cunningham.

Earlier today fellow FoS Editor Nick Dudukovich wrote that “Player development will be huge for the Cavaliers moving forward”. That is true and unfortunately with no guarantee of making an impact tonight, Cleveland may have to be even more creative because of their financial makeup.

The NBA Draft rumors are starting to pull teams in seven different directions right now, whether it is who they could select or trades they are pondering. Speaking of that, as of the moment this piece was written, three important draft/veteran player related trades have been made.