Cavs: There’s only one trade the team should consider with their draft pick

The Cavs have the third pick in the 2021 NBA Draft.

The Cavs should absolutely, positively, without a shadow of a doubt not trade their 2021 NBA Draft pick, which is sitting at 3rd overall. It would be lunacy to do it. It would make no sense. It would be an absolute braindead move to do so.

Unless.

The Cavs were to trade their 3rd overall pick to the Magic for their picks at the 5th and 8th spot in the 2021 NBA Draft. You can throw in some sweeteners like Dylan Windler or some second-rounders if need be.

While they’d probably miss out on the pick of the draft (Jalen Suggs of Gonzaga), the Cavs would still (probably) have a shot at Franz Wagner, Scottie Barnes, and Jonathan Kuminga to name a few, and that’s just with the 5th pick.

Then with the 8th pick, they could take Josh Giddey. A team that adds Kuminga/Barnes/Wagner at five and then Giddey at eight? That’s a heck of a night.

Only make the trade under one circumstance.

This trade idea only makes sense if the Cavs run it back with Darius Garland and Collin Sexton. The idea would be to get a scoring three/four first, hence Wagner and Barnes, and then bring in Giddey to run the reserves while Garland is on the bench. Ideally, you could also get Kuminga, and pair him with Garland, while putting Sexton on the floor with Giddey.

Giddey’s passing would accent Sexton’s interior scoring and the size of Kuminga and Isaac Okoro would help out Garland, not to mention Kuminga’s versatility as a scorer.

If the plan to trade Sexton stands firm and he ends up getting traded, then loading up on young talent doesn’t make a lot of sense. In that case, staying at three and getting the top guy on the board is the way to go.

Yet, if the plan to get veteran talent isn’t actually the plan, then trading down for both of the Magic’s first-round picks is the way to go.