Update on NBA draft plans for the Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ plans for the NBA Draft are coming together.

The NBA Draft is about a month away and the Cleveland Cavaliers seem to have plans in place for their squad. The first-round pick, the 14th overall selection, is in play in a variety of ways. We’re talking anything and everything is on the table. Trading up, trading back, trading it for a veteran, selecting any number of potential players; there are really a near-infinite amount of things they could do with that pick.

It just depends on what is available to them and what the best course of action is. I’m of the mindset to swing for the fences with a rookie, if that means staying at #14 or moving up. That’s what I would do. This team needs to not be the Browns and continue to think about long-term development. Building a sports team is like cooking a roast, you can’t just say you’re hungry three-quarters of the way through, throw it in the microwave and expect it to come out as you want.

You gotta be patient. Get another rookie, re-sign Collin Sexton, sign a few inexpensive veterans and run it back.

We don’t know what the plan for the first-round pick is, but according to Chirs Fedor of Cleveland.com, the Cavs aren’t really interested in dumping their second-round picks.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are looking to develop the second-round picks

The current plan is to turn those draft picks into players as of right now, but the 39th pick in the draft could end up being moved, as Fedor puts it;

"Multiple sources tell cleveland.com that the Cavs using the 39th pick — and that player making the roster — is a “50-50 proposition.” When it comes to the 56th selection, it’s highly likely a draft-and-stash international prospect — allowing Cleveland to control the player’s rights but not having him occupy a roster spot because of the team’s current number crunch."

Ideally, that’s what I would do. Find the best wing available at pick 14, or guard if certain things in the offseason play out differently than expected. Then get a shooter at 39, and then a developmental, international prospect at 56.

This would also force the team to determine if some guys are worth keeping around. Names like Caris LeVert and Dylan Windler could be flipped for better talent, and that may need to happen. That would also open up roster spots for the rookies in theory.

Hopefully, the Cavs keep their picks, and hit on them, because that would help the Cavaliers’ future exponentially.