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I made this argument in another thread, but figured I'd throw my unwanted opinion here too.
I definitely disagree with this - losing a lottery pick in any draft is pretty killer, and 11th overall picks have been pretty good recently.
2018: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - looks like a future all-star already (putting up 20/5/3 w/ 17.8 PER & 55.2 TS%)
2017: Malik Monk - steadily improving, but still not great (still only 21 years old)
2016: Domantas Sabonis - 22.3 PER, 1.3 WS already this season, averaging 20/13 on good efficiency
2015: Myles Turner - career 17.4 PER guy, already has 22.6 career WS, led the league in BPG last season (2.7)
2014: Doug McDermott - unspectacular, but still a rotation guy that shoots 40%+ from deep
2013: Michael Carter-Williams - won the ROY and then was washed at 25, weird dude
2012: Meyers Leonard - unspectacular again, but he's shooting 46.8% from three the last three season (64.7 this year)
2011: Klay Thompson - future Hall of Famer
The only guy not making some kind of NBA impact is MCW, and that dude is just kind of weird with how his career has gone. When you're rebuilding, you always take a chance on getting a young (cheap) rotation player to grow with the rest of your guys. I'd take the vast majority of these guys on this team right now.
I also think that being #7-10 in odds would be a horrible situation. If they lose the pick because multiple teams jump up and the Cavs end up in the #11-14 position without even being good enough to compete for the playoffs. It might be a extremely low scenario but it would be a disaster.
I hope there is some way Koby can get our pick back from Griff and the Pelicans. I'd rather this team be able to just play and not worry about draft position.