Koby Altman nailed, then failed to take breathalyzer…

[Benway]

And we're only 20% into this rollercoaster ride!

 

[MirORich]

Koby, thank you for taking Kevin Knox, Mikal Bridges, or Miles Bridges at #8 in the 2018 NBA Draft. And I will full stop admit to campaigning for both Bridges over a PG from a non NBA school that I had barely heard of before about a week ahead of draft night.

 

[J_J]

Koby has done well for the franchise. Honestly I am not worried about getting a pick in high 10s/low 20s because I believe Koby will be able to find a player especially how this class is great.

 

[cabs]

Koby, thank you for taking Kevin Knox, Mikal Bridges, or Miles Bridges at #8 in the 2018 NBA Draft. And I will full stop admit to campaigning for both Bridges over a PG from a non NBA school that I had barely heard of before about a week ahead of draft night.

I was super high on Mikal but not for the cavs, we needed a player with star potential I always felt Mikal tapped out as high quality role player

 

[WorldFreeB]

Sexton was always the best pick at 8 for me without a doubt.
I watched the Alabama Minnesota 3 on 5 game in real time.
You couldn't watch that and not have fallen in love with the kid.
Every once in a while I'll go back and watch clips of the game. Still hard to believe.

 

[Funkmastabuck]

Koby, thank you for taking Kevin Knox, Mikal Bridges, or Miles Bridges at #8 in the 2018 NBA Draft. And I will full stop admit to campaigning for both Bridges over a PG from a non NBA school that I had barely heard of before about a week ahead of draft night.

In 2018, I really wanted us to take Michael Porter Jr., even with his bad back. But Sexton turned out to be an excellent pick. Props to Altman!

Here's a question. Looking back at 2019 in hindsight, is there someone you wish we took instead of Garland at #5? I remember at the time being frustrated that we just had to go point guard again, since Garland was allegedly elite.

But looking at some of the other big names taken after him, it's not like Cam Reddish or Jarrett Culver are doing big things. I suppose Tyler Herro would have been a nice pick, as he's shown some special abilities with the Heat. But the advanced stats don't exactly love his game.

 

[Wham with the Right Hand]

Looking back at 2019 in hindsight, is there someone you wish we took instead of Garland at #5?

We need at least until the end of this season to answer that question.

 

[foucault87]

In 2018, I really wanted us to take Michael Porter Jr., even with his bad back. But Sexton turned out to be an excellent pick. Props to Altman!

Here's a question. Looking back at 2019 in hindsight, is there someone you wish we took instead of Garland at #5? I remember at the time being frustrated that we just had to go point guard again, since Garland was allegedly elite.

But looking at some of the other big names taken after him, it's not like Cam Reddish or Jarrett Culver are doing big things. I suppose Tyler Herro would have been a nice pick, as he's shown some special abilities with the Heat. But the advanced stats don't exactly love his game.

I honestly think the only player taken after Garland we may regret is Cam. I was a huge Culver believer and really wanted him but obviously he hasn't looked good.

I got to watch Cam myself at Duke. He was horribly misused on that team since RJ Barret took all the shots. I mean the guy called his number when they had college Zion. Cam was playing like a JJ Reddick on that team which isn't his strength. I dong regret Garland but I do wish we had gotten another lottery pick for reddish

 

[Soar]

In 2018, I really wanted us to take Michael Porter Jr., even with his bad back. But Sexton turned out to be an excellent pick. Props to Altman!

Here's a question. Looking back at 2019 in hindsight, is there someone you wish we took instead of Garland at #5? I remember at the time being frustrated that we just had to go point guard again, since Garland was allegedly elite.

But looking at some of the other big names taken after him, it's not like Cam Reddish or Jarrett Culver are doing big things. I suppose Tyler Herro would have been a nice pick, as he's shown some special abilities with the Heat. But the advanced stats don't exactly love his game.

At 5 as the draft fell? Herro is honestly the only guy I'd even consider trading Garland for among the guys picked after him.

That draft has two amazing stars in Ja and Zion but overall, that draft looks like shit.

 

[Kouki]

We need at least until the end of this season to answer that question.

Definitely this. I was high on Hunter as a Trevor Ariza 3&D guy with great size. Cam Reddish is in that same vein but had the question marks about whether he could put it all together. Herro wasn't even in consideration this high in the lottery, every draft there are guys drafted lower that out-perform top 5 picks, so eh...

But yeah for me this conversation would be Hunter vs. Reddish vs. Garland and we shouldn't really have this conversation until end of this year. And yeah maybe not fair to add Hunter considering he wasn't available at 5 but he was definitely in that second tier of guys who could go anywhere from 4-8, not sure how keen the Hawks were on him or if we could have thrown a small asset at them for a pick swap.

Culver never passed my eye test. Coby White is another interesting alternative, a White/Sexton backcourt is intriguing, but I don't know if I would like it over Sexland. Plus there is intrinsic value from the name Sexland, Whitesex doesn't work for a number of reasons.

Also too soon to call that draft a bust, it was always three guys who many thought had superstar potential, a handful of guys with potential but question marks (Reddish, KPJ) or raw-ness (Doumbouya, Nassir), and some guys who we expected to have relatively high floors but low ceilings relative to their draft position, and/or guys with a lot of NCAA experience that "robs them of potential" like Hunter, Clarke, Windler, etc.

 

[The Oi]

Cam Reddish sucked then and he sucks now.

 

[foucault87]

Also too soon to call that draft a bust, it was always three guys who many thought had superstar potential, a handful of guys with potential but question marks (Reddish, KPJ) or raw-ness (Doumbouya, Nassir), and some guys who we expected to have relatively high floors but low ceilings relative to their draft position, and/or guys with a lot of NCAA experience that "robs them of potential" like Hunter, Clarke, Windler, etc.

Speaking of Nassir, I would love to get him from Portland if we end up sending McGee that way

 

[Kouki]

Cam Reddish sucked then and he sucks now.

He was starting to play good towards the end of last season much like how Sexton did his rookie year. 10 games post All-Star 50% shooting, 39% from 3, 16.4ppg.

 

[Futuredome]

Sexland was never going to work and Darius is basically buying time until traded. A lot of this is how sour the Cavs were of Sexton after his rookie year and how they probably were surprised by his offensive development in 2020. Okaro was drafted exactly to hide Sextons defensive flaws(which are many) coupled with a really weak draft in 2019.

 

[Rich]

Sexland was never going to work and Darius is basically buying time until traded. A lot of this is how sour the Cavs were of Sexton after his rookie year and how they probably were surprised by his offensive development in 2020. Okaro was drafted exactly to hide Sextons defensive flaws(which are many) coupled with a really weak draft in 2019.

YOu've imagined most of this.