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 playerKoby, 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.
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.
We need at least until the end of this season to answer that question.Looking back at 2019 in hindsight, is there someone you wish we took instead of Garland at #5?
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.
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.
We need at least until the end of this season to answer that question.
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.
Cam Reddish sucked then and he sucks now.
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.