As all basketball fans know, the NBA draft is coming up on the 23rd of June. The Cleveland Cavaliers have the 1st and 4th picks, the Timberwolves have the 2nd pick and the Jazz (from New Jersey) have the third pick. Kyrie Irving seems to be the top prospect (pictured left), but others such as Enes Kanter (right) also look quite good.
However, many have been saying that compared to other years, this is a really weak draft class. Of course, it depends which year you compare it to. Compare it to the draft class of 2003, it's obviously going to be bad, however if compared with the draft class of 2000, I think it's not too bad.
Cleveland have 2 picks in the top 5, and if I were them, I would aim to get one PG/SG and one PF/C. Their franchise really needs rebuilding from the ground up, and it is a well known fact that with a good point guard and a good center, you franchise should be decent at the the very least. Cleveland have a decent big man in Antawn Jamison, but he has been slightly plagued by injuries this season and he is fast becoming an old player, so they really need to freshen things up.
I think the Timberwolves, who have the number 2 pick overall as mentioned before, have a really bright future ahead. They had the worst record last year, but they have just confirmed the signing of the young Spanish prodigy Ricky Rubio, who they had drafted in 2009. He looks very good, and he could be the person who they now decide to build the franchise around. They can get a good player from this draft, possibly Derrick Williams, and then have a good base of three players coming into next season (Wesley Johnson being the third).
As for this draft being weak, we will have to wait and see. There are quite a wide variety of players out their up for grabs this year, so it will definitely be interesting and I will almost surely watch it.
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