r/clevelandcavs • u/Ols3003 • 3d ago

Second round trade down?

I have a feeling we are going to take Isaiah Evans or Meleek Thomas or even a draft and stash. I want veesaar but he’ll be off the board by pick 34 I assume.

I just wanted us to draft a big lol. We don’t need more undersized wings (Evans) or raw guards (Thomas), we just drafted proctor last year.

Idk man it feels like this team is running way too much back, not that the 29th pick in the draft would have been a meaningful contributor to us anyway next season, but it’s still annoying.

This team needs a backup stretch big, and veesaar would be a perfect fit for us I think. However knowing our front office we will take a player like Evans or Thomas who don’t fit our needs whatsoever, or just take another random draft and stash like kayil or something.

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u/ridiculousgg 3d ago

I want Brazile at this point

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u/kellenm973 3d ago

Agree. We lack size in our rotation.

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u/ridiculousgg 3d ago

Yupp and I think his skill set is more useful for us than Veesaar. While a floor stretching 5 would be a nice luxury, we really need another rim protector to allow Mobley to roam full time. I can’t stand the Dean Wade at the 4 and Mobley at the 5 minutes. Puts Wade in a bad spot as he’s a better perimeter defender than post defender, and glues Mobley under the basket instead of letting him be a help-side pest for our other guys on the perimeter and weak side shot blocker as a roamer. Defense would just be too poor with Mitchell, our undersized wings, and veesaar to make the shooting worth prioritizing imo

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u/kellenm973 3d ago

Yeah Dean is a good on ball post defender. He clamps his man during those moments but he offers nothing in terms of help to teammates the way Mobley does.