Cavs GM: Telephone calls already turning in for top selection
David Lion's phone started buzzing immediately after the Cleveland Cavaliers gained the NBA draft lottery Tuesday evening.
And the calls just weren't all to provide congratulations.
The Cavaliers' general supervisor says teams throughout the organization currently were contacting him approximately possible fields for the No. 1 pick, something he'll assume long and hard regarding leading into the June 26 draft.
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"I really obtained calls right subsequently, while I was standing there doing media," Griffin claimed Wednesday throughout an interview, Cleveland's "The Actually Big Show." "Groups were already communicating and texting, so I think it will certainly be an active amount of time.".
This marks the second straight year the Cavaliers have actually won the No. 1 pick in the draft and third time in the past 4 total.
This time around, however, they went up from the ninth spot in spite of merely a 1.7 percent possibility of gaining the top option, an amount of luck that Cleveland vice chairman Jeff Cohen later called "surreal.".
Griffin will certainly be in charge this time around and will certainly need to select between the similarity Andrew Wiggins, Joel Embiid and Jabari Parker. Jeff Goodman that the 7-foot Embiid is the very early front-runner for the top choice as long as his back is OK.
Then once again, Lion could possibly trade the choice if he assumes it would certainly serve the team most ideal.
"I have actually mentioned sometimes that I would certainly trade me if it made us better," he mentioned to "The Really Big Show.".
"We're willing to be impartial to whatever it is that developments our reason the outermost.".
