Live Thread: 2019 NBA Draft (#ShellGame)

Think you know what the Cavaliers will do tonight? How sure are you?

In what might be the most random and up in the air draft for Cleveland this side of the 2013 Gum Drop Bear disaster, there’s not a ton of consensus about who… or even where they’ll ultimately pick. As it stands, the wine & gold have the 5th and 26th selections in a draft that’s widely speculated to be one potential superstar, and only three high level talents deep. That doesn’t mean they can’t still get some quality building blocks and contributors, but there’s also a whole lot of disparate opinions about players seeded 4-20 this year.

The Cavs could stand pat and choose between best player available and best possible fit into new head coach John Beilein’s plans. Names at Five have included Jarrett Culver, De’Andre Hunter, Darius Garland and Cam Reddish, but the Cavs have also been known to go off the board and make reckless out-of-the-box choices… bringing names like Coby White, Kevin Porter Jr. and Bol Bol (gulp) into play.

They could also just as easily find an eager trade partner (e.g. Atlanta, Chicago, Miami) to swap with and possibly pick up an extra choice or two in the 8-17 range. The point is, just about anything is on the table for the Cavaliers in this draft… they just have to figure out under which shell the right answer lies…

Catch all the hot draft action starting at 7pm EST on ESPN, and as always… chime in below with your theories, takes and comments.

We’ll update as we can with any relevant trades that happen leading up to the draft.