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Originally Posted by fleury
Is anyone else absolutely shocked that Cleveland got Thompson? At 4 how do you not take a guy like Valanciunas or trade down where you'd likely get Thompson anyway (or a very good consolation prize)? I don't get it, but anyway, I do like what the Raps did, and I'm sure the guy has a very good chance to reach his potential, so that's nice.
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It seemed like it was a perfect fit for Cleveland as they could selll the drafting of Irving for immediate results for fans and take the gamble on Valanciunas coming through in the future. Not sure that taking a guy that will have a real hard time scoring in the top 5 is a great pick.
Knight didn't seem like a good fit, especially with Derozen on the team already. That is two athletic, dumb players with selfish streaks. To me that doesn't seem like a recipe for success, but really any combination of Derozen and player X is going to be a bad backcourt.
Once again the Raptors were in a tough spot in the draft with there really being no good fit for them as there wasn't a true PG, wasn't a scoring wing and wasn't a tough Center to help them out. It seemed like most of the guys available were a lot of what they already had.