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05/21/2024 11:54:55 am

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Cavaliers Get First NBA Draft Pick, Might Exchange With Orlando Magic


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The Cleveland Cavaliers have the first pick in the first round of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft on Thursday, but there are speculations they might be interested in acquiring numbers four and 12 picks, and Arron Afflalo from the Orlando Magic in exchange for the first pick.

Magic general manager said: "Everything's really fluid at the moment," said Rob Hennigan, general manager of the Orlando Magic.  "I think there's a possibility we could select at numbers four and 12, and I think there's a possibility that one or both of those picks could be in play."

Andrew Wiggins, 19, is a freshman from the Kansas Jayhawks. He already declared his interest in playing for the NBA.

The 6 foot 8 inches Jabari Parker, also 19-years-old, and plays for the Duke University, also foregoes college and signed in the NBA draft.

Wiggins and Parker are the most likely candidates that will be selected by NBA teams' Cleveland Cavaliers and the Milwaukee Bucks respectively.

However, there questions if Cleveland would be willing to excnage its number one pick to Orlando.

Orlando might pick Australian Dante Exum in number 4 given that he is still available and not picked by Milwaukee or the Philadelphia 76ers. The same thing holds for Duke's Rodney Hood at number 12.

Of course, this would be a gamble for the Cavs who already have star players like last year's first pick Anthony Bennett, Tristan Thompson and Alonzo Gee who also plays forward for the team. But Arron Afflalo could be of great value to them since Afflalo can both play as shooting guard or small forward.

Afflalo was picked by the Detroit Pistons, 27th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft and was traded to the Denver Nuggets in 2009 in exchange for a second round pick in the NBA Draft of 2011. In 2012 he was part of a four-team deal and traded to the Orlando Magic along with Dwight Howard, Andrew Bynum and Andre Iguodala.

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