NBA Draft: Should Cavs target Brandon Boston Jr. via potential trade?

The Cleveland Cavaliers are set to have the #3 pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, set to commence in two weeks on July 29. The way things are shaping up, it looks as if they could very well end up selecting Evan Mobley, a big out of USC with big-time potential on both ends of the floor, but admittedly, I would expect him to come off the bench for a chunk of time.

From there, while it’d seem more so unlikely at this juncture with Cade Cunningham and Jalen Green feasibly going #1 and #2, maybe Cleveland could end up drafting one of the likes of Jalen Suggs or Jonathan Kuminga there. I wouldn’t anticipate a trade down at this point, though.

From there, the Cavaliers, like the 2020 NBA Draft, are not currently set to have any other picks.

That said, while I personally would likely rather them not do so, with Collin Sexton reportedly “very available” via trade, and the likes of the Miami Heat, Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks rumored to be interested, for one, perhaps another pick could be in the cards.

Now, a reported potential package for Sexton going to the Knicks in exchange for Obi Toppin, Kevin Knox and one of New York’s first-round picks would be not be getting my co-sign, if you will. You can view more on that reasoning here, to go with other rumors/reports.

As an aside, I’d much rather Cleveland, who was reportedly engaged in preliminary talks with the New Orleans Pelicans involving Sexton, seek out the #10 selection in that scenario. We’d have to see if that could play out, sure, but that, and more so salary matching with Nickeil Alexander-Walker or maybe Kira Lewis Jr., would be more viable to me. You can view more on my takes involving that at the link above.

Anyway, while it’s not a certainty, could the Cavs possibly look to acquire another late first-round pick or a second-round pick flyer via trade in the 2021 NBA Draft? I could maybe see that.

The Knicks are one club that could factor into that, regardless of my Sexton feelings, and perhaps the Brooklyn Nets could be at #27? It’s hard to foresee them being that interested in bringing a rookie in there.

And perhaps Cleveland could offer them a package of Damyean Dotson, who is set to be non-guaranteed next season but has shown movement shooting abilities in the past, to go with say, their 2022 second-round pick via the San Antonio Spurs and their own in 2023? That’d be with the expiring Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, who could be flipped again even before next season, for salary matching to go with Brooklyn’s #27 pick.

Perhaps other clubs with veteran teams in the 20s could be interested in a deal involving movement of future 2s and/or with Dotson, or taking a flyer on Dylan Windler in a package, who has shooting potential, too.

So along those lines of Cleveland possibly looking to acquire an additional first-round pick, of which maybe the expiring Taurean Prince could come into play too, if Cleveland brought back a contract with multiple years, albeit one that’s a player of value hopefully, who could they target?

Cameron Thomas, Trey Murphy III and/or Jared Butler could come to mind, particularly if Sexton were to be moved. But one prospect, in particular, could be one in that range, albeit one that is a polarizing prospect.

That’s Brandon Boston Jr. out of Kentucky.

Should the Cavs target Boston via potential trade in the 2021 NBA Draft?

We’ll weigh in on that from here.