3 ways Shaedon Sharpe entering NBA Draft helps Cavs

3 ways Shaedon Sharpe entering NBA Draft helps Cavs: Pushes players down

The top tier of players in this draft features a trio of bigs and a lead guard; you would be truly stretching a roster one way or the other to try and force one of Paolo Banchero, Chet Holmgren, Jabari Smith or Jaden Ivey to play small forward. Yet after those four, the vast majority of the remaining lottery talents project to be wings and forward, players who fit a roster best from 2-4.

That’s the biggest need for a Cavs team that is already set at the 1, 4 and 5; the Cavs are not and should not be hunting for upgrades on their three young stars in this draft. What the Cavs need most is a player who can play at the 2 or 3 and eventually develop into a long-term starter at one or the other.

It was likely that a couple of viable wing options would fall to the Cavs at 14, their most likely drafting slot, but the inclusion of Shaedon Sharpe in the draft pushes yet another player down the board. Players like AJ Griffin and Keegan Murray are probably locks for the Top 10, but the likes of Tari Eason, Ochai Agbaji and Jeremy Sochan are all the more likely to be available at 14th now.

The more talented players in the draft, the higher the chance the Cavs will have the opportunity to draft one, and the higher the chance they will choose a talented player when they do make their selection. Even if the team doesn’t get to draft Sharpe, his very presence helps the Cavs out.