NBA Draft prospect Johnny Davis could provide offensive boost for Cavs

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Johnny Davis, Wisconsin Badgers. (Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images) /

The 2022 NBA Draft Lottery was not one that was likely to be a particularly noteworthy for the Cleveland Cavaliers heading into Tuesday night.

The Cavaliers did not make the postseason, because of their late-season stumble, injuries aside, but it was meaningful for the team that they were able to retain their first-round pick for this next season. In Cleveland’s near-deadline trade where they acquired Caris LeVert from the Indiana Pacers, a lottery protection for Cleveland’s first-round pick in 2022 was a crucial element to that deal, and that’s the same for 2023.

Now, the Cavaliers were not going to be expected to have a high or mid-lottery selection, even still, it was a silver lining to the team not making the postseason.

The Cavs were not going to likely have a top 4 pick or anything, as evidenced by them having a 97.6 percent chance of getting the 14th selection in next month’s draft, to that point. That scenario is what played out on Tuesday night as well, where, to no surprise, Cleveland got the #14 pick for then.

There a number of logical prospects for the Cavaliers for that selection, such as Tari Eason, Ochai Agbaji, Malaki Branham, who has often been linked to the team, and I’d understand if the team were to select TyTy Washington, or perhaps Dyson Daniels. If the Cavs potentially took an upside swing on Jaden Hardy, or if he were to drop, Bennedict Mathurin, I’d be cool with either, too, if the Cavaliers can find proper ways to develop them.

Another potential target for the Wine and Gold could possibly be Johnny Davis as well, and we’ll touch on how his skill set could provide juice for the team.

Davis could provide an offensive boost for the Cavs, if they were to select him in the late lottery.

Davis might not be there, but every year for a myriad of reasons, prospects fall, and it’s not outside the realm of possibility that Davis does to Cleveland at #14. I wouldn’t anticipate the Cavaliers look to move up via trade in this next draft, as an aside.