I think the consensus now is that Irving, Williams, Kanter and Knight are the 4 best players in the draft and after that there is a big drop off. What works in our favor is that the Cavs has Baron Davis under contract for 2 more years and the T-Wolves will have Rubio coming over this upcoming season. Baron Davis, when engaged, is still the team's best player and drafting Irving will leave them in the position where their top 2 players are both PGs. The T-Wolves can draft Irving and trade him, but the value they are going to get will be lower since their hands are tied with the whole world knowing they are drafting to trade. Also, who knows, maybe the team that eventually trades up is Washington, and they will never draft another PG and aim for Derrick Williams.
Anyway, as long as Irving doesn't go number 1, he will most likely end up with us at #3 (which I would love to happen). For those of you who are worried about his injury, he was checked out at the combine and everything checked out fine. NBAdraft.net said he had a broken foot but I think it was just a turf toe. I might be wrong though.
