Cavs committed to Kyrie?

[elcheato]

The Cavaliers, after taking the temperature of the Timberwolves and Jazz to see if Kyrie Irving could somehow fall to No. 4 in Thursday's NBA draft, are now committed to the former Duke guard for the first pick and are fielding offers for the fourth pick, league sources said Monday.

In a perfect world for the Cavs, they would draft Irving and former Arizona forward Derrick Williams, which is why they were also interested in dealing for the second pick.

But what they found out is that getting both players would be a stretch.

In preparation for its fourth pick, Cleveland was set to bring in Kentucky point guard Brandon Knight for a visit early this week.

And former Kentucky student Enes Kanter of Turkey, who was ruled by the NCAA to be permanently ineligible with the school, will return for a second visit.

The Minnesota Timberwolves, meanwhile, won't let Williams slip beyond No. 2 and don't plan on trading Michael Beasley or Anthony Randolph.

Was pretty much a foregone conclusion but I guess its now official.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I don't buy that Minny plans on taking Williams #2 but won't trade Beasley or Randolph. Actually, I'm hearing the exact opposite about Beasley.