Cleveland Cavaliers

Cavaliers GM Chris Grant concedes the Cavaliers are open to any player, saying there's no consensus No. 1 selection.

Cavaliers get the magic numbers once again, move from third to first in draft order.

Dan Gilbert Conference Call

Once upon a time…. The clock strikes 8:00 and the night has just begun. The Cleveland Cavaliers currently hold the number 1 selection in the NBA Draft as well as the 19th, 31st, and 33rd overall picks. Cleveland Cavaliers fans wait in anticipation of the nerve wracking night ahead. 8:05- Commissioner Stern arrives at the podium to loud boos from the audience. Stern embraces the hate as it fuels his body. He thrives off of hatred, dead puppies, and children’s tears. 8:08- The Cavaliers are officially on the clock. 8:08:01- Commissioner Stern is back at the podium to announce the pick for the Cavaliers. The video feed floats over to Dan Gilbert who has wet himself in the excitement. Stern announces that the Cavaliers have taken Nerlens Noel, the Center from the University of Kentucky. 8:10- Noel arrives on stage, shakes hands with Stern, and smiles for the cameras. As Noel walks off stage, he is met by Mike Brown who hugs and kisses him. Brown thanks the basketball gods for his luck. 8:12- Bill Simmons is discussing his latest theory that the lottery was rigged to bring Noel to the Cavaliers. This theory involved three midgets, a talking elephant, the Queen of England, and four strippers. Long story short, Stern gave Noel to the Cavaliers to give Lebron an incentive to come back so Gilbert would stop leaving voicemails regarding tampering charges. 8:17- The Orlando Magic take Trey Burke, Point Guard from the University of @$%&!#&. Jalen Rose expresses what an incredible selection this will be for the Magic with no bias to his alma mater at all. 8:25- The Washington Wizards select Anthony Bennett, the tweener from UNLV. Charles Barkley discusses the similarities he sees between Anthony Bennett and former Number 2 overall selection Derrick Williams. John Wall cries. 8:30- David Stern realizes the draft is moving too quickly to get all the commercials in so he decides to pause the draft for 20 minutes due to “technical difficulties”. 8:50- The Charlotte Bobcats select Ben McLemore, Shooting Guard out of the University of Kansas. The Bobcats cannot believe their good luck in having McLemore fall to them. First week of summer league, Michael Jordan challenges McLemore to a game of one-on-one. McLemore beats Jordan 21-19. MJ proceeds to trade McLemore for “undisclosed basketball reasons”. 8:55- WHHHHAAAAAATTTTTTTT???????? THE PHOENIX SUNS HAVE TRADED THE NUMBER 5 OVERALL SELECTION TO THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS!!??!!?? The Cavaliers traded the 19th, 31st, and 33rd overall picks as well as Alonzo Gee and a future pick from the Sacramento Kings in exchange for the number 5 overall selection. 8:58- The Cavaliers select Otto Porter, Small Forward from the University of Georgetown. Dan Gilbert cries tears of joy and writes a 12 page letter in comic sans font thanking the fans of the Cavaliers and making thinly veiled comments regarding how much he hates the Miami Heat. 9:00- Nobody honestly cares what happens after this. Then Kyrie Irving woke up……….

On May 21, 2013, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2013 NBA Draft Lottery. It's hard to express in words how incredible it is at this point to get the fist pick in the draft after suffering through the insufferable end of the season last month. But here it is. We'll continue and increase our draft coverage here at Stepien Rules. I'm sure you noticed that our pre-lottery mock draft included PodCAVS veteran Alex Raffalli. Alex and I have followed the draft and NBA prospects very closely over the last 3 years and attended the 2011 Kyrie Irving NBA draft. Alex is a strong addition that Mr. Bowers and I are proud to bring you. I'm immediately calling for Nerlens Noel. We'll see how this goes, but tonight, let it sink in Cavaliers fans. We all deserve this.

Now, the question is what will the Cavs do with the top pick? Trade talks are certain.

Woo!

Cavaliers win the lottery for a third time. They picked LeBron James in 2003 and Kyrie Irving in 2011.

The balls bounced the Cavaliers' way tonight as they won the lottery for the second time in three years to receive the #1 Overall Pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. Nick Gilbert was again the Cavaliers' lucky charm as he was their representative at the lottery, giving him a sterling 67% record at winning the first overall pick. Dan Gilbert himself was also there, dressed in a rather dapper red suit with a red bow tie. Even Cleveland's own Machine Gun Kelly showed up, sitting next to the owner himself. (And yes, the fact that I just had to go on a fashion tangent to get to the word minimum on an article really shows how comical this entire lottery process is.) Now, looking forward to draft itself, Nerlens Noel is the presumptive favorite to become the next Cleveland Cavalier to go #1 Overall, following in the footsteps of Kyrie Irving in 2011, LeBron James in 2003, and Brad Daugherty in 1985, and the great Austin Carr in 1971. However, Otto Porter might have something to say about that depending on how well he works out for the team. And now, Brian Windhorst is reporting the Cavs will explore trade options with the pick. Either way, tonight was an exciting night in Cleveland, and we'll be looking forward to stories tomorrow about attending the lottery itself from Conrad. We'll have a lot more information as this process continues up until the draft on June 27. Until then, have fun celebrating in the comments! Nick Gilbert did it again! Poll Who should the Cavs select as the first overall pick on June 27th? Nerlens Noel Otto Porter Another Draft-Eligible Player Nick Gilbert in order to secure his draft rights early Dan Gilbert's Suit Machine Gun Kelly's Hair Adam Silver's Shiny Head 319 votes | Results

Ohjeezohjeezohjeezohjeezohjeezohjeez. I’ll update this thing when we know what the pick is. In the meantime, freak out in the comments section. UPDATE: Enjoy the Nerlens Noel Era, everybody. (Starting sometime in 2014.)