Controversial Number 1 Pick

In the 2013-2014 NBA draft the Cleveland Cavaliers selected Anthony Bennett from UNLV. This was perhaps the most shocking number 1 draft pick that I have ever heard of. The analysts covering the draft were shocked and I have never seen that before. In a draft like last year, where no one was really a clear cut number 1 pick, there is usually talks about 3 or 4 players that they predict to be the number 1 pick and Anthony Bennett was not one of them. So there is really no surprise to why everyone was shocked because no on was talking about him. There is a lot of speculation that the Cleveland Cavaliers do not know what they are doing because since LeBron left they have been terrible. I think Anthony Bennett is a pretty decent player, but to take him number 1 overall was a little ridiculous to me. In a draft where you have guys like Michael Carter-Williams and Victor Oladipo I felt like Cleveland could have gotten a better pick. If you look at Bennett's body of work he is 6'7 and overweight coming out of college. He does not have the ball handling and the agility to play on the perimeter and he does not have the athletic ability and height to play in the post in the NBA. Bennett is what you call a tweener which means he is in between positions and does not really have a position. In a way I feel sorry for him for all of the criticism he has taken throughout this season because I believe if he would have went later in the draft no one would be talking about him badly. Since he is the number 1 pick everyone talks negatively about him.

This is important because Anthony Bennett is from Brampton, Ontario and is the first player ever drafted number 1 overall from Canada. To me this really shows the growth in basketball in Canada because having a number 1 pick really lets people know that these kids from Canada can play. Even though Bennett did not have a very good first year, that is still quite a huge accomplishment for his country. Do not think that Bennett will be the only number 1 pick from Canada either because they're younger players coming up that have a nice chance of being a number 1 pick and that could happen as early as next season. Andrew Wiggins from Kansas will have a shot at getting the number 1 pick, but he will at least be in the top 5.