The NBA draft 2014 is a couple weeks away and that means trade rumors will start flying and teams like the Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, LA Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic could be involved, as teams could be looking at trading picks for Kyrie Irving, Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, Kevin Love and other players heading into the summer.
The Cavaliers have the number one overall pick for the second year in a row and while they have not made any choices yet, the team could trade the pick in a big move for someone like Kevin Love, or they could sit tight and take Andree Wiggins, Jabari Parker or Joel Embiid. Trade rumors involving Kyrie Irving have popped up again as well, but the Cavaliers won't even think about moving their star point guard until they see how the trade for Kevin Love shakes out. According to ESPN.com, the Cavaliers are in the mix for Love if they want to be and this comes after initial reports had Love saying he would not play in Cleveland, but he came out and refuted that later on.
The Timberwolves have a major decision to make about trading Love, as they risk losing him for nothing if he opts out as a free agent next summer. The Cavaliers have the chance to make a major move with the number one pick and if they opt to keep it, they will get a very good prospect coming their way, as Embiid, Parker and Wiggins are all considered to be very talented and could turn out to be great players. All three need work and most scouts see them as projects even with their talent and the Cavaliers have to make sure they don't mess up this pick, as their last number one pick of Anthony Bennett is looking like a bust.
The Lakers and the Celtics have top 10 picks and they could be looking at trades, but it's likely those two will remain at their spots. The Lakers desperately want a talented player to bring in to develop alongside Kobe, while the Celtics are at number six and are targeting Aaron Gordon as a potential pick. The Sixers are a team that is likely to trade, as they have two top 10 picks and while they want to keep at least one pick, reports have the team moving up to get Andrew Wiggins at number one.
The Milwaukee Bucks ended up at the number two spot after having a 25 percent chance of getting the number one pick and they could trade as well, but they need talent and in this draft that is not in short supply. The top five picks all could be impact players eventually and beyond the Big 3 of Embiid, Wiggins and Parker, names like Julius Randle, Kyle Anderson and Nik Stauskas could be top 10 picks.
The draft is coming at the end of the month and a number of teams will be looking at moving up or down in the event and it will be interesting to see how the top three picks shake out.