Jabari Parker’s Workout Complicates Cavaliers’ Decision with No. 1 Draft Pick

June 21st, 2014 by Sean ODonnell Leave a reply »

With the 2014 NBA draft just days away on June 26, the Cleveland Cavaliers still have a rather difficult decision to make in regard to the No. 1 overall selection.

Ever since the NCAA tournament—and perhaps even beforehand—Andrew Wiggins, Joel Embiid and Jabari Parker were widely regarded as the draft's top three selections.

Well, that's changed just a bit recently.



Embiid was an intriguing prospect with the draft's first selection. Center is a position of need for the Cavaliers, and the big man's athleticism and upside may have been enough for the team to gamble on him despite a lingering back injury.

That changed after he recently had foot surgery that will sideline him for four to six months, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports.

With that in mind, a two-horse race for the No. 1 spot between Wiggins and Embiid suddenly emerged.

Wiggins had already worked out for the team and produced very nice results, according to a tweet from Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports:



That comes as very little surprise. He has been working on his sho ...

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