NBA Draft 2012: Is the No.1 Pick Truly Untradeable?

June 12th, 2012 by Robin Lalisse Leave a reply »
Anthony Davis may be the most talented player in an NBA draft since LeBron James. 

To take it a step further, he may be the only college star player to enter the draft with both elite athleticism and championship pedigree from the college level who has no work ethic or consistency concerns. That explains why the team that drafted James and looked to get the top selection for the second straight year by trading all its draft picks, according to ESPN's Chad Ford, via NBC Sports, made an offer for the No.1 pick in the 2012 NBA draft but was rejected by New Orleans.

Remember that the first-round trade-up for Robert Griffin III was made way ahead of this year's NFL draft. Similarly, the Cavaliers were maybe thinking that they could entice the Hornets to give up the chance to draft a franchise player in favor of filling multiple needs. However, there hasn't been any massive draft pick trade in any sport since the failure of the Ricky Williams draft in which New Orleans traded its entire 1999 draft plus its first- and third-round picks of the 2000 draft. 

The question I am asking in this piece to any readers is whether or not it would be pos ...

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