With the 2012 NBA Draft just days away, there is still plenty of mystery surrounding who the Cavaliers will draft with the 4th pick. We can give you our best guesses, but that's pretty much all they would be -- guesses. So you know what's better than one guess? A whole bunch of guesses. For your convenience, I've compiled lots of mock drafts so you can see who various writers, reporters, and experts expect the Cavaliers to draft. Below are the first round picks but if you click on the links, you can usually see the 2nd round picks as well.
Mock Draft | 4th pick | 24th pick |
DraftExpress | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Andrew Nicholson |
Probasketballdraft | Andre Drummond | Andrew Nicholson |
NBADraft.net | Harrison Barnes | Royce White |
Chad Ford | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Will Barton |
Dick Vitale | Harrison Barnes | Quincy Miller |
Matt Moore CBS | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Andrew Nicholson |
Jeff Goodman CBS | Harrison Barnes | Royce White |
Scott Howard-Cooper NBA | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Fab Melo |
Sam Amick SI.com | Harrison Barnes | Arnett Moultrie |
InsideHoops.com | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Fab Melo |
HoopsWorld.com | Harrison Barnes | Perry Jones III |
NBADraftInsider | Harrison Barnes | Fab Melo |
Tom Ziller SBNation | Harrison Barnes | Andrew Nicholson |
HoopsHype | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Royce White |
That's what I've got so far. I'll update this as we see more and more get published. If you find one that you think should be on the list, let me know.
It's pretty interesting that there are currently zero mock drafts out there that have the Cavaliers getting Bradley Beal with the #4 pick. That seems to just support the notion that if the Cavaliers want to get Beal, they'll need to move up to the #2 pick.