CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If Alabama coach Avery Johnson is right about Collin Sexton, the Cavaliers are going to be very happy with their 2018 draft pick.
"I think he's ready for the NBA and has the potential to be a perennial All-Star," Johnson said Friday.
The Cavs took Sexton eighth overall in Thursday's NBA draft. He's 19 and played one season for Johnson at Alabama, where he was the Southeastern Conference's freshman of the year and averaged 19.2 points.
Of course Johnson had nothing but glowing things to say about his prized pupil, who's moving on to bigger and better (hopefully, for Cleveland's sake) things with the Cavs.