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Collin Sexton Picked by Cavaliers in 2018 NBA Draft; Twitter Approves of Fit

The Cleveland Cavaliers upgraded at the point guard position Thursday, selecting Alabama's Collin Sexton with the No. 8 overall pick, and social media quickly reacted to the pick:

Sexton has both elite strengths and glaring weaknesses. His strengths are, without question, his athleticism, ball-handling, ability to attack the basket and, as Sam Vecenie of The Athletic wrote in May, his demeanor:

"Sexton is unquestionably one of the most competitive players to enter the draft in the last decade. He fights and claws for every single inch on a basketball floor and wants to have the ball in his hands in every single moment.