The first shoe dropped in the LeBron James sweepstakes Thursday night, as the Cleveland Cavaliers selected Alabama point guard Collin Sexton with the No. 8 pick in the NBA draft.
Sexton, you should know, is a player LeBron liked in this draft, as reported by Cleveland.com's Joe Vardon. You should also know—and, as a voracious consumer of NBA draft content, you most assuredly do—that James' favorite player in the 2014 draft was another point guard, Shabazz Napier of Connecticut.
With James hurtling toward free agency after four straight Finals appearances in Miami, the Heat heeded the King's advice and traded up two spots to No.