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The future is bright for the young Cavs

The future is bright for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Sometimes coaches get lucky with a once-in-a-lifetime basketball player. They’ll take advantage of their star’s strengths on the court while doing their best surround them with talent capable of filling out whatever flaws he may have.

The most recent example of this? The Golden State Warriors with Stephen Curry.

They drafted Stephen Curry 7th overall in the 2009 draft (too soon, Minnesota?). Here we are nine years later debating if he’s the greatest shooter the NBA has ever seen… which he isn’t– that would be Ray Allen, and Steph is behind him in the second spot.