Winston Churchill said that history is written by the victors. And among the Cavaliers members of the Draft 2011 Class – (and there are four of them) – Derrick Williams is the top dog.
Along the way, during his Arizona team’s dramatic run to the Elite 8, Cavs forward Derrick Williams knocked off Tristan Thompson’s Texas squad and the reigning National Champion Duke Blue Devils – featuring projected No. 1 pick, Kyrie Irving – along the way.
(Iman Shumpert – the fourth member of that Class, taken No. 17 overall – and his 13-18 Georgia Tech team didn’t make the cut that season.