The Cleveland Cavaliers won the lottery in 2013, which was a draft without an obvious No. 1 overall prospect.
Chris Grant was high on Ben McLemore, but he wasn't a clear No. 1 prospect the way Kyrie Irving had been for the Cavaliers in 2011. Grant was close to a deal with the Sacramento Kings for the seventh pick to select McLemore, but the Kings backed out when McLemore fell to them.
The Cavs' front office voted 9-1 in favor of Anthony Bennett with Grant being the lone vote against taking him. Bennett potentially could have fallen out of the top-10 had he not been selected first by Cleveland.
Victor Oladipo was Dan Gilbert's favorite prospect in the draft.
“The issue with Anthony was, and we had no way of knowing it at the time, the kid had no desire to overcome adversity whatsoever. As soon as it was hard, he was out,” (David) Griffin said. “His whole life, he rolled out of bed bigger, better, and more talented than everybody else. As soon as it was hard, it was over. And I was the one on campus at UNLV. I’m the one who got sold the bill of goods and I bought it hook, line, and sinker. You fuck up sometimes. But I feel bad Chris took it for that, because Chris was the one guy who wasn’t sure.”