A tree grows in Brooklyn, and on Thursday night, a tall flower sprouted up on stage, too - although it might as well have been a maple leaf. For the second straight draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers chose a Canadian as the number one overall selection. Fellow countryman Malcolm Gladwell would concede this was a "tipping point" for The Association*. The franchise also drafted a Canuck in 2011, so this is a club committed to keeping it Montreal (in a nod to our northern neighbor, we've tagged this Torontonian trio the "Kids in the Haul"). Fellow countryman Malcolm Gladwell would identify this as a "tipping point" for The Association (the Cavs would be content with a tip-in point).
Lots of flowery language has been used to describe Andrew Wiggins, but that still doesn't excuse his strange suit, which screamed forget-me-not, hurt our irises to look at and was an embarrassment to his carnation. To shop for his ensemble, he must've went to nana, not Prada.
Bouquets belong by Joel Embiid's bedside. Still, as he struck a posy with Adam Silver, Wiggins did look gladiolus to be there. The Cavs are hoping he blossoms into a better player than pansy Anthony Bennett (he fell off faster than petals from a rose, so the team had to replant the following summer). Stencil him in as a starter, but remember: all that glitters isn't marigold. In time, Wiggins may take the Cavs to the promise land, but for now it looks like he's taking them to prom.
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