Chris Grant received a bad rep as the Cleveland Cavaliers General Manager.
When Anthony Bennett, No. 1 draft pick in 2013, is attached to your GM resume, that tends to be a subsequence.
However, Grant does deserve some credit. He drafted Kyrie Irving back in 2011, when Derrick Williams was considered the secondary choice, and would have been validated as a No. 1 pick at the time. Additionally, 2011 was the year that Grant brought Thompson to Cleveland, a move ridiculed by many five years ago.
In fact, looking back at a number of mock drafts for the 2011 draft, and it becomes clear why Thompson was such a surprise selection.