Draft notebook: No word on No. 1

A lot of buzz out there about the NBA draft today, some of it real, some of it not. Let’s sort through it:

* Cavaliers management will neither confirm nor deny most workouts, so you can forget about knowing who the No. 1 pick is going to be until his name is called next week. So any reports that the Cavs are definitely taking Duke’s Kyrie Irving over Arizona’s Derrick Williams are premature.

* Cavs coach Byron Scott said as much in a story by Yahoo! Sports. “By no means has anyone in our organization who has been to our workouts said, ‘Derrick Williams is our first pick’ or ‘Kyrie Irving is our first pick,’” Scott told the website.

* One NBA general manager told FOX Sports Ohio that the Cavs are going about things the right way. “They have more power than anyone when it comes to this draft and this offseason,” the GM said. “It would be silly for them to start telling everyone what they’re doing. Keeping things close to the vest and keeping everyone guessing is a wise approach. I give them credit.”

* All of that said, I have a hunch Irving is the Cavs’ guy. Not for any other reason than that is what my gut tells me. Of course, my gut also often tells me to eat a triple bacon cheeseburger from Wendy’s. So it doesn’t always know what is best.

* As for the fourth pick . . . well, that’s even more wide open. The Cavs did seem to like Turkish center Enes Kanter during his first workout, and his agent told the Willoughby News-Herald the team will bring Kanter in for a second workout Monday.

* But Kanter wasn’t overly impressive in workouts with Toronto and Minnesota, so already there are some doubts. One GM said it’s feasible that Kanter could drop out of the top five.

* As I told the News-Herald’s Bob Finnan, I hope the Cavs take Kanter instead of European big man Jonas Valanciunas for one reason: Because it’s easier to spell and pronounce Kanter’s name. Finnan insists he has both bases covered when it comes to Valanciunas. Yeah, sure. Whatever.

* But don’t laugh. The Cavs once selected John Bagley in the first round and Dave Magley in the second because their names rhymed. Of course, that was back in 1982 when Ted Stepien owned the team and gave the world a halftime show consisting of a fat man eating beer cans.

* On a serious note, I thoroughly enjoyed colleague Zac Jackson’s take on not ruling anything out at No. 4. Zac listed five guys the Cavs could take with the fourth pick besides Kanter or Valanciunas. You can read Zac’s entire column here.

* One of the players Zac listed was Kentucky guard Brandon Knight. And I’d be OK with it if the Cavs selected both Irving and Knight. Remember, Knight was a shooting guard who had to be converted to the point in college.

* True, Knight is undersized (6-foot-3) for an NBA shooting guard. But so are Baron Davis, Ramon Sessions and Daniel Gibson, and Scott has no problems playing any combination of those three at the same time. In fact, Scott’s Princeton offense often calls for it.

* At least one of those three (Davis, Sessions, Gibson) will be moved before the season if the Cavs select Irving at No. 1. I doubt it would be Davis or, to a lesser extent, Gibson. But lots of teams would like to have Sessions — especially New York and Orlando.

* Not sure what the Cavs could get for Sessions, but if the Knicks want him, they better be prepared to surrender the No. 17 pick.

* Another source said he wouldn’t be entirely shocked if the Cavs were to take Kansas forward Marcus Morris at No. 4. That seems a bit high, but again, there’s a reason the Cavs are keeping things quiet. They don’t want to let anyone know their plans, and we should all therefore be prepared for the unexpected.