Post#182 » by bwgood77 » Tue Sep 4, 2018 9:08 pm
Revived wrote:bwgood77 wrote:Djedefre wrote:How can you give him credit for Mikal and Ayton in advance. We can have this discussion in 2 years maybe, certainly not now.
Well many gave McD credit for making Jackson miss his Boston workout so he'd slide to us.
I’m not sure that’s necessarily a good thing. Perhaps if Jackson doesn’t miss his Boston workout then Celts take JJ and Tatum, a player that’s younger and looks superior in about every way, falls into the Suns lap. Of course Jackson had a promising second half of the season but Tatum looks like a special talent.
That was pretty much my point. The question posed was basically don't prematurely give credit. And I was using last year as an example that people praised it when the winner all along in more ways than one from the draft was Ainge, whether or not he would have picked Tatum all along anyway. Mitchell may be the bigger prize, especially relative to draft position, but when you consider that Ainge traded down from #1 and got the Kings top 1 protected pick for next year AND Tatum to TRADE DOWN two spots AND get Tatum, that's almost a mind blowing win. Even though they are kind of a rival, I kind of hope the Kings win the lottery and keep their pick because Boston is just adding too much good talent while also being a contender. If they add like the 2nd or 3rd pick again next year, it'll be crazy. They'll probably end up with Zion, who might be a little overrated depending on his outside shot, but they probably don't need another wing and the top of that draft is wing heavy and Barrett looks to very likely go #1.
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