What if the Celtics make the trade and... the Lakers take Jackson at #2? Because then we are screwed.
Fultz is off the board. Jackson is off the board.
We can either draft a PG who has difficulty shooting midrange - Ball and whose dad's ego isn't a fit for Boston or we can select from the second tier of Tatum, Monk, Fox, etc.
It just seems very risky to make this trade when you needed the ping pong balls to bounce 'just right' to land #1 in this year's draft.
And what would the package be in return?
It had better be a Penny Hardaway level trade - ie #3 plus two-three unprotected #1 picks or it won't be worth it.
Even then thinking of the Hardaway trade - did any good players come out of the future firsts outside of Penny himself? I can't remember a single memorable selection.