I would so much rather have an elite pick and roll scorer type prospect than a guy who projects as a kind of Gerald Wallace / Joe Johnson / Andre Iguodala type player.
Look, if we were sitting at #3 after the lottery I'd be all about Josh Jackson.
Fultz is a better prospect.
I know we already have a great lead scoring guard in Thomas, but he won't last forever. To me the value of a prospect like Fultz is exponentially higher than a guy like Jackson.
The chances of him becoming another tweener who can't shoot (e.g. MKG, Winslow, Johnson, etc) seem a lot higher than the chance he becomes Kawhi Leonard.
If it helps, think of Jackson as a Paul Pierce type. And Fultz as CJ McCollum. That's in play.
I think in today's league the McCollum type prospect is more valuable.
Nope. Prime Paul Pierce is more valuable than prime CJ McCollum, regardless of era.
Are people really thinking Jackson is suddenly going to develop a shot and turn into a Paul Pierce level player? Unless he somehow develops a really reliable shot and takes that ridiculous hitch out of his shot, I don't see how he comes anywhere close to Pierce's level.
Isn't Smart a really big recent example of this fallacious notion of drafting players hoping they'll improve their shots? I still think Smart was a good pick given the options that we had at that time, but we literally have the first pick of the draft in this scenario. There's no use in gambling on something like that.
EDIT: I feel like Tatum is a much more apt Pierce comparison than Jackson.
I like Andre Iguodala as a Jackson comp much more than Pierce
Yep, and I LOVE Andre Iguodala.
But not when the Celts could draft somebody who compares favorably to Dame Lillard, James Harden, or Gilbert Arenas (prime) instead.
Iggy's whole deal, his whole career, is that he was a really super nice player who couldn't be the best player on a serious team. That's not the kind of player you want to take at the top of the draft.
Agreed 100%. I always hated playing against him in Philly because of his D on Pierce. Iguodala would be a good outcome for a #3 pick (and if he became "Iguodala with a good shot", even better), but we have a chance for a transcendent player. It would take a lot (minimum of #3, better of Lakers/76ers next year, and better of Kings/76ers in 2019) for me to even listen if I were Danny
We'll see, though. "Insiders" have been saying a lot about Danny being "close" on deals for the past year or so with nothing coming of it, so I'm just kind of ignoring the noise for now. If Bulpett says something, I'll start taking seriously, but until then it's just an interesting anecdote