Think of how good Fultz is!
Philly is willing to part with all these picks for him. They would be happy to give up all those assets for him, because they feel he is that special! If Fultz and Jackson are "so close" talent wise, why doesn't Philly just draft Jackson and keep all those picks?
Oh, it's because Philly realizes an offensive talent with a wide range of tools is harder to come by than another MKG/Winslow/Stanley Johnson/Iguadola etc. you can find those guys multiple times over in every draft.
How do u find time for him if Jaylen is supposed to get a bump in playing time? What if Hayward comes on board? What if LA takes Jackson? What if we get LA's 1st pick and it's #8? Or Embiid stays healthy all year, Fultz is the real deal with Simmons and they make the 8th seed in playoffs and we're stuck with another middle 1st rd pick?
All these picks mean absolutely nothing if you have a potential star in your lap!!
Agreed my friend. If LA is so high on Fultz and Jackson, why would they take Lonzo? They could really complicate things. In fact, LA
has to take Ball at 2 for this to work.
I'd rather have a future Superstar than another wing player.
If we get another "treasure trove" trade haul of draft picks and flip them for a PG-13/Butler type, I would have to think that Blake would be the primary free agent target over Hayward, (at least in this scenario).
Adding PG13, Griffin and Jackson to the team sounds exciting, but I'm not sure they beat GS, and we're giving away any other potential lottery picks.
We would essentially be rolling the dice with Jackson, Brown, Zizic, Nader and Smart as our future core.
If we add George, he immediately becomes our best player and the alpha dog/cornerstone of our franchise. I'm not sure that any of Jackson/Brown/Zizic/Nader/Smart have the potential to be the next Paul George, while Fultz, even as a PG seems to have Superstar potential.
As much as I love the current group of youngsters that we have, I would rather add Fultz and another lotto pick next year to that group, while signing Hayward.
I posted in another thread recently about whether or not Danny would trade our current potential big three before they lose value ala KG/PP, and someone mentioned that if we're really modeling after San Antonio, that maybe Horford would take a team friendly deal at that point to stay on as a role player, keeping us in sustained success, like the Spurs.
Its hard to decide how you want to build you current team when your this good, but probably won't win it all now. I guess if we want the sustained success you go for older players that would be cheap when the young guys are up for big money, or in this case a declining player like Griffin over an ascending player like Hayward.
Who know? Maybe Danny has a hunch that we don't. Oh well, what a great time to be a fan!!!