CelticsFan166 - this is based on my theory of the Brooklyn picks, that by 2018, the Russian Billionairre will buy his way to mediocrity. I'm willing to give up two picks in the 20s and one in the low teens for Parker, who I think can be a legit offensive star in CBS system.
I get that he's still got the surface cachet of a recent #2 overall pick, but three mid-late 1sts is still an overpay in terms of Parker's actual oncourt performance and potential. If he were playing the same way in the same situation but had been, say, the 24th overall pick, there's no way you'd be thinking of offering that much for him.
And that's aside from the fact that the Brooklyn pick is
not a pick in the teens, not yet, and could still wind up a top 5 pick, because the Billionaire can
try to buy his way out of the bottom all he wants, but there'll be 25-29 other teams with more or less the same spending ability and way better situations, and even if he could draw interest the particular choices in free agency that the Billionaire approves of (one-dimensional semi-stars, aging ex-stars, overhyped "future" stars) might backfire and only make their record
worse.
Boston says
noooooooo.
As does everyone justifiably down on Parker in this thread:
http://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=82674.15The only people who'd say yes are probably Bucks management, Bucks fans, Duke fans, fans-who-never-stop-thinking-top-draft-picks-have-unlimited-potential, and fans named "Jabari". Pelicans fans would say they like it, too, but even they would ask why Boston is getting bent over.