Bradley is only 4 years older than most guys in this draft and he still has a lot of upside despite what he has already accomplished.
Bradley has zero upside, he is what he is , a 3+d role player . If you can't dribble , pass , reboud , or create a shot other than a 1 dribble J 5+ seasons into your career, it's not going to happen .
Bradley is more than a 3+D player.
A 3+D player is a guy who cannot do anything but defend and shoot threes. Describing Bradley's offensive game as "somebody who can only shoot threes" is selling him very short.
Bradley is a very good midrange shooter, has an excellent one dribble pull up, is a very good cutter, and is a good free throw shooter. He also has a high/quick release that's very hard to defend, so he makes a LOT of tough contested shots that would get blocked or affected by the defense for most players, so when he gets hot he is almost undefendable.
The main knocks against him offensively is that he's in consistent (has a lot of hot / cold games, and struggles to put up consistent scoring numbers night in, night out) and that he isn't very good at finishing around the basket. I don't think either of those is something that can't be improved on over time.
You don't average 16-17 points per 36 as a starter on an NBA playoff team if your only offensive talent is shooting threes.
Bradley also has already shown improvement with both his ball handling and his passing / decision making. It's still not great, but it's a long way from where it was 2 years ago. He's showed significant improvement last year as far as skills go.
He's also got excellent intangibles (team first attitude, coachability, work ethic, motor, etc) which I think are more valuable in this league than many people realise. Just look at how much our team values Crowder - he's actually very limited skill wise has earned his playing time on pure effort and hustle.
You also sell Bradley short as a rebounder. Last season he averaged around 4.5 rebounds per 36 which is a good number for a SG. This season that dropped to 3.6 per 36 which is right around his career average - even that is not "bad" for a guard, it's about average.
People are far too critical of Bradley.
We live in an era where young players constantly get stupidly overpaid and max contracts get thrown around like they're nothing.
Bradley is a top 5-10 defender in the league at his position, he puts up solid scoring numbers on solid shooting percentages, he's a very good athlete, he's got a personality that makes him a coaches dream, and he's only 24 years old...and he's making around $8M a year. That's a very good value contract even under the current CBA, and two years from now (when the cap rises to about $110M) his $8M deal will become the equivalent of around $4.5M now.
I'm not trading him for a pick unless that pick is at least 90% certain of becoming as good as Bradley is now AND has a high chance of becoming an All-Star. That probably means I'd need to be guaranteed a player at least as good as WCS. There's no guarantee that he'd slip as far as 10, so I'd probably need a pick in the 6-8 range at the absolute minimum to consider trading Bradley.
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