If it is between Fultz, Ball, Jackson - who should the Celtics pick? (Poll)

[apc]

You take Ball and he pulls a Paul George on you and go to the Lakers in FA.

[Celtics4ever]

I like Jackson the best, his team is winning games unlike Fultz..

[esel1000]

The problem with Jackson is his off court behavior...

Kansas guard Josh Jackson to be charged for allegedly damaging car
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18757925/kansas-jayhawks-guard-josh-jackson-charged-allegedly-damaging-car

[PickNRoll]

Jackson has been incredible the past 4 or 5 games.  Dropping dimes, back-to-the basket game, pick and roll creator, dissecting defenses from the high post, excellent in transition.  He and Fultz are 1 and 2 in some order.  Jackson certainly looks more locked in at ALL times than Fultz.  Fultz is just some kind of virtuoso scoring genius.  Both are highly instinctive.  Both are gonna be good pros.  Jackson has an ugly hitch in his jumper and he's not going to have NBA range.  If you can live with that, he might be the better overall player.

After that I'd take Smith, Jr.  Then Ball.  Then it gets hazy.  John Collins is a guy I'd take a flier on later in the first.  Pretty weak draft class for bigs.  I don't think this draft is as deep as everyone says.

[PickNRoll]

The problem with Jackson is his off court behavior...

Kansas guard Josh Jackson to be charged for allegedly damaging car
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18757925/kansas-jayhawks-guard-josh-jackson-charged-allegedly-damaging-car

does he have a history?  I'm not gonna overreact to one incident, but that's not a good look.

[PickNRoll]

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2017/jan/24/rape-16-year-old-girl-reported-kus-mccarthy-hall-h/

Yikes.  I hadn't heard of this one either.

[Dannys Chipotle Guy]

You take Ball and he pulls a Paul George on you and go to the Lakers in FA.

Not taking a player because you are worried he will leave in 9 years is absolutely ridiculous.

[libermaniac]

You take Ball and he pulls a Paul George on you and go to the Lakers in FA.

Like Pierce, a huge Laker fan, did?

[chilidawg]

This model says that Ball is the best prospect:

https://public.tableau.com/profile/andrewbaskets#!/vizhome/Draft2-21/PAWSPos

The model has a better history of predicting future success than actual draft position, fwiw.

[chilidawg]

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2017/jan/24/rape-16-year-old-girl-reported-kus-mccarthy-hall-h/

Yikes.  I hadn't heard of this one either.

I haven't seen anything that links JJ to that specifically.  Is there something?

[SHAQATTACK]

The only answer

Fultz


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[mr. dee]

The problem with Jackson is his off court behavior...

Kansas guard Josh Jackson to be charged for allegedly damaging car
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18757925/kansas-jayhawks-guard-josh-jackson-charged-allegedly-damaging-car

Not much of an issue. I mean people still wanted Okafor despite his altercation with a Celtics fan in Boston. And I heard it was the car owner who started the problem.

Rodman had many off court issues, yet he was still playing his butt out for the team. This isn't Boogie who doesn't play hard if things don't go his way.

[apc]

You take Ball and he pulls a Paul George on you and go to the Lakers in FA.

Lonzo's dad read my post....
Which is another issue with Lonzo- his dad has a big mouth.

[BlackCeltic]

Fultz is great if you are looking for an alpha dog scorer

Jackson better if you need a point forward

Can you imagine how many assists jackson would rack up with AB, IT4, crowder on the floor. Plus help with rebounding, rim protection

Fultz would greatly help with additional offensive firepower. Especially creating 1 on 1 and if IT4 goes cold.

Difficult decision for me

Also consider recently CBS has complained about the teams poor defense..

Itd be Fultz for me. I like Jackson but I don't like his age when compared with the rest of the top 5. He is the same age as Jaylen.

[mr. dee]

Fultz is great if you are looking for an alpha dog scorer

Jackson better if you need a point forward

Can you imagine how many assists jackson would rack up with AB, IT4, crowder on the floor. Plus help with rebounding, rim protection

Fultz would greatly help with additional offensive firepower. Especially creating 1 on 1 and if IT4 goes cold.

Difficult decision for me

Also consider recently CBS has complained about the teams poor defense..

Itd be Fultz for me. I like Jackson but I don't like his age when compared with the rest of the top 5. He is the same age as Jaylen.

Let's not act like Jackson is a 24 year old senior. Being too young sometimes is a disadvantage. See James Young and Darko.