Hey Guys.
What is your thought on us trading the 2018 pick to say Philly for their 2017 pick once the order is esatblished. Say Philly gets pick 4 and we get pick 2. We then get two rooks that can have an extra year of playing together.
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2018 draft is also considered a good one... Lots of top centers/pfs prospects
I mean unless fultz drops for whatever reason
Would you do it if Jackson was on the board?
Say the top 3 are Fultz/Ball/Isaac, would you trade the 2018 pick to get Jackson?
False premise. Jackson is top 3. I think Danny will rank him number 1 target.
More realistic trade idea: We land the top pick. Lakers land 2 or 3. I can almost guarantee you that Magic will want Ball, because, as Bill Walton said in the UCLA game last night, the kid is the closest thing to Magic Johnson he has ever seen. Could see Danny agreeing to a swap with LA in which we also get Randle, who could be a good guy off the bench for us. Then Danny gets Jackson plus another good player.
If the same scenario but another team at 2-3 not the Lakers, that other team could very well target Fultz, and would agree to swap places with Ainge and maybe offer a future 1st round pick unprotected. Or another desirable asset.
If the draft order stays the way it is today, with Jackson slotted at 3, I am not sweating it unless we land at 4, in which case Danny should either try and trade up to grab Jackson, or take someone like Tatum or Isaac.