Talk me off the ledge and not trade the 1st overall

[boscel33]

I've been saying, stay the course and make all of the picks, then in three to four years, we're the next Warriors.

However, recently, I've been enamored with thee possibility of winning sooner (that's what a 1 seed does to you I guess), so talk me out of sending the #1 and a couple players(AB, Jae, Smart, take your pick) to the Bulls for Butler.  We still go after Hayward and also still have Brown at the 3.

Then next year's Net's pick, hoping its still very high, we can select a PF/C as it appears to be a loaded year at that position.

IDK, color me crazy I guess....   

[hwangjini_1]

fultz, by all indications, will be better than butler and cost controlled. honestly, fultz seems to have the talent to be a top talent in the nba.

but then again, i also thought bender, dunn, and exum would all be stars. 

[Surferdad]

OK, easy now...there's a lot to look forward to with that pick...people love you, I love you....life is worth living, even with the Cavs and Warriors on top...now, take my hand and repeat after me: "Butler is just not good enough, Butler is just not good enough..."  There you go.  That was easy, wasn't it?

[saltlover]

Fultz has the potential in year 2 to be as good as Bradley Beal is now.  We will get near immediate returns, approaching All-Star level in two years, and a franchise centerpiece not long after that.

Keep the pick.

[chilidawg]

Every pro Fultz post says "Fultz has the potential ...".  True that, but there is a far greater range of outcomes for a guy who has never played in the NBA than there is for a guy like Butler or George.

That said, #1, Bradley and Crowder is too much for Butler.  If I were making a trade for Butler, George or Porzingis, I would start with the Nets 2018, then add a vet or two.  If that doesn't cut it, you move on.

[max215]

How badly do you want to see the Celtics peak as a team that loses in 7 to the Cavs in the ECF?

[boscel33]

OK, I'm back in on Fultz and keeping the '18 pick, thanks everyone. 

Youth it is while still competing.

In two to three years, we are the next GSW, or should I say, they were the next Celtics and we can take that back from them!