Our luck, we'd trade Jackson for the Nets pick and the light goes on for D'Angelo Russell and he leads the Nets to the playoffs. I doubt that happens but the odds of it happening improve if we make that trade for their pick.
We got the guy the majority of people here wanted in this last draft, who was also the player our front office wanted the most as well in Jackson. So why trade him because there could be some really good players at the top of the next draft?
We didn't just suck and end up with the 2nd worst record in the league to get the #2 pick in the lottery. We sucked but we had to tank to ensure we got a high pick then we got screwed some in the lottery, falling to #4, but still managed to get who we would have taken at #4. Jackson was the top win in this draft and we got lucky the order landed the way it did so we could pick him. Everyone knew that Fultz was going #1, Ball was going to LA at #2, but most thought Jackson would go #3. McD got him to cancel his workout with Boston which helped make up their mind and they decided to take Tatum, who is a good prospect but he'd be a bit redundant with Booker and Warren since he's been viewed as just a scorer, and not an elite scorer either. Jackson is a 3&D wing player with good ball handling and playmaking skills, he's not just an adequate defender either he's viewed as potentially a great defender and he has a lot of length and speed. He should pair up with Booker better than anyone from this draft and he fits our team as constructed very well.
Why tempt the basketball gods when it took some good favor and luck for us to end up with him in the first place to gamble on getting a top prospect next year. There is a reason Cleveland views Jackson so highly, they're in win-now mode and trying to keep Lebron there but they're trying to add a rookie? It's because Jackson should be a good enough player to contribute right away and he has a very high ceiling also. The Suns are never lucky but we got lucky with him falling to us at #4, I don't want to see what'll happen if we trade him so we can try to have 2 top picks next summer.