http://knickerblogger.net/would-you-trade-rj-barrett-for-the-1-pick-in-this-years-draft/

ess-dog: They said the same thing about Donovan Mitchell!

Well, they’re not really wrong, even if he had a scorching 6-game stretch in Round 1 this year (before shitting the bed in Game 7 with a 69 ORtg, decidedly not nice, which they lost by 2).

Owen:

He too seems great except for the fact he is a tweener and can’t really shoot.

They said the same thing about Donovan Mitchell!

I would probably trade RJ straight up for LaMelo, but I don’t think that moves the needle much. Now I feel like they’re just going to take Maxey and go for a UK North thing.

Zion could very well end up being the next Greg Oden. Dude missed more than half of his rookie year and that was after missing like half of his one season at Duke. And he didn’t exactly look great in the bubble either.

If he has a Stackhousian career I think that would be a great result.

In a draft with the next Barkley and Lillard at #1 and #2, we got Jerry Stackhouse at #3. Brilliant.

I probably wouldn’t? Maybe? RJ was the third overall prospect — albeit a significant step down from the first two — in what was considered to be a pretty good draft class, whereas every scout has said that all of 2020’s prospects would be taken at least five picks lower in a normal year. Maybe if you think Edwards is more likely to become a good shooter than RJ you do it, or if you think LaMelo’s passing is just so great that his flaws can be worked around. But as bad as RJ mostly was as a rookie (and, as we all know, most rookies are bad, including those who go on to be great), I feel more confident in his ability to become an above-average NBA player than I do anyone who would be worth taking with this year’s top pick.