Would you trade James Young + Clippers pick for a top 10 pick ?

[chambers]

Some say that James Young would be a top 12 pick if he'd stayed in college and had entered this draft.
We haven't seen everything he can do but we have gauged a sense of his attitude/heart to a lesser extent.

So let's say Danny gets a call and comes back into the war room and you've had an offer from the team with pick #9....
So would you ship out James Young+ The Clippers pick if it meant we could get pick number 8,9 or 10?

I would do this. Why?
We'd then have a top 10 pick and our own #16 pick.
If we really like someone like Heznoja or Porzingris or Willy Cauley Stein, and they are around at #7 through #10 then we can combine these two great picks to get the lottery player we want.
I wonder if #9 + #16 could net us Justise Winslow if he's around at #6 or #7 ?

On the James Young side, I'm not in love with his attitude. As Paul Pierce would say, I'm not sure that Young 'wants it' bad enough. But he is very young....

What would you do?

[Who]

Yes, in a heartbeat.

[Beat LA]

Question - what team did you have in mind, because while I like Young and would like to see him develop, are we talking about a similar scenario to Bradley and the 16th pick for Utah's spot at 12?  Was there even anything to that rumor, btw, or did someone just make that up?

[BDeCosta26]

Question - what team did you have in mind, because while I like Young and would like to see him develop, are we talking about a similar scenario to Bradley and the 16th pick for Utah's spot at 12?  Was there even anything to that rumor, btw, or did someone just make that up?

Yeah. Zach Lowe wrote an article a month or two ago about how well Utah was playing after the ASG break, and in that article he talked about the feeling in Utah being that they have a good core ready to start competing now and they'll be looking to make a move for a fairly young, proven productive player with a decent contract who fits into their timetable. AB was the first name on his list of the kind of guys they're looking for. Apparently Ainge turned down a late 1st (Via GSW?) and expirings from a handful of teams at the deadline and they were one of them. He suggested that they could be willing to trade their pick this year (#12 right now) for him, and include Hood of Danny still says no. I'd think Ainge might go for that. Hood gives you a good SG/SF with a pretty good jumper. And getting #12 without giving up 16 would be huge. Could probably get to #7 just by rolling together all 3 1sts.

But yeah, I'm not sure about that kinda deal with Young. Some good basketball minds think he has the highest upside of anyone we have not named Marcus, but he had a chance to get some minutes and didn't do enough to warrant continued PT. He's still just 19, and he played really well in the D league. He hasn't de-valued much, but he's still a project. One that will take a while to fully develop. And I really don't know about Miami, Charlotte or Detroit taking just him, 16 and 28 to move oh into their range. They all plan on competing next year. Denver looks like they're launching up a rebuild, so they could be takers. #7 is more valuable than 10. I think they'd at least want a little more.

[Drucci]

I would do it, but still, I'd be hoping James Young's growth wouldn't come back to haunt us in a few years if he develops very well with another team.

[saltlover]

Yes.  I do think Young has the potential to become a very good player down the line, but I think I'd take anyone in my top 9 this year over him.  Mind you, I'm very hopeful that we could pull off such a trade with Detroit (also including something like the Minny pick) to draft WCS (If WCS is available, it's very likely that the top college wings are gone, and something tells me SVG wouldn't want a foreign player like Hezonja.)  They need help on the wing, Young is from the Detroit area, and WCS is a terrible fit for that team.  Although I think the more likely trade (understanding that all trades are unlikely, so conditional probability for those who care) would be 16 and Young.

In other words, if Winslow and Johnson are off the board, but WCS isn't, when Detroit is picking, I think Danny has a decent chance to pull off a swap of Young and 16 to move to 8, and a lesser shot of Young, 28, and some likely early 2nd rounder (Philly or Minny picks).

[Irish Stew]

With all due respect, I don't think that what you're offering is enough to get into the top ten. Young hasn't shown nearly enough and the 28th pick is not great. Maybe Young and the 16th pick gets you there, but I have my doubts even about that.

[boscel33]

Depends on who is there.  I like Young and think he could be a really good player.  He was a five star recruit and number 8 overall coming out of high school, and just 20.  Just needs a year or so to grow into the NBA.

[Roy H.]

In an absolute heart beat.

[SHAQATTACK]

Yup .....I'm a fan ....but I would bite.


I guess I'd trade him as part of pkg ....to get WCS

[MBunge]

No.  A team in Boston's situation doesn't need to be making that sort of gamble.  Is anyone we could get at 8, 9 or 10 going to really elevate the team?

Mike

[Rakulp]

He's probably more valuable as a trade chip to get a free agent than to move up in the draft.  Being a young rookie with upside is a great selling point to a team that may not really want to trade their superstar.  Combining him with some of our other assets could land us a solid player, as opposed to a higher draft pick.

Just my thoughts.

Rak

[tazzmaniac]

No.  A team in Boston's situation doesn't need to be making that sort of gamble.  Is anyone we could get at 8, 9 or 10 going to really elevate the team?

Mike

Is Young really going to elevate the team when he couldn't even get playing time as a rookie?  Is the #28 pick going to elevate the team?  There are at least 9 players in this draft that I'd definitely rather have than Young. 

[slamtheking]

No.  A team in Boston's situation doesn't need to be making that sort of gamble.  Is anyone we could get at 8, 9 or 10 going to really elevate the team?

Mike

Is Young really going to elevate the team when he couldn't even get playing time as a rookie?  Is the #28 pick going to elevate the team?  There are at least 9 players in this draft that I'd definitely rather have than Young. 

beat me to it.  anyone in this year's top 9-10 are more likely to have a positive impact on this team than Young and #28 combined.

if it was Young and 16 to move up to something like 8, I'd do it.  If the rumor for AB for #12 (Utah pick) were true, I'd pull the trigger on that deal as well. 
an overall deal of AB, Young, 16 for 8 and 12 (WCS and Turner/Johnson) wouldn't suck

[Evantime34]

It depends who is on the board at that time. If we can get Myles Turner, Stanley Johnson or WCS I absolutely would.