I'm just posting here, so years from now when we're arguing about something, I can say I was all aboard the Jokic hype train early, as it seems many aren't aware of what he's been doing over the last month or so and how he's progressed this season.
Even with what he was doing last year, you could argue he was better than Porzingis, at least from a per minute/possession/advanced stats perspective, and when he actually plays 30+mpg he still produces (23/12/5 in 9 games at 33mpg this year). I'd trade the '17 pick for him.
And I think many are overvaluing that 2017 pick, people are treating it like it's the #1 pick, which it's not, it only has a 25% chance of being #1, while it has a 36% chance of being #4. Really that pick should be valued as pick #2.6 in the draft, because statistically speaking that's its most likely landing spot. If you're opposed to trading #1, would you trade #2, #3, or #4 for Jokic? How about for Porzingis? If Jokic was coming out of Duke or Kentucky this year, where do you think he'd be slated to go? Flip the situation and think back over the years, how much would you give up for the #3 pick in the draft? Would you trade '08-'13 Rondo? '07 Paul Pierce? Present day Avery Bradley? '07 Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, or Tony Allen?
If the C's hold onto the pick, and it turns into #1 great, now they can get more for it.
But if it turns into #2 or #3 or #4 it loses value, and then the C's probably wouldn't be able to get many of the deals people are proposing now for it (not just talking about this Jokic trade here).