I posted a majority of this comment on another thread, but realized it was kind of off-topic.
I see a lot of talk on the Blog about how the future is our time. Names like Jaylen, Smart, both Nets picks, and sometimes Rozier get thrown out there. And I don't disagree. However...
How good of a future are our young people/assets, really? The Nets picks are still unknowns and I won't enter the controversy about Danny being a 'bad drafter', but we should all be able to agree that drafting isn't his strongest suit. I'd say he's gone 1 for 2 in the top 6 so far.
Let's be real. The Bucks, Wolves and even Philly with their picks look like they may have brighter future cores than ours. The Sixers could own two top 5 picks this year, and let's not forget Embiid and Simmons both have higher upside than anyone on our entire roster.
I love Smart's D but offense is simply more important, and Smart is bad at it. He's less of a prospect than Wiggins; he's probably less of a prospect than Middleton. Jaylen is less of a prospect than both Towns and the Greek Freak. And that doesn't even include Lavine's upside, a Wolves lotto pick in a deep draft, Jabari Parker, Maker, & Brogdon (who owns us).
Even if the future is our time, and even if we pick the BPA with both picks (however high they turn out to be) - can we really say in early 2017 that we have a top 3 young core/asset pool?