10-14-2020, 10:36 AM
(10-14-2020, 10:24 AM)omahen Wrote: Who of course wasn't the main point of our Barnes dump... I don't think Sacramento was offering 2 first rounders and Mavs picked Jackson as the prize.
Jackson, like DSJ, was given a significant tryout in DAL. He started 11 games after the trade. The Mavs TRIED to tap into his potential that they still saw from when he was the #15 pick.
Again, my point is that the #15 pick has potential sure....but so does Justin Jackson (as an example of a pick becoming a concrete person) for at least the length of his rookie contract and is not seen as a negative asset all of a sudden on draft day.