![]() I certainly would have predicted my entire future incorrectly.Īnd yet – that is their job(s) and those professionals are paid very handsomely to do it better than anyone else in the world so when a single franchise fails time and time again, it is hard to continually give said franchise the benefit of the doubt, and instead question if they even have the intellectual capacity to do the job with any modicum of consistency and ability.Įven if you still believe that Josh Jackson can and/or will become a very good player in the NBA, it cannot be ignored that his statistics, and in particular his Win Share rating, is far less than expected for a player of both his pedigree and draft position. I dare you to have predicted who you would be when you were only 19-years-old, five years from then. Those projections though are all part of the gamble that is the lottery.įrom that perspective, I defend, to a point, the Phoenix Suns and those who have both scouted and rated prospective talent, and those who have drafted players since the year 2009: those jobs are extraordinarily difficult since not only are they rating a human being and attempting to grade out who he will become in a world or infinite variables, but they are doing so with more often than not with an extremely small sample size from which to judge. ![]() Most fans still love him as a player, but they did not love him for what he is, they love him for what he was projected to become. If one can quantify talent and production into a monetary comparison, then the Phoenix Suns have lost a lot of money on failed and thus wasted first round picks in the last ten years, the total of which is staggering.Įven if Josh Jackson had not been arrested in Florida (and then attempted to flee while already handcuffed), he was, by all statistical accounts, a bust. Talent is nearly impossible to truly grade in most cases, and one must look at all players taken in the NBA Draft as a lottery ticket: you hope to win the jackpot (depending on where they are selecting) you hope to win a few bucks you are okay if you only break even and only in sports and not in a Circle K, you are really upset if you lose money on the purchase. By Adam Maynes 4 years ago Even if Josh Jackson had not gotten himself in trouble in Florida, the Phoenix Suns were still looking at yet another failed first round pick.įirst round picks are a gamble, no matter what the team and where they are selecting.
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