Apparently the Celtics thought so, too, as they made the Blue Devils forward the third overall pick in Thursday night's draft.
Former K-State player Wesley Iwundu was selected just before Mason in the draft, at 33, by the Orlando Magic.
If the order in the 2017 draft doesn't change, it will mark the first time in National Basketball Association history that the same three teams pick in the same order in consecutive drafts. In Jackson's two biggest stages to date-his one-and-done season at Kansas and his gold medal run with Team USA in the 2015 FIBA U19s-he's found ways to be an elite complementary player.
Armstrong had said he and Jackson "clearly had interest" in working out for the Sixers. Nothing negative against Butler, but I think the Celtics would at least have to get Butler as well as someone else to beat the Cavs.
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"Maybe a little bit", he said.
One other factor people pointed to that may have contributed to Jackson's relative slip was an off-the-court issue, stemming from an incident at a bar that landed him in legal trouble during his freshman season at KU. "I knew that from the start of his freshman year". The Celtics are already a winning team, and unless we get 3 All Star caliber players, we will not win a ring, so lets just accept the fact that this team has reached its ceiling, and that we need to build for when the Superteam down in Silicon Valley is, and the King Lebron James has run out of gas. I did. I admitted to it from day one when it was brought up. Reporters want to make a story and get themselves a name. Boston's still very well set up for the future, and would be better served saving their flexibility and keep waiting for a player who can actually push them closer to title contention. A lot of the team's decision depends on who the Lakers go for, specifically regarding Ball.
"I felt like they made it pretty clear who they were going to draft with the No. 1 pick, so I didn't really feel like it was worth either of our times for me to work out with them", Jackson said Wednesday, per ESPN. But just I love competition, and I love proving people wrong. I'm going to be the best player I can be.
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