If the opportunity presented itself, would you trade James Harden straight up for Parker on draft day? I know it's early, but kid seems like the real deal. There's just something about him that stands out from everybody else. Granted, I don't watch much of college basketball so correct me if I'm wrong.
Homie don't play that~ You're talking about an uber efficient (barring his recent iso tendencies) budding superstar for a kid who may or may not have promise years after developing him when we have Dwight in his prime. I don't think so.
Wiggins looked better than Parker to me, yeah he got in foul trouble early, but his plays looked like they would transfer whereas Parker looked like he was beating up on weaker competition. He just didn't look like he had the explosiveness or craftiness to go HAM at the next level, when Wiggins got going though, that was just poetry in motion. Randle on the other hand, reminded me of Zbo, that kid is going to be great, I'd draft Wiggins, Randle and Exum ahead of Parker (Although that I think a guy whose worst case is a 15, 5 and 5 guy at #4 says something about that draft, and I could see him winning ROY because he looks the most NBA ready)
There is no doubt Wiggins is more gifted than Parker. But the question mark with Wiggins is that he doesn't always go hard. That can be a killer and is virtually impossible to predict if that changes. I'd trade Harden for either guy....unless you're a LeBron type talent having your primary scorer and passer be the same guy's just tough, especially if he likes scoring more than passing.
Also that Embiid kid, he seems to already be more advanced than Andre Drummond (that kid's a great passer, with good recognition of the double for such a young 7 footer), and those arms, my god what is his wingspan. As for trading for Harden? I'd consider Wiggins for Harden if I was rebuilding, certainly not if I'm trying to contend, and no deal under any circumstances for Parker, the guy is the 3rd best primary scoring option in the nba.
Hmm, let's see... 1) Established superstar OR 2) Guy who might become a superstar if everything goes perfect for him REALLY HARD CHOICE GUYS
