Their view is: If the whole point of draft picks is to land good players, why wait for a teenager to develop when they can trade him for an established vet that helps them win now?“If fans like to look in the future and say, ‘Hey, I really like that 2031 draft pick, because maybe that seventh-grader is gonna be really good and we’re gonna draft them and one day he’s gonna be a player,’ you ain’t going to like the Phoenix Suns,” Ishbia said. “Because we’re gonna say, ‘Draft picks are to get great players.'”Jones’ recent misfires in the draft — as well as how frequently the Suns’ trades involve draft capital — proved he shared that philosophy long before openly stating it on Wednesday.“I’m not thinking about the seventh-grader in 2031,” Jones said. “We’re talking about elite players who want to win, saying, ‘How can we win today? How can we win tomorrow? How can we win the next 12 months?’ Devin’s not thinking about 2031. Kevin’s not thinking about 2031. Brad, Grayson [Allen], Royce [O’Neale], Eric Gordon, none of our guys are thinking about 2031. They’re thinking about, ‘We fell short of our goal this season. How do we run it back? How do we get better?’”--他的理念是:如果选秀的全部目的是为了得到好的球员,那为什么还要等待一个年轻人的发展,特别是如果可以用签交易到一个成熟的球员,帮助太阳现在就赢球?而你日的笨蛋GM最近几年在选秀大会上的表现也佐证了这点而詹姆斯-琼斯则附和到:我也不会去考虑7年后的首轮,布克、D、比尔、阿伦等人也不会去想,我们想的是今天、明天、未来一年怎么赢球