You can "think" & "have feelings" all you want. It doesn't change our FA history. Players as good as Wall & Bledsoe have never come to Sacramento in free agency (even during the golden era). Our plan to become a top team in the West should not only RELY on us getting that 2nd star through free agency. That's a fool's path knowing our current situation and history.
I'm not saying it can't happen, but this is the problem many posters here have a hard time understanding. They are overly optimistic about our chances to sign a top notch FA and thus are fine with us making the playoffs and losing our pick. The reality is that we are far less likely to sign this caliber of player than not. We're never going to be a contender if we don't add at least another great talent next to Cousins. If our ONLY hope is FA to find said player, you're lowering the odds. If you keep the pick this year, you give yourself the opportunity at getting that 2nd star by either developing the draft pick/trading the draft pick OR signing one in free agency. Losing the pick entirely makes us completely reliant on free agency to find that player, and that's not a situation any of us would like to be in.
If you the draft pick develops into a star or if you trade it for a star, you suddenly have a top 10 player and another star. I think at that point, you can be more optimistic about us signing good FAs considering a Cousins & star combo will probably end up being a 50 win team. That's when the rep will change and you might be able to snag a 3rd star to make this team a legit championship contender. Getting there won't be easy, but it's much easier to get there if we keep our 1st this year. For example, if we keep the pick, we could attempt to use it in a package for some star level players that might be available depending on the state of the team: Bledsoe (27), Butler (27), George (26), Conley (29), Lillard (26), McCollum (25)