I personally don't like the idea. Now, I'm not an NBA GM and until McNair has a few seasons to turn the team around, I'll put my confidence in his abilities as a GM, so if he does it, I'm not mad contingent upon the return. But I don't know what the goal would be with that. Try to make the playoffs and end the drought just to be eliminated by the first round?
I say use the pick and let your last four lottery picks age 23 and under try to get better and build a competitive team. Yes, this requires Fox, Hali, Bagley (yes, Bagley), and pick 9 to make developmental leaps. But this team doesn't even have an all star. There are only a handful of vets who have the influence to take a team like that and make them a playoff team.