oh no! You should have quit while you changed the narrative to there are so many players that could go 3-5. Now you are really really reaching with that comparison. You already admitted you dont see a realistic scenario for Jones to go top 4. You said you had little confidence it would happen. Jones is not a great prospect. He is not getting any taller, explosive or faster or more athletic between now and draft night. He is under sized and projects to be a role player who is probably going to spend significant time as backup PG, who could also start if a team is lacking talent at PG. Those guys never go top 5 because teams dont view that type of player as worthy of a high lottery pick. No one is saying the guy is trash but I have not seen one reputable site or basketball analyst say he is worthy of a top 4 pick. It is not going to happen because we pretty much know who he is. Solid college player, who will have to carve out a role as a rotational player, but teams look for projected all star talent in the top 4. He wont be taken there, plain and simple.
First of all, I didn't change the narrative...that's been my narrative for like 3+ months now, lol.
Secondly, I do think Jones could play his way into a top-5 pick depending on how the rest of the season goes. If he shows some scoring pop in the tournament while guys like Morant and Langford are sitting on their couches at home, he has lots of room to rise...if not, he'll probably end up going somewhere in the 15-25 range.
Also don't get the knocks on his physique. He's got a great frame for a kid who just turned 19, and he has solid positional size at 6'3". Plenty of PGs with similar or worse physical tools have been All-Stars in recent years. If he fails to reach his ceiling it'll probably be because he never develops a respectable jumpshot, not because of a lack of athleticism.