re: Let's say you make the Trae/Center move...is trading CJ a "must"?

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I just don't see how a dude who has been the guy everywhere he has been since high school will suddenly be ok being relegated to #2. This isn't 2K

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That's not something that has never happened before though. We've seen this.

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it will take at least one season and some of a second season for that to work.

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Same would go for any other good player that isn't Trae. Plus, I don't see the path where we make enough moves to be a legit title contender next season, so if it takes 1 year to then maximize the team, that's fine.

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And it's not a given that it ever will.

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True

I think being a small market team you have to swing for the fences and get the best guy possible if you can. Sure, it's the "hope for the best" strategy, but again, if we don't get the best player, we're kind of doing the same thing...hoping for the best with a team we know is just not good enough.