Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

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KL, I understand your general point, and respect your opinion on what's ahead (even though I have my doubts on its accuracy). But I disagree with your claimed ability to predict the future opinions of the rest of us, and base it on the reliability of your predictions of what will happen with the Mavs from now until the end of the decade. There's a lot you are certain about, way beyond Kyrie, all of which has to happen in order to disillusion the entirety of Mavs fandom. I think that's way too arrogant - no one is that insightful.

I actually think there's a real possibility that the Kyrie trade may one day be seen as the trade that changed the entire direction of the franchise for the next decade or more, in a good way. If you had a superstar starting to lose hope, and fans too, would you invest a single future asset that may (or may not) be desirable way on down the line, to remove that black cloud and offer hope? The Brunson fiasco really took the legs right out from under this team that was just about to be a force, with only needing to add a piece or two. 

This franchise looked dead, even with Luka. How do you change that, and quickly?

The gravity of a 2nd star player, properly integrated into the mix, offers something game-changing. Just put some defense and toughness around those offensive 2 stars, and I think it can be a completely different world. We'll see.