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

[Winter]

I would rather have Kyrie than these other ideas. Kyrie is way better than he's being given credit for, and the drop off would be way greater than you realize.

Not only this, but there's no good reason to trade Kyrie, and I can think of several reasons not to.

Given what the Mavs have invested in him - the scheme, the relationship to Doncic, his apparently positive impact on younger players, and the relatively short time you've been working him into rotation soup makes me think the Mavs would need to have a clear indication that he wasn't working out here. I don't think you have that. 

I frequently wonder about his long-term health, but pushing a trade for a questionable upgrade just at the moment you're finding out how the optimum Kyrie is going to look is just not very smart I don't think.