HALLELUKA: Luka Clinches All-NBA 1st team. 4th in 5 years

[mvossman]

Also pretty important to note that we were in the West finals with that not working Doncic/Brunson backcourt , that Irving is either a flight risk or he costs $25M of additional cap annually compared to Brunson..... plus DFS, Dinwiddie, an unprotected future 1st, and two 2nd round picks are gone.

Most great teams have players that sacrifice some of their own stats for the success of the team. That´s usually what makes a dynasty. That players like Klay Thompson, Manu Ginobili or Toni Kukoc put their invididual stats 2nd for the team winning.

You know what they expect in return?

For the owner to recognize it, value them and pay them accordingly.

Both can be true.  Kyrie is probably a better backcourt fit with Luka offensively than Brunson (because he is a better off ball player than either Luka or Brunson) and we would be better off with Brunson, Dorian, Dinwiddie (playing 6th man) and our unprotected first than the wildcard that is Kyrie.  I did not read the OP suggesting we are better off letting Brunson walk because now we have Kyrie.