KI4MVP
formerly LJ4MVP
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Kyrie Irving was practically handed to us because the Clippers undervalued their lottery pick. Now imagine where we would be if we didn't make that trade. We'd be sitting here with only Tristan Thompson. What a utterly insufferable existence in which we would exist.
when we made that trade, we were cleaning house of guys who lacked the heart to play without LeBron. We traded a sulking Mo Williams and got an unprotected lottery pick. Last year we traded an expiring Ramon sessions and not only got a 1st round pick last year, we got the right to trade up what is likely to be the last pick in the first round to what may very well be a mid first round pick this year.
We aren't talking about a sulking Mo Williams and we aren't talking about a backup PG. We're talking about a center putting up 15/15. If we didn't have Kyrie, then by all means trade Andy and get all that you can for him because we'd be a team that is still waiting to luck into their franchise player. But we have our franchise player, and Andy makes an incredibly good start in building a team around him. He's not just important for what he brings on the court, but also for the example he sets for our young bigs.