Dion was mentioned in the letter... that letter didn't mean much with regards to roster composition. Once LeBron penned it, he was already married to Cleveland permanently.
We didn't have to make the trade.
Let's not say "Wiggins wouldn't have been as good," we don't know that. Irving has played better under LeBron, than any other person so far. Who saw that coming?
Let's also not say that LeBron wouldn't have returned without Kevin Love -- we don't know that either. Windhorst said we could've drafted Parker and that would've sufficed to satisfy LeBron -- in essence, he wanted someone else who could score the ball... Wiggins has demonstrated, in the first half of the season, that he's more than capable of doing so.
Look... I don't want to find myself arguing over Wiggins/Love at this point. But I also can't abide by weak and illogical arguments about things that are more supposition than fact.
Fact of the matter is that Wiggins is doing some amazing things right now and Kevin Love is going through a really rough patch. I think Wiggins is outperforming anything that either myself, Cosmo, or any of the other Wiggins guys thought. Many of us had him on a slightly higher than Paul George trajectory, which in 3 years, is still better than Kevin Love at his best (yes, PG > Love, and that's not a knock on Love at all). It looks like now, he's greatly exceeding expectations.
With that said, people are evaluating the trade in the vacuum of now, a form of present-bias, where we are discounting what Love can do historically. We're also not taking into account that Love is a big, he's only 26 years old, and he's put up historically good numbers on the offensive side of the floor. His growth projection, barring injury, can only assumed to be on an upward trajectory due to his age, high basketball I.Q., and versatility. He's also, probably like Pau, got another 8-10 years left in the tank due to his non-physical game (far less than Pau actually).
Look, do I think the trade was the best move for the Cavs? I don't know... honestly, if I were the GM, I wouldn't have done it -- I never thought GSW would trade Klay. Beyond that, if you ask me who is better today -- well, if Love weren't injured, it'd be him, without a doubt. But the case for that assumption (and it is an assumption because Love is in fact injured and hasn't had a great season) is looking weaker every day. But, if you asked me in the summer, or even today, who is going to be better in 3-4 years? The answer is Andrew Wiggins.