Their record is clearly better with him of the court, he's never won shit without LeBron, and you have a superstar in waiting on your team already in Tatum.
Give Hayward another off-season to recover and he's also an all star. Brown is also on the cusp of being an all star. And you still have a shit ton of assets to potentially go trade for someone down the road, much like Philly did.
Kyrie is a diva. He's injury prone. He also may make this discussion moot in the off-season when he bolts.
Wow, I couldn't disagree more. Maybe Hayward recovers - but I wouldn't bet on a 29-year old with a broken ankle who looked as washed up as he has to all of a sudden be back at his peak. Even without the injury this would be his decline phase.
Tatum is so overhyped at this point, but if you look at his numbers, he has been wholly average this year, and worse than in his rookie season more or less across the board.
And I honestly don't know how you can look at Brown and see "star potential".
Oh, and the shit ton of assets is not really that great at this point - their value is much lower than what it was a year ago, particularly in a weak draft.
Kyrie is a fool, but he's by far the best player on that team.
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