You know who would be great with Holiday and Smith?
Andrew Bynum. Smith is a bit of a stretch 4, and elite defensively for the position, Bynum also an elite defender and a flat-out banger. Match made in heaven.
Somebody regrets the Bynum trade.
If opposing GMs are smart, they will make you pay for your mistake. (5 major injuries in the past 6 seasons.)
I wasn't going to offer Bynum to the sixers, they don't have the pieces for him, silly.
I don't regret the Bynum trade at all, other than I'm going to hate the draft Monday and Tuesday.
Had the opportunity to get an elite player to pair next to Kyrie Irving for what was fundamentally a 3rd and 4th round pick. You take that when you get it.
I can understand this.
I had two elite players but they don't play well together so I decided one had to go.
That I got rid of the older player with the obnoxious contract and still was able to pick up a top 4 PG, save $10 million and increase my late 4th rounder to a mid 3rd rounder was a bonus in my eyes, because as you said, I still wanted to add another elite player and was able to. At this stage, when you don't have a top 6-7 pick in the draft, that is huge.