I hope not.
Really? So what's your genius alternate plan? Please fill me in.
When was the last time that a team who's best player was 6' 3" won a championship?
Plus, he could not even make it through last season.
Is that an argument for letting the 6'3" player walk, or an argument for getting even better players than Kyrie?
I would love to know what the backup plan is here.
I don't know either. I'm not Irving's biggest fan and have real concerns about giving him a 5 year max, but I've consistently said Boston has to offer it to him and the only way I'd trade Irving this year is if he said he was thinking about leaving or wasn't fully committed. At this point, Irving has now said the right thing so you can't move him and if he changes his mind and leaves next summer, so be it, you gave it your best shot (and I don't think it is entirely out of the realm of possibility that Irving leaves next summer, like say if Durant goes to NY or BKN, Irving might join him type situation).
I do think Boston should trade Rozier or Smart though, because there is no reasonable way to keep both of them. Just too much salary to use on back-up PG's.