Man, some of the mental gymnastics in this thread to justify that mess of a trade...
We're binding ressources, from assets over cap space to chances for young players to grow (among many, many other things) for two years of non-contention, only to let the center piece of that trade walk away for nothing, hurting team continuity in the process. Kyrie Irving is not that much better than Isaiah Thomas.
Green goggles off, that trade had nothing but downside. But hey, at least Pags got his wish of building a team full of former Duke players, so there's that.