No...Just keep Brown. Things can be repaired with $70 mill a season extension. It is a business. Get over it.
But here's the thing if you give JB that extension. You are paying a guy max money that is going to tire your hands on what you can do in terms of the players you can put around the 2. This new CBA sucks for us(although I like the reason it's there) and we have to build around that type of system that allows us to have a team of capable players, not 2 guys and scrubs.
PP is going to want to get paid.
I think JB's contract and age is what is limiting our options on trade deals.
JT has a number of good years ahead of him yet, so I'd be ok with trading JB for good picks that can either be used to get some guys or used to land some lesser paid upgrades.
I'm ok if the team punts this next year if there's a plan to really get us back to the top the following season. We don't have to not trade becasue we're not getting close enough value in the now for JB.