Rozier and #27 to Cleveland for #8? Throw in the Clippers pick if you really have to? Is Bamba worth it?
Whose the backup PG if you do this and Smart walks, zero forethought....
The team does not need to play a point guard that is a primary creator going forward. We need someone who can contain point guards and hopefully can handle switches on bigger players. On offense, they need to make their shots, but they don't need to be a traditional point.
Hayward is coming back and he's a better decision maker than Rozier or Smart. Tatum and Brown aren't so inexperienced any more either. We don't need another point to run the offense next year. Our wings can run the offense from here when Kyrie goes to the bench.
Rozier did great last year and is a good defender, but he got isolated a lot in the playoffs by great players, and it was a problem. Smart fits the bill on defense, but he is a terrible offensive player. We needed those two guys to be primary ball handlers when Kyrie was not on the court because we didn't have wings that were ready to run the offense.
I'm in favor of moving on from Smart and Rozier. We don't need to put a player on the floor any more that causes a compromise to our offense or our defense(with the exception of Kyrie, whose obviously worth it). Let's go get Jackson or Carter for the long run, and we can look for a bigger guard who is a good athlete as a role player to serve as a sub for Kyrie.