Toronto GM faced a similar situation in 2013 when he moved Rudy Gay to Sacramento for a very uninspiring group of backups that somehow helped the Raptors blossom and set them on the path to a title five years later.
If it doesn’t work? Well, Ujiri was quite willing after the Gay trade to go much further if he had to. If any bits coming back now don’t look promising for the future, he and Bobby Webster will have the full summer — and a much deeper pool of trade partners — to continue what they begin in the next seven days.
I don’t know for sure if that’s how Ujiri and Webster are thinking. They aren’t about to share their innermost thoughts even in private conversations and heaven knows we all tried during this road trip. But I do think they’re smart enough to know that the process of changing the direction and the look of this team may take some time, many different steps and a move that may not seem inspiring right now could very well be the most necessary first step.
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