I don't see the need to trade either JJ or LA. LA is a good starting PF and JJ is (or, will be) an equally excellent backup up PF/C. We will have a decent first round pick and should draft for our needs and then take our cap space and add 2 or 3 decent players to add veteran depth. That alone should make us a playoff team. Maybe not a top tier team, but playoffs nonetheless.
Yes. Look, first you crawl, then walk, then run. It's a process. It's not very often 3 players like Wade, James & Bosh collude to play together and bestowe a title on some unsuspecting team. First, we collect talent- both quality & quantity (for reasons I don't need to explain). That gets us into the playoffs. Second, we determine how well our talent plays together via time and determine how to make best use of their talents. That gets us past the first round. Third, once we see how far #2 will take us we make the necessary changes to try and imporve upon what has been built. That takes us deep into the playoffs and see what shakes out. For some reason, people seem to think we can snap our fingers and go straight to step 3. That's both foolish and ignorant. Lastly, I'm just not a big fan of trying to build a title team overnight. That project has a lower sucess rate than building a title team step by step over a few years or so. I'd rather be a solid playoff team year in and year out, trying to add that final piece that sends us over the top than to try year after year to hit a grand slam homerun without paying any dues and ending up being all pissed off over grossly unrealistic expectations.
