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Originally Posted by KevB
You're making an assumption that Wiggins will be an elite defender. We don't know that yet. He's talented, he seems to care about that end of the floor and he'll probably be pretty good. But it's not proven yet. He's skinny and not particularly physical yet. He's quick and can leap, but that doesn't equal elite defender just yet.
I get what you're saying, and there's merit to it. He helps on D, he costs less than Love and gives you some overlap (at least on D) with LeBron. But I'd take my chances I could find those traits elsewhere and go grab the 25 and 13 guy 10 out of 10 times to pair with LeBron and Kyrie. Wiggins takes some pressure off LeBron on D, but Love takes that much or more pressure of LeBron on the offensive end.
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That's why you could make the argument they'd be better off with LeBron/Wiggins/Love, and trade Irving away. That won't happen though. Wiggins would be a great compliment to LeBron. I think they could develop into a nice duo.
However, they might very well need another good frontcourt player if they want to win a title.