I've always been told, if you have a true opportunity to add a bonafide star that is ALSO in a position of need, you don't hesitate for one second. I mean, who wouldn't want to see the Irving/Milsap/Jokic tandem, right? It would be a full on offensive display every single night that I'm not even sure GS or Houston could out perform over the course of an entire season.

As exciting as that would be NOW, it could be detrimental to our chances of competing in the future. A future that doesn't include the Warriors being the King(s) of the Hill. Even if we added Irving for nothing of true value, trading away our hot garbage that we're so fast to include into any deal, we still wouldn't come close to overtaking a Warriors team with two of the top five players in the league.

Here's my take. Jamal Murray's ceiling is just as high, if not HIGHER than that of Kyrie Irving's and let's admit it, it's going to take Murray in any trade scenario to get this deal done. Why sacrifice the greater of talents just to compete sooner against one of the best teams ever assembled when you could prepare for the post GS era? It's just not a logical gamble. Years from now when the Warriors are descending back into the middle of the pack, the Nuggets will be rising with key players all entering there primes at once. Be patient and developthe young guns, then in the future make one more big splash in free agency to add that final piece to the puzzle. Imagine if we did exactly what the Warriors did: Draft and develop the core, then add a player of Kevin Durant's value. We would be atop the conference for several years

So let me repeat; Do NOT trade for Kyrie Irving if means involving Jamal Murray. If miraculously we can offer a better deal than any other team without offering Murray, then you go get that man at any cost. For now, keep building around your young foundation and prepare for a future for the league that has no true force that's quite like these Warriors. I'm very optimistic about the future of the Nuggets and I fully believe in TC's version of The Process.