With Kyrie, it is what it is. He's always been meant to be the second fiddle to an elite player above him in the league. Once Lebron, now KD. You don't win a title in this league without a top 7 player and Kyrie did admit this without saying it by joining forces again with a player above him. It's almost impossible to win a 7 game series deep in the playoffs without one. Nets have one and he's on the mend, thats why these guys are here. And it's pretty obvious early in the season that barring major injury that one of the two LA teams likely wins the whole thing based on star talent at the top.

If the Nets don't look like a real playoff team come February I wouldn't even be against sitting Kyrie with a fake injury (make it minor but build it as serious-people would buy it) then tanking for a higher draft pick. At the same time though there is pressure to make the Nets better this year to gain fans and hype.

This season at times is all about next year and finding the right fits around KD for when he finally returns.