>if you have a top 3 talent, guaranteed 50-win / couple pieces
>away from a contender player, it shouldn't be a situation
>where dealing that asset nets you primarily cap savings and
>people call that a reasonable trade. that's fucked up.
>that's broken. and they need to tweak things to fix it.

Let's start here:

1. Show me all the teams with really good players on them, the kind of players and assets that you would consider valuable enough to warrant trading Dwight for.

2. Those teams are pretty much ALL playoff teams. So, lets weed out all the ones that are willing to gut their team to land Dwight. Then, let's look at the ones that are willing to GAMBLE on him resigning.

Who's on THAT list?

3. You really don't consider the front office and their vision at all.

So, if you have the following choices:

-Trade him for financial flexibility and the ability to start from scratch?

OR

-Field a middling team that will be a low playoff seed, little to no financial, and no REAL shot at gaining ground on being a legit title contender?

Scratch is a no brainer. Instead of being forced to work on the fly in a situation that all but promises mediocrity, why wouldn't the obvious choice be to start all over and have a clean slate?