Trade & FA 2024-25:

[Halfnir]

Kidd can find a way to start Klay without playing them three for too long, and that having Klay should reduce Luka/Kyrie minutes to a more sustainable level and help them maintain good health.

I hope this will happen. If they want to start Luka/Kyrie/Klay/PJW/Center for prestige reasons, i guess that after ~4mins Kyrie will come out to be replaced by a defender in Grimes to come back later for Luka. Then in Q2+Q3 try to always have 2 out of Luka/Klay/Kyrie + 2 Defenders out of PJW/Grimes/Marshall/Exum/Omax + 1 Center out of Lively/Gafford/Kleber. Close the game in Q4 with either garbage time unit or whatever it takes to win the game.

I think Klay is still a plus defender in a good defensive system. Not a 1-1 stopper or POA defender, but also not a liability. What would be game changer is when Luka would also be able to bring consistent defensive effort and focus, but i have my doubts about that. Maybe he manages to do so in the "Big3" minutes at least.