The obvious, easy, logical KD trade not being discussed ....

[KillerLeft]

You've expressed valid concerns - and that AD is not the right answer .... but you didn't answer your own question. If AD is not the answer, then you can make him expendable to some team who needs his skill set (because he is indeed highly talented) -- in which case, who are players you see that might be worth chasing?

The idea that Nico would be too doltish to do anything is not a real answer. Hopefully Nico is shown the door, to open up avenues to exploring ways to move forward.

I would very much like the answer to what I've been asking since the trade: "What is the PLAN on offense?" If/when there IS one, and if/when said plan is revealed to us, THEN I'll happily offer my opinion on how to best go about getting there. 

If you're asking what I, KL, would do, that's fairly irrelevant, but I'd jump into finding a pick and roll ball-handler to replace Luka with everything at my disposal. It would be tough, and they're not going to get someone as great as Luka, obviously, but it's not a super rare animal in the sport these days. Can they find someone at the Brunson/Haliburton level whose team would consider moving him? Probably not, so I'd go to the next tier down, and so on. Whatever level of player you land on, it would unquestionably require inclusion of either Lively or Gafford to get them, in which case Davis might actually start to look more like "the answer" on the resulting team. 

I don't really entertain the thought that Davis will be moved, whether or not a GM change is made, although I'd never have imagined the Luka deal we just saw, either, so...