It's not like we're condemning IT to death here.
We're asking him to possibly come off the bench, and be a star doing it! He'll immediately be in the running for 6th man of the year. His position on the C's will be greatly solidified, and possibly for years to come.
I don't want to trade IT, (unless the trade is too good to pass up, like everyone else) I want to utilize everyone as best as we can, in order to win.
I think we all respect, and really enjoy his game. If we had no other option at PG (like the 76ers) this conversation would be over.