In trying to rationalize this, we should be better this year with a healthy Kyrie over a potentially hobbled IT. Losing Crowder hurts and the BKN pick is borderline devastating, but that piece wasn't going to help us THIS year.
If Danny was never going to re-sign IT to a long term contract, then you can basically look at it as Crowder, Zizic, and the BKN pick for Kyrie.
Looking at this deal like we are upgrading from IT to Irving this year and turning the BKN pick into Irving in the future makes it more palatable, but I still can't believe Danny was the only GM who paid a 'fair' market price for his recently acquired superstar.