Imagine, for a moment, that you own a super-loaded truck (and that you are the particular type of person who enjoys such things). Yet one day, you stumble across a sports car for sale -- a newer model from an unproven company, sure, but there's no denying the benefits of such sleek design and luxurious accessories. And the kicker? If you trade in your beioved truck, the one that got you here in the first place, the sports car won't cost you a penny.
What would you do?
This is the proposition that faces the Boston Celtics in the nascent (though not without a semblance of grounding) discussion of whether they should trade their utilitarian young point guard, Marcus Smart, for the newer and sleeker edition currently covered in purple and gold, the Los Angeles Lakers' D'Angelo Russell.