He doesn’t help its weaknesses, but he does amplify its strengths.
Remember back about three weeks ago when we all went crazy over the D’Angelo Russell/Brook Lopez trade? It seemed like a huge move at the time, one that would be a highlight of and graciously usher us into NBA free agency.
The latter turned out to be more true, as free agency exploded with teams stockpiling stars in an attempt to dethrone the evidently unconquerable Golden State Warriors. Building a superteam, however, was not on the mind of GM Sean Marks when he made this deal.