These are the type of moments Masai Ujiri lives for. The chance to make bold, but calculated, plays. To swing for the fences knowing that if it doesn’t work you’re still in position to smash a double off the wall.
This is also one of the reasons Ujiri teams generally eschew the tank - when stars who could completely change the trajectory of your franchise come available, Masai, Bobby Wesbter and Co. like to have the infrastructure and the right-now talent to make a play for them.
Enter Damian Lillard.
Yes, Dame has said he wants to play in Miami.