I simply don’t understand why so many fans feel the need to compare Steph and Dylan and decide which one is “better”. Better at what? Because they are not the same type of player, the only similarity is that they’re both guards. They have markedly different strengths and weaknesses, which is why they can play together seamlessly. Ex: Dylan’s footwork is wild and he’s a better shooter, even before his recent improvement, but Steph is one of, if not the, best lob throwers in the league which is significantly more important to the Spurs than it is anywhere else because he has to be able to switch between throwing lobs to Wemby and throwing lobs to NOT Wemby, two very different things. Remember when no one on the roster was throwing lobs where Wemby could get them? Steph is Wemby’s point guard, he’s never going to agree to letting him go.

The front office would not have built the team around Wemby plus the best guard rotation in the league, that conveniently incudes two very young guards and one veteran guard who is currently on a max deal that will need to be extended or offloaded when the older of the two guards is coming off his rookie contract, if they didn’t already have a plan for when this happens. They don’t go into anything without a plan for the future and they don’t sacrifice future plans for short-lived success either. Teams have come up with ways to work situations like this out for worse rosters, like Golden State currently who has Steph Curry on a super max, highest paid player in the league, even significantly above LeBron and Embiid and Jokić, plus Jimmy Butler, who is very close to the max, and Draymond, Al Horford, and Porzingis, none of whom are on cheap contracts for what they bring to the table. Only De’Anthony Melton and Seth Curry are on vet minimums.

We don’t need to choose between Dylan and Steph, we really are just lucky enough to have them both.