The prospect of a star at #3 are so incredibly small that's a ridiculous gamble. Much more likely one of our young guys makes big leaps and becomes a star.
Trading the best player because he's not quite good enough and somehow continuing to hope that another draft pick is a superstar is an exercise in futility. Build a really good team, become a top 4 team in the west, and hope either one guy takes off or a few events go in your favor
The only players on the team that could take the leap and lead this team are Dante and/or Hood, maybe Lyles. We know how good Hayward and Favors are at this point. No leaps are coming there. Rudy is a defensive star, could wind up being DPOTY at some point. But I don't know if he'll ever reach the same level on offense. Burks just hasn't been healthy. So let's say Exum, for instance becomes that star. I think he could. Paying Hayward still leads to problems. Hayward, Gobert and Favors all get paid before Exum. Do you then pay Exum what is probably the 4th max or near max contract on the team? How do you build from there?