I think it's the opposite.  I think his impact could be even bigger with Jamal back running the point.  Teams were focused in on jokic with mp and Jamal out, now they can't.  He might not get as high as numbers as he's had.  But his actual impact can only get better with better players on the floor with him.

Can the Lakers afford to deal now that they just extended Lebron for 2 more years and spent 97 million dollars? I think the nets roster is gonna be different next year but i'm not sure if it will be KD or Kyrie that leaves.

The Nuggets manage to clinch in the playoffs last season even though they only have Jokic as their all-star. That shows how efficient and great Jokic is. Well, he got 2 back-to-back MVP's which he deserves right? .

I agree with what you said that his impact will be bigger if Murray and Porter will come back. The problem I see with Porter is his injuries which he already had even though he got drafted. Murray as we all know got injured in one of the final games in the regular season against the Warriors. With them coming back, the burden with Jokic will be lessen and he will have reinforcements to help him. If they will come back, Jokic might turn into a pass-first player instead of a scoring first like what he is doing a few years ago. Let's also take note that in the bubble, they manage to win 2 1-3 deficits against the Jazz and the Clippers so we know that the Nuggets are capable of reaching the Conference Finals or even the Finals. With good role players, I think that they can do it but it will be hard because of how star-studded the Western Conference.

Yeah, if they can stay healthy. These players are also injury-prone. Kawhi has not played for a long time. It will take some time before his body returns to its competitive form again. It is interesting to watch them when they are healthy. Hopefully, they can claim a ring this season now that Kawhi is playing again.

They can if they let go of Westbrook. A big chunk of their budget is getting eaten by Westbrook's contract. So, it will even out if they trade Westbrook to Kyrie.

I do not know if the Nets will ever find a trade for these players. Their asking price is way too high for other teams to afford, unless the other teams are desperate to get Kyrie or Durant. I think these two will remain nets.

Maybe they are interested of Davis, however, I don't think the Lakers would let go of Davis and keep Westbrook, so in short, this trade is not going to happen as they don't agree with the terms. Safe to say that Irving will stay as a Nets and will help the team together with Durant to win a championship.

Maybe they are just waiting for Simmons to improve, their deficiency last season was their defense, and we know that Simmons is a great defensive player, so they would already solve their problem as long as Simmons is healthy which for sure he is next season. They have to be patient, give it a time, Harden is out but they have Simmons who is also a superstar.

Davis and Westbrook both have a problem. Davis is injury prone, while Westbrook is inconsistent, so if they could solve that problem then maybe once again the Lakers will become a championship team. Right now, the top favorites in the past season are struggling, and they are not anymore the favorite to win now.

But Westbrook for Irving? That would not happen, he was even traded by the Wizards because he did not fit in their system, in fact, when he got traded Wizards improved, it not only due to the injury problem, they have a chance to be in the playoffs last season.

That's why that trade is not going to be realized, Nets are giving up big time players whose consistency is still at the highest level, while Westbrook's statistics have significantly dropped since last season.

You can check the difference.
IRVING
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/i/irvinky01.html


WESTBROOK
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/westbru01.html

Problem Lakers have is that they can't really sent Westbrook away for anything, they would have to literally pay to get rid of him and that’s the problem. Any team that has any cap to get Westbrook for cheap (as in Lakers won't get same salary back) would have to own a big chunk of salary space and they would require a lot of money.

So all in all, I have to say that Westbrook will stay, even Irving trade can't happen that way, Lakers could give ALL picks they can, and it would still not work. How could it work? If Lakers had any players, they could tradeaway for picks, they could ask Nets which picks they want, then trade the Lakers player for those picks and add their own picks and add westbrook and MAYBE that could work.