August can be described as the month of boredom for serious sports fans. The NFL is in its preseason, college football is right around the corner, MLB is in a lull after the All-Star hype of July and NBA feels like it ended forever ago. But a serious trade woke us up from our August slumber, Tuesday.

The Cavaliers traded Kyrie Irving to the Celtics for Isaiah Thomas, as well as Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and the Nets’ first-round draft pick in 2018. Now, for some sports fans, the biggest question is “Why?” First and foremost, I am a Warriors fan. Therefore, if there is any NBA team that I despise with every inch of me, according to my beliefs and fandom, it’s the Cavs.

The Cavs didn’t have much of a choice. Kyrie Irving requested a trade in June and proper etiquette dictated the request to be honored.

Need more of an explanation? Kyrie Irving is an amazing player, I’ll give him that. But, he lives in the shadow of LeBron James, and he wants to be the number one player – and he can do just that on another team.

So, there is another question we have to discuss. Why are rivals trading all-stars?

We just witnessed the Cavs and Celtics playing in the Eastern Conference Finals and James and Boston have a heated rivalry. Well, the Celtics had the best offer for Irving. And they are getting a lot in return. Irving is three years younger, taller and didn’t finish the season injured.

With the 2018 first-round draft pick from the Nets, the Cavs are better off if “King James” decides to leave the franchise again. Which that move, wouldn’t surprise me.

So, what will happen to the Celtics and Cavs as a result of this trade? Will the Cavs and the Celtics have a chance at beating the Warriors? My biased-self says no.

I will say this, though. With the roster changes, the teams have a better chance than they did last year. But, no, they do not have a good chance at beating the Warriors.