re: Jrue was damaged goods, Benson gets $3 million to throw on the pile

he quit on the team after the all star break?
not buying it

holidays decline was blamed on overuse/fatigue at the time, as I recall. There were some observers even advocating to shut him down over the last 20 games or so

water under the bridge now
as I said I would have leapt at the trade if it was #6 straight up
that's an acceptable risk