This is a thing with tennis players and their slides as well. As someone mentioned in the quotes baseball pitchers and their quest for velocity. This stuff is so hard on the body but it gives them an edge in the game so they're not going to stop. It's a hard problem.

You can make a package where Kyrie goes to Milwaukee, Lopez goes to Dallas, and Middleton to Detroit work. Dallas sheds money this year and gets multiple expiring deals. Milwaukee upgrades and you send picks to Detroit to facilitate.