No. The last time an L.A. team traded their team captain off, they didn't last long enough in the playoffs and got the worst record the season after.
I'm referring to the 2004 L.A. Dodgers, when it traded off Paul LoDuca. It's already sad that when the Dodgers were finally gelling in chemistry, Frank McCourt (a Red Sox fan) dismantled that team and sent Dave Roberts to the Red Sox.
Please, for the love of God, The City of Angels, the late Jack Kent Cooke, and the Los Angeles Kings, keep Dustin Brown and the chemistry the team has intact!
Also, I intend to add this: when the NY sports media were calling to trade Mariano Rivera, Ramiro Mendoza, Bernie Williams, and other homegrown players for aging stars, guess what the Yankees did? They kept them. How did the homegrown players reward the team? A
DYNASTY and a Three-peat: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000.
To elaborate: keep Dustin Brown, let alone the team as it is, and he shall reward the front office by leading the team to reach and achieve the same goal as the 90s Yankees did.