2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[F Gump]

About Gobert as a trade target, there are 2 ways to look at that
1 He doesn't look so interesting to Mavs and their fans now, when the Mavs exploit him in the playoffs, or
2 The Mavs are doing a great job of lowering the price (and removing the competition) to get him.

I think the Mavs offer would have to be THJ + Powell, with the expectation that you are doing the same thing for Utah that the Wiz did for Dallas in trading for KP -- you are turning one big problematic contract into 2 smaller, usable, easier-to-handle ones on players you can use. Given the massive size of the salary at the end of the deal, I'm not sure you would (or should) offer more than that.

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So I think the real question is what is the max other teams can pay him.  I believe that is 4/130?

I really don't think its going to cost 25-26.  He just had two great playoff games, but they were against a terrible perimeter defense.  At the end of the day, he is an undersized secondary playmaker who scores 16 a game and has average defense at best.  That is just not the kind of guy teams offer the max to.  My guess would be 4 for 80 or 90.  

If they go on a long playoff run, and he plays like this against teams like the Suns, then we can start talking about 25+

This ^ is smart analysis.