2021-2022 AROUND the NBA: GSW Champs [ARCHIVED]

[SleepingHero]

That´s true. Play-off underachiever, but the discussion of always laying the blame on the star player is just stupid. Nurse is simply a much better overall coach than Casey and yes Kawhi is a better player than DeRozan. Well a healthy Kawhi is arguably the best player in the league. Even he was a lucky triple bounce away from losing in the 2nd (or 3rd?) round and the whole perception of DeRozan changes based on that.

It´s the same discussion people are just having about Gobert. Gobert is not the problem in Utah. Are you telling me the reason the Jazz can´t play the most dominant rim-protector in the game, cause Draymond and Ayton can stretch and force him off the floor. Well be my guest and have Draymond/Ayton shoot threes and mid-range all day. Also this myth that he´s an offensive liability. The guy averages 16 PPG. That´s nearly as much as our precious Unicorn. It´s not like he´s a complete non-factor, just because he doesn´t shoot threes.

Okay the Clippers had Marcus Morris at C to drag Gobert, but Morris ultimately shot 33% from three. I think the 48%+ that roleplayers like Kennard, Jackson, Mann and Batum shot were a much bigger factor and that´s not on Gobert.

....but I think Utha knows that, too. And as a small market team you don´t give away a top 25 player in the game.

You pretty much nailed my thoughts. Gobert is good enough that he can force the other team to match his size or die in the paint. 

With that said, the reason why the Warriors or Clippers or Phoenix eat Gobert alive is because they constantly put him in switches. Over and over they attack his lateral movement. Despite this, Gobert more often than not recovers and makes a great play, and it's his teammates failing to rotate or making a mistake that cause them to score. 

I have 2 main issues when it comes to Gobert. First is by getting him, we're locking ourselves into a style of play, much like Porzingis. We can't just sit our 35 mil guy. Gobert's style just so happens to fit with Luka MUCH better than KP, but he comes with his own downsides of not being able to space the floor. 

Second one is,  what happens 2 years from now and Gobert has 2 years remaining (at 44 and 46.5 mil) on his deal and he's just turned 32? Can we honestly say he'll still be as effective on switches? Will he even be the same player? THATS why Gobert as an asset is terrifying. He's a fantastic player that's paid double what he's worth.  


Wrapping it all up, there is no way in hell Utah ever trades Gobert. We're lulling ourselves into a fantasy here. He's 1B in terms of why they win so much. They are currently ahead of us in the standings (though not by much). The only way UTA trades Gobert is if he specifically asks out along with Donovan and they go into full rebuild mode. And at that point UTA would be looking for multiple FRP.