05-02-2022, 04:11 PM
(05-02-2022, 03:36 PM)cow Wrote: Not that I love Gobert but I'd have done THJ, Bertans and '22.
That's about how I see it, but imo the details a bit different.
You can't play Gobert and Powell at the same time. And Powell will still be getting about $11M for a year (so you won't just mothball him) and also will have an expiring contract (which adds value to Utah to include him within the match). And if Gobert is being moved, Utah will have an opening for a playable C.
In light of all that, Powell would undoubtedly end up in any Gobert-to-Dallas deal.
What the other matching salary might look like (perhaps THJ, or Bertans-Brown, or something else that's likely to be about 18-22M total) would remain to be seen. I think THJ has the most value to Utah of the possibilities I would consider, but who knows.