The only reason I can see substance to this Twitter following is that it coincides with the time that the owners/players seem to have made significant progress in establishing the parameters for next season. Both owners would be specificially interested in the luxury tax situation. So it could be that the two owners said: if this becomes official, then we do this deal.
As for the deal itself. I think it would indeed be Gobert and Conley. The Jazz probably made the decision to pay Clarkson/Mudiay, because the team played better without Conley for the most part. They are much more age-compatible with their star player, too. So why bother to drag it out another season and pay a truckload in salaries. Therefore a salary reduction must be in the cards for the Jazz.
The Jazz have genereally proven to be very proactive, when making decisions about players, so it´s very possible they have already decicded the fate of Gobert. Furthermore there is the possibility that the Gobert - Mitchell+teammates COVID incident is still lingering over the locker room. Maybe the Jazz owners held a private meeting saying: Okay you all shut up about this, play hard, and then we will find a solution in the summer that satisfies all parties involved.
From the Mavs POV, if you are moving all in for Gobert you might as well grab the PG the Mavs always fancied. Also you´ll probably be able to re-sign him for cheap as a veteran next summer.
Now we need a trade. Given that $60M are coming in (Gobert/Conley), it´s almost the whole team anyway. General thoughts:
DFS is not involved. He´s the only SF on our team. Utah has O´Neale, Bogdanovic and Ingles. So no need to press for him either.
Mavs also insist on keeping Curry+Kleber.
THJ has to be in this for the money and he won´t be re-directed either. He has proven fairly useful off the ball.
Justin Jackson will be in this to make the money work. Neither team cares. He´s expiring.
Maybe the Mavs will use their $6M and re-direct Jackson to a team with capspace. Got it. Jackson/Boban/$6M in cash to the Hornets.
Utah will be very thin in the front court, so they´ll probably not be as repulsed by the idea of keeping Powell as a veteran back-up PF/C. On the other hand Powell has the bad injury and his contract is a year longer than that of Wright. I´d say it´s 50/50 what the Jazz decide, but I already have a deal for Wright in mind, so they Powell.
That deal will ultimately cost the Mavs Brunson as a dealmaker. Brunson,Wright will go to Detroit for Khyri Thomas.
So the full deal woud be
To Dallas
Gobert
Conley
Thomas
To Utah
THJ
Powell
#18 pick
future 1st round pick (top 6 protected)
To Charlotte
Jackson
Boban
$6M in cash
To Detroit
Brunson
Wright
If you moved that many chips into the middle, you can´t even stop there. You got to pay the full MLE. Probably has to be a perimeter defender, although you probably still need another shot-creator and shot-maker. You get Gallo you probably have to do it, otherwise Dunn makes a lot of sense.
New Mavs roster:
Doncic/Conley/JJB
Curry/Lee/Thomas
DFS/Gallo/X
Porzingis/Kleber/MKG
Gobert/WCS/X
The positional/starting situation between Conley and Curry would be pretty fluid. Given how BIG the roster already is and how questionable the depth at guard (JJB/Lee/Thomas), you probably fill the two remaining roster spots with guards.
Oh and yeah you know how boring this off-season has become to make such a long-ass post based on a social media following.
As for the deal itself. I think it would indeed be Gobert and Conley. The Jazz probably made the decision to pay Clarkson/Mudiay, because the team played better without Conley for the most part. They are much more age-compatible with their star player, too. So why bother to drag it out another season and pay a truckload in salaries. Therefore a salary reduction must be in the cards for the Jazz.
The Jazz have genereally proven to be very proactive, when making decisions about players, so it´s very possible they have already decicded the fate of Gobert. Furthermore there is the possibility that the Gobert - Mitchell+teammates COVID incident is still lingering over the locker room. Maybe the Jazz owners held a private meeting saying: Okay you all shut up about this, play hard, and then we will find a solution in the summer that satisfies all parties involved.
From the Mavs POV, if you are moving all in for Gobert you might as well grab the PG the Mavs always fancied. Also you´ll probably be able to re-sign him for cheap as a veteran next summer.
Now we need a trade. Given that $60M are coming in (Gobert/Conley), it´s almost the whole team anyway. General thoughts:
DFS is not involved. He´s the only SF on our team. Utah has O´Neale, Bogdanovic and Ingles. So no need to press for him either.
Mavs also insist on keeping Curry+Kleber.
THJ has to be in this for the money and he won´t be re-directed either. He has proven fairly useful off the ball.
Justin Jackson will be in this to make the money work. Neither team cares. He´s expiring.
Maybe the Mavs will use their $6M and re-direct Jackson to a team with capspace. Got it. Jackson/Boban/$6M in cash to the Hornets.
Utah will be very thin in the front court, so they´ll probably not be as repulsed by the idea of keeping Powell as a veteran back-up PF/C. On the other hand Powell has the bad injury and his contract is a year longer than that of Wright. I´d say it´s 50/50 what the Jazz decide, but I already have a deal for Wright in mind, so they Powell.
That deal will ultimately cost the Mavs Brunson as a dealmaker. Brunson,Wright will go to Detroit for Khyri Thomas.
So the full deal woud be
To Dallas
Gobert
Conley
Thomas
To Utah
THJ
Powell
#18 pick
future 1st round pick (top 6 protected)
To Charlotte
Jackson
Boban
$6M in cash
To Detroit
Brunson
Wright
If you moved that many chips into the middle, you can´t even stop there. You got to pay the full MLE. Probably has to be a perimeter defender, although you probably still need another shot-creator and shot-maker. You get Gallo you probably have to do it, otherwise Dunn makes a lot of sense.
New Mavs roster:
Doncic/Conley/JJB
Curry/Lee/Thomas
DFS/Gallo/X
Porzingis/Kleber/MKG
Gobert/WCS/X
The positional/starting situation between Conley and Curry would be pretty fluid. Given how BIG the roster already is and how questionable the depth at guard (JJB/Lee/Thomas), you probably fill the two remaining roster spots with guards.
Oh and yeah you know how boring this off-season has become to make such a long-ass post based on a social media following.