« Reply #4017 on: April 21, 2022, 10:28:18 PM »
In other news Luka is not playing for Dallas, but the Mavs are up 10 just into the start of the 2nd quarter.
Kudos to Dallas but I feel this says more about the Jazz than anything else. If the Jazz lose this series I expect real changes for them this offseason
I was honestly surprised they didn't trade Gobert last summer after his tiff with Mitchell and their under performance in the playoffs the last few years. Team seems tapped out even if they beat a Luka-less Dallas. Aside from moving Gobert I'm not sure what they can do and I'm not sure there is a going to be a huge market for Gobert.
Yeah they gave him a 5/205M contract extension lol
Honestly if Donovan Mitchell wants to demand a trade to Boston to team up with Jaylen and co. then I’d be down!
That is a ton of money, would they do some sort of dump for Wall. I think he could fill a lot of what Conley. So Wall and a couple of Houston's 1st's for Gobert. Not sure that makes a lot of sense for either team, but I really don't know what Gobert's market will be and perhaps Utah's best approach is clearing the cap in the summer of 2023 to try and lure someone to play with Mitchell then.
Maybe try and make a deal with the Lakers involving Westbrook? Something using that framework. I know LAL has AD but that gives them a great front court and Gobert is another great defender
I don't think Westbrook makes sense at all in Utah. He isn't a good fit and the Lakers don't have any other assets (aside from those way in the future picks) to trade. Houston has so many draft picks and Wall fits better on their roster, that is why I thought a trade there would make sense, though obviously Gobert doesn't exactly fit Houston's timeline, I think they could hold onto him until they find a trade down the line and I do think his defense would make sense on a young team (he also isn't going to affect their tanking all that much).

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Starters - Luka, JB, Lebron, Wemby, Shaq
Rotation - D. Daniels, Mitchell, G. Wallace, Melo, Noah
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