EXTENSION: Gobert signs 5yr/$205M w/ UTA | DAL "significant interest" if available

[Kammrath]

I can just imagine KP getting abused in the PNR every game like Lillard did to him in the bubble. Maybe he wouldn't have gone off for 61 with Gobert at the rim, but I still don't think it would have been pretty.

What happened to KP in the playoffs is the exact thing that happened to Gobert. 

KP was one of the only good things going for the Mavs defense this year, so pulling him to the perimeter and blowing past him left the middle completely open (layup line). This is what opposing teams have done with Gobert in the playoffs. The solution is not to get rid of Gobert or KP (they aren't the problem IMO), but to build a better TEAM defense around them. Now you don't HAVE to do that with another big, but I am suggesting there is no reason you can't do it with another big. 

As long as the Mavs have KP they will be weakened when he is switched onto a Lillard type on the perimeter, so the Mavs can either shore up the help BEHIND KP (see Gobert as an example) OR they can move on from KP. 

Again, my argument is that KP+Gobert on D would NOT weaken the other, it would HELP the other drastically in fact.