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

[StepBackJay]

Gobert only makes sense if you've given up on KP and are about to trade him for a wing.

I guess the other argument is "well you could flip Gobert later," but I have a hard time seeing that being the smart play. You're going to have to use assets in the first place to get Gobert. What player could you get with Gobert that you couldn't get with the assets you traded earlier? Why did the team that actually wanted Gobert not just trade for him earlier?

He's already 28. I think the best years will be behind him. This contract he just got off of was a good number and you got him in his prime. The next contract will be one the team regrets when they can't get over the hump and he just keeps getting older. I would be surprised if he gets the max actually. I think the number he's at might get extended for a few years.

Right now salary-wise he is just under Drummond and right above Horford and Vucevic. Drummond is clearly overpaid and won't get that type of deal again. I don't know that Gobert can get into the KAT/Embed level which is only slightly higher than where he's at now $$$-wise despite him being more of a 1-dimensional player. I could see like a 4 year deal like Horford's that's 100 mil but the last year isn't fully guaranteed.