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

[KillerLeft]

The angle I have on Gobert is that he is the preservation of the cap space. He extends the expiring contracts of J-Rich OR THJ and Johnson. In that scenario you are losing some flexibility because it will require assets to convert those contracts into Gobert but that is much better than holding cap space into the nether world. I would not recommend trading 2-3 of those contracts into lesser players...

I will tell you that I see Gobert as the fantasy piece... I am much more realistic that the player we can acquire is not as good as Gobert and probably not on an expiring deal. The bad news is that IMO the most available player can't be acquired using Richardson without a 3rd team.

I don't follow. 

Gobert expires at the end of this season, just like those guys, and he wants a max deal (that's why people think he's available for trade in the first place).

What's the point of "consolidating" two players who fit with the Mavs into one whose fit is questionable?