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

[Kammrath]

Quick question, are you comfortable throwing 150 mil over 4 years for Gobert. 

I LIKE the Gobert option. It makes a lot of sense. He'd be a great fit. But I don't know if I value said fit that starts at 34 million and only goes up from there. 

Gobert at 25 mil would be great. Gobert at 34 mil would be not so great. 1 contract stops at 30 mil, the other close to 40 mil.

Good question.

I really believe in Gobert's talent as being ELITE and NBA top 15....

....BUT I have concerns about attitude and his fit as a teammate and with RC on a personality level. I just DO NOT know enough about that side of things. The Mavs will have a LOT more intel on that than I do of course. I think if the Mavs do not like Gobert as a target it is NOT because of fit with KP, it is because of off the court and personality stuff. 

So assuming the off the court fit is good, then hell yes, I go full max on him, the same I would have offered Giannis. If he is willing to come for less that is great, but I think he makes that much of an impact on both ends that I am ALL IN........IF the the off the court stuff isn't a stumbling block (and again I just don't know on that). 


I only wanted Vuc at a reduced rate, but Gobert is a whole level way beyond Vuc where he legitimately is worth the max IMO.