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

[KillerLeft]

But playing two bigs is a tried and true thing that has worked many different times throughout NBA history. So putting two elite bigs next to each other is not only NOT crazy it could be REALLY smart (especially when one of them, KP, is the BEST floor spacing big in the game). No bigs has also been tried and worked to a certain extent. One big has tried and is the current FAD.

I'll concede all of this. I agree with every word. 

Your use of "fad" is somewhat accurate, and I get where you're coming from with that. I just get the feeling you believe it's arbitrarily popular right now, and not a reaction to anything else going on. I don't see it that way. I see it as a logical step to counter the drastically different spacing teams throw out there successfully nowadays. I think playing two bigs kind of plays right into their hands. 

Is there a big out there who makes this approach NOT help a team trying to space you out? Yes, of course, I agree. For my speculation, that's Giannis. 7', long, and really fast and athletic. I, personally, don't put Gobert in that category. You do, and that's fine. What I'm struggling with is the idea that just because Gobert is really good (let's say top 8, like you think) then it MUST make sense that he'd work with KP. 

I just think fit and synergy are real things caused by real on-court problem solving, not caused by "perceptions."