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

[Mavsfan12]

Are you really that confident that if RC was given this choice to have on his team...

1) Dwight Powell

OR

2) Rudy Gobert

...he would choose Dwight?


He LOVES Dwight, but I would be stunned and in complete shock if he were to pass on such a talent upgrade to stick with Dwight.


P.S. I know it is more complicated than just DP for Gobert, but that is one way to look at the issue as a hypothetical.

I appreciate the PS, but that is burying the lead.  It is ALL about the opportunity cost, imo.  To sign Rudy, you have to clear the capspace and say goodbye to some quality on the wings.  In a trade, even more.  

It has been my contention that as much as fit is a concern, investing 70-80M in two C's in today's NBA is suicide unless you are capped out so fully and you trade for that piece to go with your fleshed out roster.  

Now, if you think that Rudy was so impactful, wanted to sign him, and then flip KP for a wing, I could understand.   I do not take THJ's shooting for granted and wouldn't just dismiss him for this science project.  Remember that KP is also good at 3pt FOR A 5...  He was pushing 40% his last year in ny, but for his career, he has been around 35%.  He does work around the rim too.  It is not a simple thing to remove that as an option.  

I have said it before, give me WCS for 4 over Rudy at 30 and spend that money on a wing.  KP as a 5 is a mismatch that diminishes with him next to Rudy, imo.