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

[Kammrath]

Problem is that he  probably isn´t a top 50 player in the playoffs.

No question his first three playoff appearances he massively underperformed on +/-. He still averaged 20 PER for those three runs, but I don't think he was nearly as impactful as he was in the regular season. But that is just a 25 game sample size....REALLY small from a statistical standpoint AND I think they have just been outmatched when facing the Rockets.

But this year his +/- totally flipped and he was a big positive for the team and put up 20 PER again. I thought he was much better in the 7 games this year and closer to his regular season self.

Playoff reputations are crazy....people read into small sample sizes and guys get labeled very quickly one way or the other. It will be interested to see if Gobert can flip the script. We'll see.

But to your point, I definitely agree he hasn't been a top 10 player in the playoffs.