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

[SleepingHero]

Okay why are we talking about starting a team with players in the top 10, most of which who are going to be late 20's, early 30's anyway? Luka is the only obvious outlier there being both young and amazing. No one would start a team over with 28 year old Gobert as their centerpiece over 27 yr old AD. Nobody. Not one GM in the league would do that. You have descended into madness sir, but please keep doubling down because it entertains me much.

I asked him the question. It wasn't specific enough given that each of those players are at different stages in their career, obviously Luka+Giannis are the clear favorites in that due to age, which is my bad. 

A more clear question probably would have been, "you have 1 season to build a team around this player to compete for a championship, out of this list who would you take Gobert over?"

This way you can get away from the " whole long term building mode" mindset. Of course you can still factor age and everything, but I think this question is a better representation of importance when it matters. 

Gobert is a good player that does have a massive impact on both ends. But he isn't worth 40+ mil and yet he's being paid like the league's top stars which is my main point. Gobert at 29 mil is a steal. He's still paid like a top player and his salary is still small enough to build around. 

At an average of 42 mil, Gobert is taking up nearly 40% of your entire team's cap. I don't see how that makes sense.

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Regarding AD, GM's probably like him better than Gobert because he's the better offensive player, but his time spent as the best player of his team (NO) didn't produce better teams than Gobert as the best player in Utah.

Well Gobert hasn't really been given a chance to anchor a team like AD has in NO. Is that more because lack of opportunity or because he just simply isn't good enough to be shouldered that responsibility?

Gobert has had the luxury of playing with Gordon Hayward, and then Donovan Mitchell. It isn't his fault his team is ran well, but lets not pretend that the Pelicans were nearly as good as Utah in building a team.