DASMACKDOWN wrote:WOW Gobert got that 200 million dollar deal.
I mean I like Gobert, but that is ridiculous in this day and age.
Honestly, would you rather pay Gobert 200 mil or pay Whiteside 2mil. Or Howard 2 mil or Mcgee 2 mill on 1 year deals. I can go on and on.
Supermax is for the best of the best. A league wide franchise player type. What Utah has done is like paying Andre Drummond 200 million. You can do it but most likely regret it.
Gobert is a constant threat to win DPOY and he is the key to their defensive scheme.
People need to stop parroting the "bigs who cannot score heavily on offensive have no place in today's game" nonsense.
As much as people don't want to hear it, Gobert is just as important to the Jazz as Mitchell. You take Gobert off that team and it won't matter what Mitchell does, they will sink. The same is true with taking Mitchell off the team. They need one another and the Jazz had to keep him.
Whiteside isn't near the defender that Gobert is. Saving money does not help make the Jazz better in that much of a downgrade.
Also, the Supermax is 228, he signed for 205. 23 mil less than the supermax.