shrink wrote:I view Gobert and Donovan Mitchell having similar trade value at the time of the trade.
This is your primary mistake.
Mitchell is 4 years younger, much much much more skilled, and plays a position that is much less replacable.
Markaanen and Sexton also are much better than any of Vando/Beasley/Beverly and Utah viewed them both as core pieces along with Ogjabi.
But the Gobert overpay set the market for the Mitchell deal (and future deals for players of that caliber).
Ainge basically demanded and got every available draft pick and non-core piece he desired from the Cavs.
Hey, if I can get all that for Gobert, who can't even shoot from 8 feet, I want EVERYTHING you have.
And I'll tell you this much, nobody is complaining about the Cavs end of that trade even with Markaanen blowing up.
I just think going around bragging about NOT also trading Jaden McDaniels as a silver lining to an already awful trade is really poor form.
Hey we didn't throw in ANT or KAT either, must have had to give them 5 1sts for refusing.
We also threw in Jarred Vanderbilt, on a bargain contract, when we absolutely didn't have to after already agreeing to 4 picks, Kessler, and a swap.
Utah had made the decision to blow up the team, probably even before Snyder exited.
The first order of business when rebuilding is moving your worst contract.
You don't move Mitchell to rebuild and then find out you are stuck with Gobert for 4 years.
You move Gobert first and then unload your primary asset.
You pretend you really really need to be convinced to blow up your team.
If it hadn't been us, he would have gone first to another team, Chicago or Toronto or someone else.
Those teams were smarter than us. They balked at the asking price.
