Gobert Available?

[zero24gravity]

So you're good with the Jazz paying him more than $40 mil a year?

He's an incredible player, but he's not worth that, especially since we'd be bidding against ourselves.......

"good with" ... questionable. But much better than trading him for a player without half his impact and some future assets that are unlikely to ever reach close to his stature. (You think Mitchell is going to be ok with a 5 year rebuilding plan??) I love Favs, but if people think that he & a defensive wing (via Gobert trade) can replace Gobert for 35mpg, they are crazy.

You don't trade a player of Rudy's caliber unless you KNOW you're going to lose him, you can get an equal talented start in return (never happens), or unless you're totally blowing things up.

But that's just me.

I don't want to trade him either, but you also can't have a situation where he, Mitchell and Bojan account for like 70% of the Jazz payroll...... That's not going to work either.......

Well, if those are the 3 players in question..... you get rid of Bojan and his no D, no passing, no rebounding, a$$, without blinking.

[red4hf]

"good with" ... questionable. But much better than trading him for a player without half his impact and some future assets that are unlikely to ever reach close to his stature. (You think Mitchell is going to be ok with a 5 year rebuilding plan??) I love Favs, but if people think that he & a defensive wing (via Gobert trade) can replace Gobert for 35mpg, they are crazy.

You don't trade a player of Rudy's caliber unless you KNOW you're going to lose him, you can get an equal talented start in return (never happens), or unless you're totally blowing things up.

But that's just me.

I don't want to trade him either, but you also can't have a situation where he, Mitchell and Bojan account for like 70% of the Jazz payroll...... That's not going to work either.......

Well, if those are the 3 players in question..... you get rid of Bojan and his no D, no passing, no rebounding, a$$, without blinking.

And replace him with whom?

[zero24gravity]

I don't want to trade him either, but you also can't have a situation where he, Mitchell and Bojan account for like 70% of the Jazz payroll...... That's not going to work either.......

Well, if those are the 3 players in question..... you get rid of Bojan and his no D, no passing, no rebounding, a$$, without blinking.

And replace him with whom?

In this scenario, where we're talking about picking between Mitchell, Rudy & Bojan, it doesn't matter. Nobody? Any cost-effective 3&D wing or athletic forward would be fine, if the alternative was losing DM or Gobert.

[babyjax13]

The more I think about it the more I think this offseason was preparing for Rudy possibly leaving. We drafted a center, we signed a starting caliber center, etc. I hope he's still here long term, but I think that may have been in question.

[red4hf]

The fact that they haven't agreed to an extension is concerning.......

[Catchall]

The fact that they haven't agreed to an extension is concerning.......

The deadline is around Dec. 20, I think.

[Catchall]

The more I think about it the more I think this offseason was preparing for Rudy possibly leaving. We drafted a center, we signed a starting caliber center, etc. I hope he's still here long term, but I think that may have been in question.

Right, everything we've done this off-season has revolved around Rudy, imo. But I think the Jazz are putting themselves in position to potentially trade Rudy after he's been extended, as well. Might be this year, might be next year or the year after.

[red4hf]

The fact that they haven't agreed to an extension is concerning.......

The deadline is around Dec. 20, I think.

I am not saying a deal won't be done...... Just that I would have thought they would have done it by now...... And in my conspiratorial mind, that means something is amiss (even if it may very mean nothing of the kind).......

[AingesBurner]

If Gobert was not in town I would say something is up because but he is here.

[Catchall]

If Gobert was not in town I would say something is up because but he is here.

He's here because he's under contract to play. His contract expires after this upcoming season.

[Daddy 801]

If Gobert doesn't sign the extension in the first part of the season they should trade him. It would be better to just pull the band aid off and get it done with and allow the new rotation time to adjust. The Jazz should avoid another Hayward situation where your best player walks for nothing. I would prefer this not happen. But if he won't sign a max (not supermax) with a ton of built in incentives that allow him to earn above the max, it's time to move on.

The real question is who they trade Gobert for.

[Inigo Montoya]

Still no news on Gobert's contract situation, so I thought I'll bump this.

[D Rog]

If Gobert doesn't sign the extension in the first part of the season they should trade him. It would be better to just pull the band aid off and get it done with and allow the new rotation time to adjust. The Jazz should avoid another Hayward situation where your best player walks for nothing. I would prefer this not happen. But if he won't sign a max (not supermax) with a ton of built in incentives that allow him to earn above the max, it's time to move on.

The real question is who they trade Gobert for.

If you were another team and the Jazz approached you with an offer of an all star center who becomes an unrestricted free agent in 4 or 5 months, how much would you give the Jazz? That other team will be in the exact same place the Jazz are in right now.

[Daddy 801]

If Gobert doesn't sign the extension in the first part of the season they should trade him. It would be better to just pull the band aid off and get it done with and allow the new rotation time to adjust. The Jazz should avoid another Hayward situation where your best player walks for nothing. I would prefer this not happen. But if he won't sign a max (not supermax) with a ton of built in incentives that allow him to earn above the max, it's time to move on.

The real question is who they trade Gobert for.

If you were another team and the Jazz approached you with an offer of an all star center who becomes an unrestricted free agent in 4 or 5 months, how much would you give the Jazz? That other team will be in the exact same place the Jazz are in right now.

Yes, and no. As with the Hayward situation Gobert may feel jaded we aren't offering the supermax. If we trade him a team will have the bird rights and can offer him a max and it will be much less than the supermax and he won't feel as jaded with the new team. It's silly, but clearly these guys have egos.

[BudTugly]

Must say I’m a little surprised there isn’t any anxiety about Rudy. I must have a higher opinion of him than most.

Cheers hope you all had a nice offseason.

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If that's true and he hasn't been budging, we should have known this much earlier and we should have traded him when teams were throwing insane offers for worse players.

[red4hf]

Yeah...... Based on that, I don't see a deal being made...... Hope I'm wrong, but......

[AingesBurner]

If Rudy doesn’t budge then I hope Ryan Smith gets involved to make a trade happen, it’s bad business to sit on hands, I was one of the few that said trade Hayward, well guess what I was right!!

[Inigo Montoya]

We'll see how this plays out but this situation isn't surprising or unforeseen. If we could discuss this scenario on this board two seasons ago, surely the Jazz knew this could happen. It looks like they're playing contract 'chicken' with Gobert just like they did with Hayward, while not having the leverage to do it. You'd think they'd learned the lesson by now.

[stitches]

A deal that I think might be done is one that involves the supermax BUT it's heavily incentives laden. Example

- Sure... you get the 35% BUT... only if we win a championship... or only if you are MVP.
- 34% if you get 1st team All-NBA and DPOY
- 33% if you get 1st team All-NBA
- 32% if you get 2nd team All-NBA and DPOY
- 31% if you get 2nd team All-NBA
- 30.5% if you get 3d team All-NBA and 1st team All-Defense
- 30% if you get 1st team all-D
- 29% if you get 2nd team all-D
- 28% in any other case.

Something like this...

And IMO(like others have said above) if Gobert doesn't sign an extension it will be a mistake to wait it out and see what happens. If all negotiations fall through... just trade him. Please! Yes, we will take a step back this year, but it's better to take a step back for a year than to lose an all-NBA talent for nothing.

I hate this...