rosenthall wrote:Gobert is listed as 7 Ft 1 and 245 lbs. Mutombo is listed at 7'2 and 260 lbs. Chandler as 7'0 and 240 lbs. Marc Gasol at 6'11 and 255 lbs. To be honest, I'm not sure why Gobert's body is more like Gasol and than Mutombo or Chandler. In any event, I agree that if he has cartilage damage in his joints or something that's degenerative in his lower body then we should avoid trading for him.
But I'm not in a position to parse the differences in Gobert's biomechanics compared to other people's. I think the trend holds though, if you can play your game without leaving your feet it bodes well for your longevity.
Maybe I'm just wrong
Looking at them in my head, Gobert just seems way thicker than the rest of those guys who were really slim and bouncy, but if those numbers are accurate, I'd agree and am just an idiot. Gasol is the one guy who also struck me as a lot thicker.
Save Duncan, I wouldn't choose to build a team around any of these guys as my first choice, but if I were already over the cap and acquiring them on a max contract significantly improved the team........it seems like a doable idea.
Yeah, forgot about Duncan on the list, obviously you'd take him on a max, and that's obvious because he was still a star offensive player, the defense only guys? You wouldn't want any of those dudes on a max deal taking up 30%+ of your cap though.
There's decent reason to believe he'll be pretty close to his current self throughout his current contract, so if you think Gobert today is reasonably paid, you shouldn't think Gobert in four years should bear some resemblance to the player he is today.
I think Gobert is a 25M dollar player today, and I agree there's a "decent" chance he's the same guy in four years. I would put the odds of Gobert having four good, healthy seasons as extremely low. If you got three seasons at current performance, you'd probably be okay-ish with the deal depending on the rest of your circumstances (like if you are primed and ready to contend for all four years, then I think you'd take it).
Again, I don't want to overstate the case. I know he'll decline on his current contract. The last year looks particularly risky. But the Tim Duncan defensive decline is very different from the Ben Wallace defensive decline.
Yeah, I just am not going to use a top 15 all time player in the NBA as a comparison for Gobert. Obviously none of the example you listed are perfect. Motumbo might be the closest, but Gobert seems to offer more on offense than Motumbo.
I don't hate the idea of getting Gobert necessarily, I would hate the idea of giving up a lot for Gobert.
