Fans familiar with the NBA know that last season, the Utah Jazz reached the playoffs as the first in the regular season last season, but ended up in the Western Conference semifinals. Now they're at another bottleneck, and if they can't break through this season's playoffs, the team will begin to rebuild. Because in the middle of the season, the core of the team, Mitchell, has made it clear that because the team market is not large, if it cannot win the championship, it will consider leaving. Rudy Gobert, the team's big center, is also a tradeable target.
American basketball reporter Sean Deveney broke the news that if Gobert can be traded this summer, some veterans of the Warriors will ask the team to do the exchange. A league executive revealed that although Green has teased Gobert's defense, if the Warriors want to improve their immediate combat strength and make up for the gap in their interior line, Gobert's joining will undoubtedly be an excellent choice.
If the Warriors are ready to trade Gobert, the chips they are most likely to put on will be Andrew Wiggins and young interior lineman James Wiseman. In terms of talent, Gobert and Wiggins + Wiseman swap owners, which is a good deal for each other. Especially for the Warriors, if they want to continue to attack the championship, it will be a three-for-one transaction. But Gobert's contract could be a strain on the Warriors, who just renewed his contract for five years, $205 million, to $38.17 million next season, which will increase the Warriors' luxury tax and thus make the team invest more.
For now, the Warriors' weakness is clear, and that's their inside line. And the Warriors' interior has always been their weakest link, from the beginning of Bogut, to Pachuria, Cousins, and now Rooney, their center has been criticized. It was hard to get talented interior Wiseman through the draft, and before he could play much, he was reimbursed for two seasons. This season, when everyone was looking forward to it, he suddenly announced the season reimbursement, hitting the Warriors by surprise.
As Curry gets older, the Warriors won't bet all their chips on a rookie kid if they want to win the championship, so they're bound to clean up Wiseman in the summer, and Wiseman's talent will bring a good reward to the Warriors. Of course, for Wiseman himself, the Warriors are also benevolent to him, enough meaning, if you can give the Warriors back the puzzle of the championship, then he has also done his part.
In addition, since Wiggins was selected as an All-Star starter, his current performance is completely unworthy of his salary of more than 30 million. It became a negative asset for the team. And after the return of Clay and Green, Wiggins' presence at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends has become very low. If the Wiggins + Wiseman for Gobert deal can be reached, which is a good choice for both sides, Wiggins and Wiseman can be the absolute core of the Jazz, with the mitchell component of the new version of the Big Three, and their position does not conflict, the run-in will be smoother.
For the Warriors, Gobert's arrival can make up for the Warriors' internal problems very well, averaging 15.5 points per game and 14.7 rebounds per game is a very big reinforcement for the Warriors, and also helps the Warriors free up salary space, they can sign Pooler, who has improved rapidly this year. In addition, with Poole's strong progress, Wiggins' departure can also leave more time for Poole to start. At that time, the Warriors' starting lineup will be curry + Poole's outside line combination, plus Green + Clay's forward defense and Gobert's interior line, such a lineup for the Warriors to win the championship, Bai li and no harm!