On April 29, Beijing time, the Jazz lost 2-4 to the Lone Ranger out, after the game Donovan Mitchell talked about his application for a trade, he said: "At present I have not sought a trade, for me I would like to win, I will consider applying for a trade in 1-2 weeks, everything will be said later." [When Mitchell says this, it proves that the contradictions between Mitchell and Gobert are difficult to reconcile]
Gobert only shot 6 times in the G6 game in 36 minutes, there were many basket misalignments against Doncic and no one gave him a pass, and only 33 shots in the entire series were far inferior to Mitchell, Conley, Bojan and others. Mitchell averaged just two passes per game for him.
On the evening of April 29, the NBA ANALYSLS NETWORK has cited a list of five potential underlings of Gobert: Eagles, Lone Rangers, Lakers, and Kings.
The future of the Jazz is unknown, Snyder is likely to be fired, Snyder's potential next home is Gobert, Gobert will also want to follow the mentor to Los Angeles, Gobert and Davis frontcourt will make the Lakers' interior line the strongest in the league. But the combination also has weaknesses — space issues, Gobert can't shoot three-pointers, Davis' season three-point shooting rate of 18.6 percent, which is a significant regression, allowing their combination to make the Lakers offense decline.
The Lakers are eager to change their lineup, the Lakers won the championship in 2020, Davis was the fourth position that season, McGee and Howard were the fifth position, these two did not have three points, they relied on defense to win the championship, the Lakers can try to replicate this success.
The Lakers are likely to need to send Russell Weisbrook in Gobert's deal, the Jazz enter the rebuild, Mitchell may also leave Utah, and the Lakers can exchange For Gobert with Westbrook + future first-round picks.
The Lakers sent Westbrook + 2026 Grizzlies second round + 2027 Lakers first round Gobert, so that the Lakers can re-assemble the new big three of James + Davis + Gobert, the defense of this big three combination will be very scary, but after the completion of the trade, the Lakers management needs to sign more 3D players in the free market, so as to replicate the success of 2020.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream