preface:
The final whistle sounded, Gobert's playoff journey once again came to an end, and in the ninth year of his career, he once again missed the championship, and Gobert could not hide his disappointment. Although he signed a five-year, $200 million contract, for a self-motivated basketball player, winning a championship is far more important than money. After being eliminated, the Jazz were rumored to be interested in Gobert, including many strong teams such as the Warriors and Lone Rangers, but for Gobert, he really wanted to make his best play, and it seemed that the only way to play with Harden was to partner with Harden.
The blessing of the traditional inner line
The reason why Gobert immediately released a message eager to trade after the end of the playoffs, in fact, half true and half false, is really dissatisfied with his own team, and the fake is that leaving the team is not very urgent. Although Gobert is the most expensive player in the Jazz team, but his tactical status is very low, a game can touch the ball opportunity is very few, some people say that Gobert's own personal offensive ability is not good, even if he gives him the ball can not score, but Gobert is after all tall here, as long as the ball can be passed can pose a threat.
However, even if Gobert pressures the team to get more tactical status, I am afraid that the jazz's two guards will not have more contact with him, Mitchell and Conley's backcourt combination is too short, in the sixth game of the playoffs, it is clear that Gobert is already in the interior card home position, but Conley would rather mistake than pass the ball to Gobert, which eventually led to the loss of the game. But if the last ball carrier becomes Harden, I am afraid that the killer of the game is Gobert, Harden has never been stingy to feed the center in the game, he once said a word, he would rather mistake than pass the ball to his teammates, always tell his teammates, as long as you have a good position I can see you, this is probably really difficult for anyone in the league to do, although Paul's pass is also good, but he is too stable, maybe James will pass the ball like Harden.
And the facts have also proved that as long as it is a center, there is no shortage of sick food around Harden, whether it is old or young or mesozoic, Harden's partner has lived an inside line almost everyone is satisfied, otherwise how to say that Harden is a chef. Howard, Capela, and Clarkston are almost all Gobert-type players, and basically have no ability to attack autonomously, but they are all very physical, tall and arm-length, and Harden can always let them play their best role. That's why Harden is the one who can make Gobert play the most.
To be honest, now Gobert is also quite helpless, he has a high salary, but the tactical status is insufficient, the fans of the team who lose are putting the pot on their heads, who makes you the player with the most salary on the team. Gobert is not the kind of player who does not want the ball, he has signaled the defenders to pass the ball more than once in the game, but no one has responded to the sentiment of writing on his face, I think if he can, Gobert would rather give up his high salary than play with like-minded people.
Not a pipe dream
To tell the truth, Gobert's contract, if you want to trade him, you can only tear down half of the team to change, in such a situation no team is willing to make a big move, dismantle their main force to replace a Gobert, in addition to the strong team, other teams to get a Gobert is not of great use, after all, Gobert is the cornerstone of defense and not the cornerstone of attack, and Gobert is not willing to play in a team without the prospect of winning the championship. In fact, partnering with Harden is not a daydream for Gobert, and may really be achieved.
To be honest, Harden is actually not happy in Philadelphia, in essence, he and Embiid's type of interior players are incompatible, Embiid is the inside line to play the ball, and Harden is the ball in hand, so the performance in Philadelphia is far from last season. Everyone blames harden's decline, and in fact, system incompatibility is the biggest problem. When the deal with Philadelphia was just reached, Harden actually left a hand, originally he would have executed the contract for next season in advance, but Harden did not execute, what is the reason for this? In fact, he could pull out at any time.
Harden is destined to lose his worth in Philadelphia, so why continue to play here in such a situation? Obviously not good for yourself, so don't look down on the Jazz, maybe it will be Harden's next game. Isn't Mitchell also rumored to be leaving, and is it not good to use him as the main body of the trade with Harden? For Philadelphia, Mitchell is also quite tempting, at least at the level of an All-Star, and his offensive ability is not bad at all. If Philadelphia wins the championship, the Jazz's careful thinking is mostly useless, but the probability of winning the championship at the moment is minimal, and it seems possible for the Jazz to fight for it.
Of course, looking at history, Harden's type of player is also very rare, and getting him is a thing that can't be sought, so even if Gobert has no chance to partner with him next season, he can't give up, at least the game is still here. Now that Gobert is 29 years old, this age is actually willing to practice, or can practice some skills, Zhou Qi can carry his back, not to mention Gobert, who is stronger than Zhou Qi. Therefore, the ball can't wait, you have to play it yourself, as for whether you and Mitchell can continue to be fateful, I'm afraid I have to resign myself to fate.
epilogue
If Gobert can partner Harden, can his talent be fully utilized? At least on the basis of which he is much stronger than Capela and Clarkston, but Harden really has only one, and it is up to fate to want to partner Harden. However, I am still looking forward to the combination of Harden and Gobert's interior line, maybe both of them can realize their dreams, Gobert will not be tied to the hat of high salary and low energy, Harden can also realize his championship dream, not broken, will it change?