In the NBA, talent reigns supreme. It’s not complicated: if you don’t have one of the league’s best collections of talent, you’re not going to contend for the NBA championship.
With that said, talent isn’t the only factor that defines success. Chemistry counts too. Throughout the league’s history, many talented teams have faltered because they couldn’t get along.
The Utah Jazz look like they might be the most recent addition to that category. The discord between Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert was evident last year. It particularly showed when the team lost to the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs in a swift fashion.
Now, the Jazz look likely to blow up their core this summer. In all likelihood, they’d prefer to avoid moving on from Donovan Mitchell.
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Whether they’re forced to or not, they’ll probably trade Gobert. If they’re keeping Mitchell, it will likely be because they found a good win-now package for the Stifle Tower.
If they’re not, they’ll probably look to get assets for Gobert in a rebuild. We’ll cover both scenarios in this piece. Here are three post-draft trade ideas for Rudy Gobert.
