The Salt Lake City club would be open to offers concerning its French international pivot.
Rudy Gobert on the start? Since the elimination of Jazz in the first round of the play-offs, against Dallas, the international tricolor pivot of Jazz has been the subject of relatively insistent trade rumors. After the change of ownership in 2020, with the takeover of Ryan Smith, the arrival of Dwyane Wade among the shareholders in 2021, that of Danny Ainge as Chairman and CEO a few months ago and the departure of the Coach Quin Snyder in recent days, the Utah club is preparing for a busy summer.
A priori, Donovan Mitchell should not move, if we are to believe the indiscretions of The Athletic. Management, however, would not be as firm regarding the triple best defender in the NBA.
Atlanta, Toronto and Chicago in the running
Gobert, 29, must receive $ 123 million until 2025, with an option at € 46.7 million for the 2025-26 financial year, he who has always proclaimed his desire to stay in Salt Lake City and get there. the title. To see if the desire is shared by its management. Waiting, Bleacher Report ensures that Atlanta and Toronto are among the franchises interested in the services of the international tricolor. The Ringer adds a name to the (non-exhaustive) list of contenders: Chicago. BR confirms and guesses that a trade from Gobert to Illinois would involve seeing Nikola Vucevic and Patrick Williams go the opposite way.
Author of a season with 15.6 points, 14.7 rebounds and 2.1 blocks on average and member of the first five defensive of the North American League for the sixth time in a row, Rudy Gobert has only known the club from Utah since his NBA debut in 2013, he who decided to participate in EuroBasket 2022 after hesitating for a while.
