So, from my understanding, we'd be in absolute cap hell for 2 years All of Kemba, Brown, Tatum, and Gobert would be getting paid at the same time, but then Kemba would fall off, but I mean what else are you spending your cap on if not 4 borderline all star level players with complementary skills?
No. Why would we do that? Paying that much money for a center that isn't even that skilled is foolish... Not to mention the luxury tax we'd be paying? It's not our money, but at the end of the day, why invest that much money?
The Celtics face a $23 million luxury tax penalty as a result of being $13 million over the projected tax line, and that's before they add a single player.
-John Hollinger Oct 8, 2020 The Athletic
A center is really not that important in today's game... When people bring up Embiid or Giannis, people need to realize we've beaten those players before in the playoffs while trotting out Baynes, Horford, Theis, Kanter, and Williams. Of all of those 5 centers, I can only think Horford as the best of all of them.
After 2 years Kemba's deal falls off but that really only opens up exception stuff. We aren't players in the free agency market anymore once Jaylen and Jayson start getting paid.
We will certainly have a lot of interested people who'd like to come here and play alongside the Jays... I trust Ainge to make the right decision. If it's trading for Gobert fine, that's great and all, but while I like him, he's going to be overpaid. And he's just not that skilled --- he's a great rebounding and defensive center. Other than that, his entire offensive game revolves around putbacks, rebounds, lobs/dunks, and occasional baby hook that he has learned over the years.
Gobert may also be incentivized to take a 1+1 deal to test the market again in 2022 once the effects of Covid on the salary cap have lessened.
2022 is going to be one of the most stacked FA that we've ever seen...
Harden, Durant, Curry, LeBron, CP3, Beal, Kawhi, Kyrie, and the list quite literally goes on and on...
It probably wouldn't be the smartest idea, I think he tries to get as much as money now with a nice fat contract.