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Ben Wallace never made anywhere close to the percentage of the cap that rudy takes upGobert is a defensive star.
The problem with being a defensive star
is that one great defender can't impact defense
as much as a great offense player can impact offense.
that's ultimately what this all boils down to.
you don't need to lie or exaggerate Rudy's limitations.
If Ben Wallace was on the Jazz he'd be ringless and people would be obsessing over his offensive limitations as well.
If you put rudy on a team with 2 or 3 other All stars yeah, they’ll be top contender
Idk why Ben Wallace being brought up
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Mavs should wait for game 4.... They can afford to go down 2-1 against the Jazz.
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I wouldn’t push luka at all for the pure fact you don’t want him to make it worse or cause a different injury all together like Durant
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As funny as RJ Jefferson is I see no one is going to question this guy steady wearing a champion 100% cotton hoody under his blazer on national TV !?
My guy just has good money management
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Luka better be careful. KD had a calf strain first...
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Which is why I wouldn’t play him regardless Thursday. No need. Give him more time.
The Mavs have a track record of not forcing the issue on injuries and getting people healthy.
Cuban and Donnie used to fight about it all the time because Mark wanted to be more long-term focused rather than win now.
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In not a a math wiz but I don't think that's accurate.
When he got paid as an un restricted free agent he was making 16 million on around 56 million cap. That's about 30%
He was making around 8 on his restricted deal which is like 15%
And Ben Wallace is literally one of the worst offensive players of all time.
Gobert is making 27 on a 112 cap, that's around 24%
At Ben Wallace peak salary it seems he took up a higher percentage of the cap,
And even if we compare his restricted deal to goberts supermax it's not some massive gap.
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Cuban wanted Dirk to play on his bad knee in the 2003 WCFs but Nellie said no.
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1-1 back to State Farm where we feel safe at 
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Had a Caribbean jawn used to s me off through a whole tnt triple header. If she did it now i probably woudnt last that long.
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I don’t expect Trae to have back to back career worst shooting nights. That being said unless he drop 50 or some **** someone else on this team gotta step up in this matchup
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He never got paid 16 million with the Pistons
When he got paid 16 million he signed with the Bulls and they were a 2nd round exit
When the Pistons were wrecking shop, Ben Wallace was making 4-7 million a year and he was surrounded by high end talent who played both sides of the court
Not to mention that was a completely different era so the comparison also runs into complications there
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I honestly have no idea how you configure a true title contender with Rudy making as much money as he does. You need a brilliant FO and then some
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F*ck them capitalists.
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I know it was with the bulls. His unrestricted payday came with the bulls.
The bulls improved by 8 wins and became the number 1 defense in basketball with a post prime Ben Wallace.
You said he never made that even close to the same percentage of the cap.
He clearly did, actually he took up a higher percentage.
Even if we compare Goberts peak salary to Ben Wallace's restricted contract
Rudy took up only 10% more. It's not some astronomical percentage higher.
Even if you think 15% of the cap is all Rudy is worth.
All it takes is one good draft on a rookie contract to make up that value.
Minds can differ on Gobert as a player
But what you said wasn't accurate.
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What? Lol, I was referring to Ben's time as a Piston because they were perennial title contenders
I don't care what he did with that Bulls team, that's not relevant to the convo of having Rudy being able to be on a title team taking up the cap space he does
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Jimmy hitting 3s now too? ATL in serious trouble
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Gobert making 35 this year. 41+ after 2023
This ain’t Canadian dollars we are talking about
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They really have the Minny/Mem game on NBA TV and not TNT? Aint no one wanna see the Suns and Pels. 
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