Zach Lowe says he’s NOT been able to find a *single* person who liked the Gobert trade for Minnesota, which is unusual... Kirk Goldsberry agrees

From Friday's Lowe Post pod with Kirk Goldsberry

KIRK GOLDSBERRY: I was not a happy person with that trade for Minnesota. And I didn’t expect them to be very good, to be honest. The underrated thing about that trade—the assets deserved the headline… but some of the human beings that left Minnesota, they’re missing too. And the offense just isn’t good enough right now. And they’re losing the minutes with Gobert. You pay that much for a guy, and he comes in, and you’re a negative team when he’s on the floor right now.

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ZACH LOWE: Almost every trade that is divisive or unpopular—you can find some people around the league who will be like, "I kinda see what they were going for; I maybe woulda made that deal!"

The Sabonis-Hallaburton one is a good example: I thought people were way too critical; I didn’t like that trade for Sacramento; I thought it was a win for Indiana. I also thought people were being unfair in how much they railed against the Kings. You could find people were like, No, I think it’s Sabonis is really good! It’ll work there."

This one—I don’t think I found anyone who was like, "Here’s a hot take for ya, Zach! That’s actually a good trade for Minnesota." I don’t think I found anyone around the league who liked that trade for them.

KG: That’s correct. If you woulda said two less draft picks, it would have still garnered a lot skepticism. And they gave up soooo many.

Starting at minute 57

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