1. Utah Jazz Trade Rudy Gobert

Don’t misconstrue this as a criticism of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ end of this deal. We can understand why they’d covet Rudy Gobert.

Karl-Anthony Towns is not a rim protector. This deep into his career, that feels like something we can confirm. Meanwhile, he’s got the offensive skill-set to play the 4. The Wolves’ twin tower formation, on paper, should be viable in 2022-23.

At least, they’d better hope that it is. They sure gave up a lot to acquire the Stifle Tower.

Patrick Beverley, Malik Beasley, Jarred Vanderbilt, Leandro Barbosa, Walker Kessler and four first-round picks to be exact. This trade was so large that it altered the NBA’s market. It’s entirely possible that Kevin Durant would already have a new home if the Nets didn’t have this precedent to look to.

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It’s hard to say where the Jazz will go from here, but wherever they end up, they’ll have a stockpile of assets when they get there. Given Gobert’s failing relationship with Donovan Mitchell, and the team’s urgency to trade him in light of it, this is the best move any team has made this summer so far.