Rudy Gobert Articles - Page 14

The Minnesota Timberwolves haven’t had the easiest of starts in the 2022-23 season as they attempt to build on the promising progress they showed last season when they made the postseason as the seventh-seed. The addition of three-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert led many to expect that the Timberwolves would cement themselves […]

Even the most ardent Rudy Gobert truthers would have to admit that his fit with the Minnesota Timberwolves has been clunky thus far. That was to be expected. But it’s hard to stomach the growing pains without any signature wins to their name. They find themselves below .500 with a 5-6 record and have lost […]

Minnesota Timberwolves big man Rudy Gobert has reportedly entered health and safety protocols and will miss Saturday’s game against the Houston Rockets, per Shams Charania. This news comes at a difficult time for Minnesota, as the Timberwolves have dropped 3 games in a row heading into Saturday. Nevertheless, they will still feel confident against this […]

Just how difficult is it to put a sphere with a diameter of around 9-inches through an 18-inch cylinder from 26-feet away? Rudy Gobert learned firsthand the answer to that question during the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Friday night clash against the Milwaukee Bucks. With the Timberwolves down by 16 with less than eight minutes left in […]

Minnesota Timberwolves young star Anthony Edwards recently shared his honest thoughts on the team’s starting lineup, per HoopsHype. “When we’re (starters) in the game, we’re losing. When they (bench) are in the game, we have a better chance of winning. I don’t like the sound of that, so we’re going to figure it out.,” Edwards […]

The San Antonio Spurs appeared to be destined for the bottom of the NBA standings, especially after shipping away All-Star guard Dejounte Murray to the Atlanta Hawks for a package centered on a boatload of future first-round picks. The Spurs’ season debut could have been one that foreshadowed the rest of their season after they […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have high hopes for the 2022-23 season after an explosive offseason. So far, the results have been good, although the Timberwolves haven’t exactly been battle-tested by some of the top teams in the league. In fact, Minnesota has had arguably the easiest opening stretch to the season of any team in the […]

The biggest storyline from Friday night’s matchup between the Utah Jazz and the Minnesota Timberwolves centered around Rudy Gobert playing his former team for the first time since his high-profile move to Minnesota during the summer. Gobert and Co. came into the game as the favorites, but it was the Jazz who emerged with a […]

Victor Wembanyama has been dominating headlines recently due to his dominating play on the court. He is the frontrunner for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft and he’s received praise from numerous NBA stars. Most recently, his fellow countryman Rudy Gobert had glowing praise for the young prospect. Speaking to reporters, […]

Donovan Mitchell got brutally honest on his relationship with former Utah Jazz teammate Rudy Gobert on JJ Redick’s podcast. “How would we handle being in the bubble together?” Mitchell said in reference to when rumors of a rocky relationship with Gobert emerged. “To be honest with you, our relationship got better after Covid. Because I […]

The Utah Jazz have charted their course for the Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes. But if Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert could’ve had their way, they’d have run it back one more time. In a recent appearance on JJ Redick’s podcast The Old Man and the Three, the new Cleveland Cavaliers guard spoke at length on pleading their […]

Rudy Gobert’s debut with the Minnesota Timberwolves went quite well on Wednesday night. He scored 23 points and hauled in 16 rebounds to help lead Minnesota to a 115-108 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in their season opener. Now, Gobert will have to prepare to take on his old team, the Utah Jazz, in […]

The Rudy Gobert era in Minnesota is underway. Gobert made his season debut with the Timberwolves on Wednesday night. They hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder in the team’s season opener. Gobert had a massive game, dropping a team-high 23 points to go with 16 rebounds. Prior to the game, T’Wolves forward Anthony Edwards sat down […]

When the Minnesota Timberwolves sold the farm to acquire Rudy Gobert from the Utah Jazz in the past offseason, the move was met with plenty of criticisms. After all, why would they give up that much for a player that hasn’t even helped his previous team get close to the championship, let alone contend for […]

Karl-Anthony Towns sent a fiery message to the Minnesota Timberwolves ahead of the 2022-2023 NBA season. "It's always talkin about us being good and are we good enough and sh*t. It's time to be great. It's not time to be good anymore. It's time to be great. We made these trades, so gotta be great. […]

After news surfaced of basketball legend Dikembe Mutombo battling brain tumor, Pau Gasol, Rudy Gobert, Karl-Anthony Towns and many other athletes and fans took to social media to show their support to the NBA legend. On Saturday, the NBA released a statement revealing Mutombo’s health battle. He is now “undergoing treatment” for the brain tumor, […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves made a blockbuster trade this offseason by adding All-Star center Rudy Gobert, and during Friday’s preseason game against the Brooklyn Nets, D’Angelo Russell threw a spectacular pass from the corner to an open Gobert for a thunderous dunk. What a pass by DLo to Gobert! (via @Timberwolves)pic.twitter.com/EGGsbOVRDL — Dime (@DimeUPROXX) October 15, […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves shocked the rest of the NBA after going all-in on Rudy Gobert. The acquisition caught a lot of people off guard – including the T-Wolves players themselves, many of whom didn’t believe it until it was 100 percent confirmed. According to the recent report centered on the deal from ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, […]

In a league dominated by guards and do-it-all wings who possess prototypical guard skills, the Minnesota Timberwolves decided to pursue another avenue to title contention, doubling down on “big ball” after acquiring Rudy Gobert from the Utah Jazz this past offseason to pair up with Karl-Anthony Towns in a supersized frontcourt. However, Timberwolves President of […]

After years of mediocrity, the Minnesota Timberwolves are going all-in for the NBA championship this season. Fresh off of their playoff appearance in 2022, the team made a blockbuster trade, acquiring former DPOY Rudy Gobert from the Utah Jazz. It was a move that clearly signaled one thing: the ‘Wolves are going for it this […]

It looks like Rudy Gobert is punching back at Draymond Green amid the controversial incident involving the Golden State Warriors veteran and his teammate Jordan Poole. Green has been on the headlines as of late after his reported scuffle with Poole during a recent Warriors practice. A video of the incident has since emerged and […]

Standing at 7’1”, there aren’t many players in the NBA, or the world for that matter, that stand taller than Rudy Gobert. But the Minnesota Timberwolves center found one on Thursday in fellow Frenchman Victor Wembanyama. Following a showcase game between Wembanyama’s Metropolitans 92 from one of France’s highest professional leagues, and the G League […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have higher ambitions than the first round exit they suffered last season after giving up a considerable amount of draft capital to acquire three-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert from the Utah Jazz. Gobert will surely shore up the Timberwolves’ team defense; however, perimeter defenders need to hold their own […]

LAS VEGAS – The Minnesota Timberwolves kicked off their offseason by trading for 3-time All-Star and 3-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert from the Utah Jazz. Nobody was likely happier than Gobert, but LA Clippers forward Nicolas Batum is up there for second. The Jazz endured heartbreaking playoff losses to the LA Clippers […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are entering the 2022-23 season full of expectations. After a solid regular season that led to the team’s first playoff berth since 2018, Minnesota came up short against Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round, falling 4-2 after blowing multiple double-digit leads. Despite that disappointing playoff outcome, last season […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves got a lot better this offseason, pulling off a blockbuster trade for one of the premier big men in the Association, Rudy Gobert. This week, Timberwolves legend Kevin Garnett and his former Boston Celtics teammate Paul Pierce sat down and discussed how good Minnesota could be in 2022-23. In The Truth’s eyes, […]

When the Utah Jazz decided to bring in Danny Ainge as a team executive in the middle of last season, you just knew that he was going to make a major impact on the team sooner rather than later. It came just seven months upon his arrival, with Ainge and the Jazz front office deciding […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns does not lack confidence. The big man recently revealed his true opinion of himself from a basketball standpoint, per CBS Sports. “I think I’m one of the best offensive players and talents the NBA has ever seen,” Towns said. That is quite the claim from Karl-Anthony Towns. There is no […]

If you happened to have cut yourself away from anything related to basketball last year and had just decided to embrace the NBA again Thursday, you’d find yourself utterly in disbelief over how unfamiliar the Utah Jazz roster looks right now. The Jazz have gutted their roster by trading franchise cornerstones Rudy Gobert and Donovan […]

The Utah Jazz are officially beginning to tank. Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell are now both gone — being traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves and Cleveland Cavaliers, respectively — and other veterans like Mike Conley, Bojan Bogdanovic, Jordan Clarkson and Rudy Gay can’t be too far behind. Danny Ainge now gets to work with a […]

The Brooklyn Nets’ attempt to trade Kevin Durant after the superstar’s demand was basically doomed after the Utah Jazz dealt Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves. While the two deals are in no way related, the fact that the Jazz got four first-round picks and a pick swap for Gobert set a precedent on how […]

Rudy Gobert is slated to suit up for a different uniform for the first time in his decade-long career. But it won’t be long until he gets to face his old team as the Utah Jazz visit his Minnesota Timberwolves in the very first week of the 2022-23 NBA season. Gobert’s return to Utah won’t […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves made waves early in the offseason when they brought in Rudy Gobert from the Utah Jazz in a blockbuster trade deal of historic proportions. With the three-time Defensive Player of the Year now in the mix, the Wolves are expected to be a real threat in the West this coming season. As […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves pulled off one of the biggest blockbuster trades of the summer when they successfully pried Rudy Gobert from the Utah Jazz. It came at quite a cost for the Wolves too, but they knew that they had to draw the line somewhere. Timberwolves team owner Glen Taylor recently made a guest appearance […]

Rudy Gobert knows Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid will be a huge addition to France when he suits up for the national team, but he doesn’t want to hype things up. Embiid obtained French citizenship and is now eligible to play for France in international competition. In fact, he would have been playing in the […]

The Brooklyn Nets are once again in crisis. In a meeting with Nets owner Joe Tsai, unhappy superstar Kevin Durant issued an ultimatum. It’s either trade him or fire head coach Steve Nash and General Manager Sean Marks. Fans can blame Durant, Tsai, or Nash and Marks for this new Nets drama, but the real […]

Countless rumors are floating around the Utah Jazz and their future as a franchise. After shockingly trading Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves, there is a firm belief Donovan Mitchell could be the next to go, which could mean a full rebuild. But if you’re asking Jordan Clarkson, he’s not worried the least about any […]

This is make-or-break season for the Minnesota Timberwolves. After making it back to the playoffs last season, they are looking to go all-in on their championship aspirations. They made the biggest splash in the offseason (so far) by trading for Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert. Their intention is clear: championship-or-bust. Despite their lofty expectations for […]

After trading for Rudy Gobert this offseason, Anthony Edwards knows the pressure is on the Minnesota Timberwolves to deliver. With that, he can’t help but agree with Karl-Anthony Towns that it’s championship-or-bust for them this 2022-23 and in the years beyond. Towns admitted recently that the expectations on the Timberwolves have increased with the addition […]