Rudy Gobert feels a greater acceptance in the Timberwolves‘ locker room and it’s showing on the court, Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic writes.
Gobert has settled in after struggling through his first season with the franchise. He’s become the defensive force the Timberwolves were looking for when the front office made the blockbuster deal with Utah.
“I always tell people, great things take time. Especially myself, the way my life is, I’m not a guy that just comes here on Day 1 and everything is wonderful,” he said. “It takes time to build, to grind every day, build respect, build habits, build relationships with my teammates, the organization, the community.”
Gobert is also blending well with Karl-Anthony Towns on the court, Krawczynski notes. In the seven games since the Timberwolves took over the top spot in the Western Conference, the frontcourt duo has a plus-24.3 net rating in the 157 minutes they’ve shared the floor.
We have more on the Timberwolves:
- Anthony Edwards is listed as questionable to play in the Timberwolves’ return to action on Wednesday against San Antonio, the team’s PR department tweets. Edwards is dealing with a right hip pointer and has missed Minnesota’s past two games.
- Forward Jaden McDaniels, who suffered a right ankle sprain on Nov. 20 against the Knicks, was reevaluated and he’s progressing well throughout his rehabilitation program with no setbacks, according to a team press release. He has been cleared to participate in individual on-court player development basketball and strength training activities.
- Guard Jordan McLaughlin, who suffered a right knee MCL sprain on Nov. 2 against the Celtics, is also progressing well, the team announced in the same release. He has been cleared to participate in full, five-on-five on-court basketball activities.
Gobert is a classless clown
Yeah punched his own teammate last season Hahaha
At least they didn’t have to trade the teammate he punched to the Wizards.
Stay salty
Just ask Donny Mitchell
Must say I’ve been very very wrong on the TWolves so far. Always doubted them and the coach and never thought this group would do much. Only early days but so far so good for them.
I said it preseason, barring injury at least WCF.
lol it’s not even 20 games in…. You’ve been good but you’ll be lucky to win 1 playoff series
We shall see in the Timberwolves. But Connelly built tye Nuggets.
The depth is encouraging. Without Ant and Jaden, Alexander-Walker and Troy Brown, Jr. have stepped up. Naz Reid was already up. Rudy looks like the old Rudy so far
The GSW team traded Poole for Chris Paul. The pool that earned a chip, doesn’t exist anymore. This dude got his bag and is wrecking the Wizards now.
Haters gonna hate. Minnesotans don’t expect their teams to win championships (although it would be greatly appreciated!) but just watch to see a team that is competitive and in the conversation until the end. It is still very early but for the fanbase they’ve accomplished what everyone hoped for with the mega trade thus far.