The TRUTH About the Rudy Gobert Trade... 

Wolves fan here. Gobert is the biggest reason we're 16-4 so far. He's been a force this year.

I'm so happy that Rudy is finally getting noticed for his incredible impact on D so far this season. It took him awhile to settle in here, but it feels great to see him play at a level I've always known he was capable of. The wolves did overpay for him, but that by no means makes him a bad player. His offense is limited but very efficient, and his impact on the defensive end is driving this team so far this year

I didn’t think we were gonna be the one seed this season ngl. I knew for sure we were gonna be bare minimum a 4/5 seed but man this is crazy to see

That +31 +/- is ridiculous. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that before. I’m glad the Twolves are playing well this season, I’m a Nuggets fan but I like that team a lot also.

Addition by Subtraction. Moved 3 SG, a PF, & C... Kessler would've been buried on bench Vando gone opened up minutes for Jaden & Naz Reid Ant plays 36 mpg. Don't need 5 SG Rostered Added Kyle Anderson via FA Traded D-Lo for NAW & Mike & brought in Troy Brown Jr. 🐺 now have a "Big 3" with a deep bench.

He genuinely might be the most underrated and under appreciated star of this generation. How he anchored those piss poor Jazz defensive contexts only for casuals to blame poor coaching on him I’ll never know

Man, as a minnesota sports fans, I won't rest easy on any team even if we're up 3-0 in the finals against the worst team in the league. This state is cursed.

Those draft picks the wolves traded, gonna be in the 20s , maybe #32. And the wolves got there picks this year, with a extra 2nd rounder. When young good you don’t need a bunch of rookies. Wolves already got a bunch of young guys who can’t see the floor, cause the teams crazy deep

Malik - bum PatBev - good in spurts Balmoro - who he Kessler - meh STRUGGLING to see all this "value" MIN gave up...

Gobert is not only a great defender, and a great overall player, but he's incredibly consistent. Even on a not so great night, he seems to come through with something like a 4/5 from the field, 9 rebounds and a block or two. He got quite a bit of crap last year for dropping bullet passes from D'Lo, but it sounds like their approach as of late has been to work on their touch passing, and that D'Lo was a bit hard headed about passing, and thought of it as Rudy's fault that he couldn't catch passes, which is a statement of what level of maturity he has. He's been great this year, he defends the perimeter too, he doesn't get enough credit for that, but when he's really on, he's out on the perimeter causing problems, getting into guys' faces.

“One of the biggest trade packages in nba history” is straight up not true we just traded a bunch of role players and low value picks for a 3x DPOY who’s gonna win his 4th this year lol

Allez Rudy allez! I love seeing my fellow Frenchman being back in form after a rough season and World Cup

I am glad to see both Donovan last year and this year Rudy showing just how good that they were in Utah. Gobert for many years was the reason the Utah Jazz had a good defense. When Gobert has help on the defensive side the team will be a top 5 defense. I had the pleasure of watching this guy grow from a no name G leaguer to a 3 time DOPY. He does it the way the youtubers are pointing out. I do think that Rudy needed last years back step to understand where and how to impact the defense for the TWolves.

Rudy 100% the dpoy . & yes wolves contenders probably not a favorite but definitely have a realistic shot at a championship

Gobert is a Hall Of Famer 🤷

Utah doing F ALL with those "assests"...

This is a good trade. The Wolves were not going anywhere before the trade. Gobert is a great defensive player . It allows Towns to play power forward. That's what he is. Getting Alexander- walker was big also. Anther great defender. The draft picks they gave up are late first round picks. Giving up DLO was an improvement. He didn't play defense and he didn't try hard all the time. Vanderbilt was easily replaceable. Beasley wasn't going to re-sign here anyways. The Wolves have a team that now plays very good defense. They all play hard now. Towns , Edwards, Conley and Gobert are the leaders. They push each other. Like they should. And, they all want to be here. That's why Towns, McDaniels and Reid all signed new contracts. By the way . They have a very good coach

Americans who mocked him after the trade are finally opening their eyes to his value, how the tables have turned.

Jazz fan. I’m not mad at the haul we got for Gobert, but I always thought it would have been worth while to trade Mitchell and get some good 3 and D wings (at least one borderline all star like Mikel bridges at the time). Gobert tries 100% of the time. Mitchell gives up on defense. Gobert has the mentality of a winner and I always knew it was not Rudy’s fault for the jazz failing

It’s crazy how last year everyone viewed Mitchell’s situation on the Cavs as the way better one compared to Goberts and therefor he must’ve been the most important player on the Jazz during that time and now it’s almost like that’s completely flipped where Goberts in a much better situation this year as the 1 seed and Mitchell on the Cavs is not bad but I don’t think as hyped as people first expected

Rudy is the closest thing to winning an MVP strictly for defense. He won’t, but no one player brings more value to a single side of the floor

Awesome video!

Compare the trade based on the teams right now and the Wolves won the trade. Beverley, Vando, and Beasley aren’t with the Jazz anymore. Bolmaro is a non factor. Kessler regressed from his rookie season. Jazz lost Donovan Mitchell. The first round picks they received will be late picks that probably won’t even pan out. It’s about winning now and the Wolves are doing that. LET’S GO WOLVES! 🐜🐺🐺🐺🐺

As a die hard twolves fan if we get anywhere close to that 65 wins we are projected ro get, Gobert should get MVP

It looks like Gobert took a page from Brook Lopez' defensive improvement from last season. Lopez was suddenly not just a drop coverage guy, getting out to shooters and recovering, playing a unique brand of hedging. Gobert has made a similar improvement, as that biggest weakness that was exposed in Utah seems to have vanished. Lopez got some DPOY noise last season, despite his glaring weakness on the boards. Gobert doesn't have that same weakness. The DPOY race is Gobert's to lose, with Davis not too far behind.

If by some miracle the Wolves win the Finals, I really hope in the end KAT says "This one's for you, Flip."

We back😈😈

I think it will only be at the end of his contract that we will be able to say if they paid too much. Already a small market like Minnesota is forced to pay a little expensive but especially if the Wolves have one of the two best seasons in their history, this transfer will then be at the right price

It is so amazing to me as a Jazz fan. That now Rudy gets so much love. He has been doing this basically his whole career. Now that he is on the Wolves everyone is recognizing what he is doing. Yes he won multiple DPOY as a Jazzman but it feels like his hate is much less now.

I remember a jazz fan telling me to enjoy Rudy Gobert on the wolves and he wasn’t lying.

Glazing

Most if not all of our 16 wins are mostly from Gobert. It's true and it also blows my mind

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I think it would be funny to see Rudy Gobert and Draymond Green inducted into the Hall of Fame on the same night.

I'm curious to see the French national team D with Rudy and VW :)

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Don’t forget the Duncan to Robinson lob was almost unstoppable when the got a switch. Too much size

My only concern (besides health issues) for the Timberwolves is the maturity improvement of J-Mac. I hope he can better manage his frustration and commit less naive fouls.

Damn, as a Heat fan I really want Bam to get a DPOY BUT Rudy is going nuts on defense..can't see him not winning at this point.

Beside the sheer stats, which are pretty good, Rudy brings a lot more for the team especially on defense but also on offense. IMO he is one of the most valuable player without the ball in his hand. Which is great to build a team around especially when you have players like KAT and Ant that like to have the ball. It makes way more sense to build a team around Gobert than to pile ball eaters like the Clippers do.

i think they are a good to great team and maybe the best wolves team of all time, but if they are contenders i dont know, the west is hard and winning against healthy nuggets is tough for everyone, but if gobert can limit jokic even in the playoffs they maybe have a chance. but its not only the nuggets, okc is very good this year, even though really young, so they might struggle in the playoffs. the clippers look fantastic as of late, its hard to predict, if the wolves are really contenders. but i will be fun to find out :)

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During 2023-2024 season gobert earns $41mil which would be half a mil per regular season game....which is $2mil for four seasonal games vs. Denver. In the meantime, while gobert is "defending" and earning $2 000 000 for those four games, Joker avg. 33/12/4. Gobert is a solid jokic's customer😅

The real question is the same layoff Gobert always gets exposed

Playing a Utah people always sleep on them, now playing in Minnesota. People always sleep on them but fuck what the other people say. Rudy is nice. Three time defensive player the year about four. It’s funny people act like defense is not a part of basketball or something and it doesn’t contribute toward winning by the people that played basketball they know what it is. Rudy brings an attitude about defense. He makes other people want to play defense. People know that Rudy defensive wizard. Mitchell Robinson, Clint Caphela please take notes. Y’all got the same potential but Rudy wants it more that’s why his teams are always in the playoffs low-key with that being said I wish they would’ve been able to keep Pat Beverly, but in hindsight, the Rudy trade was a great success. He is the biggest reason they’re in this position right now.

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I clearly said last year who cares about the 4 first round picks and the guy we drafted in the first round ! Um first off we are a playoff TEAM!! That means LATE picks !!!! It’s not like they getting a top 10 pick for the first rounders lmao!! Also there split up. We get a 2024 first round pick witch again will be late but we get it. We ALSO got got 3 seconds and Mike and Walker who is a mid first round pick and is playing outstanding right now ! Guess where they came from ? Hmmm, jazz !!!! We won this trade ! They get late picks they most likely won’t matter at all lol and we get three outstanding players !!! Yeah we won ! I don’t want to see anyone from last year switching there mind unless they say they were completely wrong

Rudy GOAT-BEAR!!!

They winning the 2024 nba finals

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Rudy was shit last year. Felt cheated compared to his play in Utah. This year he's been absolutely ridiculous. One of those most impactful players I've ever watched and surprisingly it's on both sides

I think they are a contender, but my issue with the wolves is that Gobert and KAT`s games don`t work as well in the playoffs. so i think that they might stay a great regular season team. my DPOY would be Wemby with Gobert at second

Timberwolves win the tradeee and win for the nba championshippppp

Naz Reid

Unfortunately for them if they don't win a title I think the trade is a loss, because Walker Kessler is gonna be a very solid/good interior defender for the length of career, after already finishing in the upper echelon of blocks per game last season as a rookie, and they gave up so many other draft picks, while also having Rudy making a ton of money. Kess and those picks coulda very easily been a better way for long term success along side Edwards in the future. If they don't win a title with Rudy, they're likely gonna be pretty rough on the tail end of this thing because of the lack of picks. If they didn't give up so much and/or his contract wasn't so expensive this wouldn't be the case, but all things considered I think it's pretty much title or bust for this trade to be considered a win for them

I dont think the wolves is winning the title no chance with how kat is in the playoffs

They still overpaid for Gobert. It's not even close. Gobert has value, of course. And the Wolves have figured out how to fit around him. But the long drought ahead in drafting is going to weigh heavily on this franchise. Benefit now, pay later. The bill will come due.

I'm not hating Gobert, but I think all this stuff about the Twolves and Gobert is too overhyped. Just remember Utah. They were great in the regular season, then falls off in the playoffs. I hope I'm wrong, but it would be great if they can at least get to CF.

it's kinda dumb how the wolves are not a mess because of conley. Gobert does his things: rebounds and screens, nothing more because offensively he's a zero. Wolves will choke as always and will sell players in the next 2 seasons: some teams never change.

Who cares, second round out at best and they fly out of that frozen tundra

ya know, as a lifelong JAZZ diehard, I have to admit I am happy for Rudy. He was never the problem here with the whole donovan mitchell/gobert Drama. He wanted to win, Donovan wanted to be a star. CAn't balame either of em, but Good for Rudy, he deserves to succeed. HE is a great Team man, and that meant a lot here. BEst of Luck Minnesota.

Paul George to the clippers was the worst trade of all time