Der har længe været en forventning om, at der skulle ske nogle store ændringer i Utah for at nå et tilfedsstillende sluspilsresultat. Fredag aften skete det så endelig, da man sendte den tredobbelte Årets Forsvarsspiller, Rudy Gobert, til Minnesota Timberwolves i et bytte som skaffede dem en masse draft picks samt en håndfuld spillere – nogle bedre end andre!
Aftalen mellem de to hold sender Rudy Gobert til Timberwolves i bytte for Malik Beasly, Jarred Vanderbilt, Patrick Beverly, Leandro Bolmaro, Walker Kessler (rookie, 22. draft pick i år) og hele fire 1st round picks i fremtidige drafts.
Tre af de fire draft picks er unprotected (2023, 2025, 2027), hvorimod deres fjerde pick er top-5 protected (2029). *Et protected pick vil sige, at i tilfælde af at Jazz får et top-5 valg i 2029, så får Minnesota Timberwolves deres draft pick tilbage.
Rudy Gobert takker af i Utah
Utah!!! I was just a kid from France when i got here 9 years ago… pic.twitter.com/TKmQ6tC4dH
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) July 2, 2022
Timberwolves-journalist Kyle Theige om situationen hos hans hold
New Timberwolves ownership came in and made one thing abundantly clear — they wanted to be aggressive and go star hunting.
They got their new executive in Tim Connelly, and now they got their new center in Rudy Gobert.
Weirdest team ever just got… weirder.
— Kyle Theige (@KyleTheige) July 1, 2022
