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Charles Barkley Rips The Timberwolves Over Rudy Gobert Trade: “Got Two 7-Footers Out There Like Idiots”
The Minnesota Timberwolves were one team that rocked the recent NBA offseason. After a trip to the NBA playoffs, the Wolves decided to shake up their roster by striking a deal to acquire Rudy Gobert from the Utah Jazz.
The package that the Timberwolves handed to the Jazz featured Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverley, Walker Kessler, Jarred Vanderbilt, Leandro Bolmaro and four first-round picks (unprotected first-round picks in 2023, 2025, 2027, and a top-five protected first round pick in 2029).
Gobert, for the record, is a game-changer on the defensive end and is someone who wreaks havoc on the interior as a rebounding machine. The Wolves are 4-4 to start the NBA season, and the full potential of the team is yet to be realized.
That said, player-turned-analyst Charles Barkley thinks the Wolves are idiots for trading for the 30-year old French big man and pairing him with fellow big man Karl Anthony-Towns.
Per eurohoops:
“That’s because they got two 7-footers out there like idiots. Nice trade”, Barkley said.
“I hated that trade. They can’t play the pick-n-roll. It would’ve been fine in our day, but they can’t guard in today’s game. They’re not dominating in the paint offensively or defensively”, former NBA star and now a television analyst on TNT added.
