He is one of the big bombs of this Free Agency 2022. Rudy Gobert will be a Wolves player next year, alongside Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns and he will also find… Tim Connelly, a man whom he knows well. Recently appointed director of basketball operations for Minnesota, the latter had drafted Rudy in 2013 while he was still in office with the Nuggets. He had not kept it and had sent it to the Jazz against Erick Green…
Fault confessed is half redressed. The adage would almost work to illustrate this paper like. And yes, since by joining the green coniferous forests of Minnesota, Rudy Gobert will find his first general manager. It is indeed Tim Connelly, also freshly arrived at the Wolves a few weeks ago. Come on, it’s time to go back in time, so get on the machine and go to June 2013. We are at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and the smartest of you will have understood that it is not for the NBA Finals – at the same time the Nets team of then is freaking out but not in a good way – but for the Draft. The whole world is drooling over the exceptional talent of Anthony Bennett, the future LeBron. Hey, it’s aging pretty badly around here. More seriously, the Nuggets have the 27th choice of the evening and it is Tim Connelly, a GM of only 36 years old just posted in Denver, who must decide which direction the franchise should take for the next few years. With this pick 27 it is therefore Rudy Gobert, the pivot of Cholet Basket, who is chosen by the friends of the Rockies. A quick handshake with David Stern, then a phone call and the order to change hats. Yes, after a few minutes in Colorado, Rudy goes to Utah. The counterpart of the deal? Erick Green, the 46th choice of the same vintage and cash. You don’t know who it is? Rather logical, he only had a very limited role in the NBA before heading to Europe.
It was the only scenario that I had really heard of and had confirmation of, before the week.
The silence of Wolves (apart from Kyle Anderson) on the evening of the Free Agency was too surprising considering the noises around Connelly.
Rudy Gobert in Minnesota, they made it. https://t.co/xeEA2Qz62r
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For all those who – rightly – would like to give a damn about the face of this dear Tim Connelly, don’t forget that with the 41st choice of the 2014 Draft, the gentleman was looking for us a certain Nikola Jokic. Yes, a two-time reigning MVP in the second round. It seems that even in the perfumeries of Grasse, they don’t have a flair like that. The affront has therefore been washed away for two days, since the neo-sports manager of Wolves has just mortgaged his entire franchise to secure the services of his short-lived rookie. The purpose of this transfer? To be able to shift KAT to position 4, it seems at his request, and add a first-rate defensive curtain in the key. Minny wants to turn a corner and bring the Larry O’Brien back to the North for the first time. Of course, if the story logically makes you smile since the two men meet again nine years later, let’s not put a free caramel on dear Tim. GMs from all franchises make trades every year with their late first-round picks, so let’s be a little lenient on that.
Will Tim Connelly have planned the petits fours and champagne for the reunion with his (ex) new favorite pivot? We hope so, because this relationship with Rudy must get off to the best possible start. Why ? We just remind you that Minnesota sent its life insurance to Utah in this transfer eh.
Source : thejnotes.com