Report: Wolves players have been frustrated with Rudy Gobert

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Report: Wolves players have been frustrated with Rudy Gobert

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Grab your torches and pitch forks - let's get him!

https://ahnfiredigital.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/report-wolves-players-have-been-frustrated-with-rudy-gobert-particularly-with-his-turnovers/
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Carlos Danger wrote:Grab your torches and pitch forks - let's get him!

https://ahnfiredigital.com/nba/minnesota-timberwolves/report-wolves-players-have-been-frustrated-with-rudy-gobert-particularly-with-his-turnovers/


Oh, oh...not good. Many of us have been concerned about Rudy's hands this season, but upon further review, 1.7 turnovers per game doesn't seem to be a big problem...hardly the reason for our disappointing start. If this report is true, it's not good news.
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I've never heard of the website or author of the article. Seems like the "source" is an off handed comment by Windhorst. Not worried about this at all
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kekgeek1 wrote:I've never heard of the website or author of the article. Seems like the "source" is an off handed comment by Windhorst. Not worried about this at all


Kek, I hope you're correct, but this is more about the reliability of Windhorst than the website (since the Windhorst comments have been on several websites), and I think most people rank Windhorst as more reliable than average. But if this is true, I see it more of an indictment of the Wolves players who are whining about 1.7 TO's per game than of Rudy. I don't like it.
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My guess is guys get annoyed/unhappy all the time with each other. That's what happens when you put a group of diverse personalities together for 8 months and they are forced to spend thousands of hours together.

And do we think Rudy is the only guy that may frustrate or annoy team mates? Look at how annoyed we get with certain players, even some our favorites!

The real question is whether they can constructively work through these issues and perform on the court.
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I would not be surprised if there's a lot of frustration and resentment in that locker room. They've certainly looked disconnected quite a bit this season.

And yes... 1.7 TOs doesn't seem like a lot. BUT... sometimes it's the type of TO. Or, for players who get paid/judged by their stats... how many TOs did the player(s) get attributed to them that they think should have gone to Gobert?

Again, this is a team that finally had a glimmer of success, only for the new Basketball President they don't know come in and make a monumental trade that changed the entire team... changing they way they play.

All for one guy.

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Q-was-here wrote:My guess is guys get annoyed/unhappy all the time with each other. That's what happens when you put a group of diverse personalities together for 8 months and they are forced to spend thousands of hours together.

And do we think Rudy is the only guy that may frustrate or annoy team mates? Look at how annoyed we get with certain players, even some our favorites!

The real question is whether they can constructively work through these issues and perform on the court.


Yes, ultimately that's the only issue. I'm putting a lot of importance on tonight's game against Portland. The fact that the Wolves are favored by a point despite missing Towns, JMac, and most likely Prince and Naz tells us a lot about how the experts view these two teams. DLo returns from an illness, and I hope that he noticed the better defense and ball movement we saw in the Denver game. We had 29 assists Monday after averaging 18 in the three previous games. If DLo can help us approach that 29 assist level and focus on his defense, we will pick up an important win tonight. Again, I see him as the key to our reaching our potential.
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I don't know, it doesn't really seem like a thing. We haven't heard any rumblings of this. It's a frustrating season thus far, but I haven't seen any figure pointing.
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Sundog60 wrote:I don't know, it doesn't really seem like a thing. We haven't heard any rumblings of this. It's a frustrating season thus far, but I haven't seen any figure pointing.




But would it be surprising if there is internal drama? It's very common in the NBA... especially on struggling teams.

The Wolves have several other factors to exacerbate discord even more.
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AbeVigodaLive wrote:
Sundog60 wrote:I don't know, it doesn't really seem like a thing. We haven't heard any rumblings of this. It's a frustrating season thus far, but I haven't seen any figure pointing.




But would it be surprising if there is internal drama? It's very common in the NBA... especially on struggling teams.

The Wolves have several other factors to exacerbate discord even more.


But doesn't internal drama happen on good teams too? Even all-time great teams?

Brooklyn - THE poster-child of drama! - has reeled off 12 straight wins.
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