PART OF AN ORDINANCE TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION. WELL LESS THAN 24. HOURS AFTER SIGNING KARL ANTHONY TOWNS TO A BIG EXTENSION , HUGE EXTENSION THE TIMBERWOLVES THEY PULL OFF A MASSIVE TRADE TODAY. JIM JOINS US NOW WITH THE DETAILS, AND PIERRE A. THIS MOVE REALLY RAISED A LOT OF EYEBROWS ACROSS MINNESOTA AND IN THE NEWSROOM AS WELL, EYEBROWS. THAT'S FOR SURE. THAT IS FOR DARN SURE. YEAH, GUYS. FOR YEARS, THIS FRANCHISE HAS SEEN ITS FAIR SHARE OF POOR DEFENSIVE PLAY. BUT THIS AFTERNOON, THEY WENT AND GOT PERHAPS THE BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER IN THE GAME.
THE TIMBERWOLVES HAVE MADE A DEAL TO ACQUIRE RUDY GOBERT FROM THE UTAH JAZZ WILL GET TO WHAT MINNESOTA GAVE UP IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT GOBERT HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE NINE YEAR CAREER IN UTAH, WHERE HE TURNED INTO A THREE TIME DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND A THREE TIME ALL STAR. LAST SEASON WITH THE JAZZ, GOBERT AVERAGED OVER 15 POINTS AND OVER 14 REBOUNDS PER GAME. WE KNOW PROTECTION AND REBOUNDING WAS A MAJOR ISSUE FOR MINNESOTA LAST SEASON, GOBERT SOLVES BOTH OF THOSE PROBLEMS. OKAY HERE'S WHAT MINNESOTA GIVES UP AS PART OF THE TRADE, GET SOME PEN AND PAPER OUT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT THE JAZZ. GET PATRICK BEVERLEY, JARED VANDERBILT, MALIK BEASLEY , 2022 1ST ROUND PICK WALKER KESSLER AND LEANDRO BALL MORROW . BUT WAIT, THAT'S NOT ALL. THE WOLVES WILL ALSO BE SENDING A 2023 2025 2027 1ST ROUND PICK, ALL OF WHICH ARE UNPROTECTED A PICK SWAP IN 2026. AND A TOP FIVE PROTECTED FIRST ROUND PICK IN 2029, A MASSIVE HOLE FOR THE UTAH JAZZ AS THEY LOOK TO RETOOL THEIR ROSTER, BUT A MONSTER MOVE BY TIM CONNOLLY AND THE TIMBERWOLVES AS THEY ACQUIRE RUDY GOBERT.
