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The Gobert Trade: Starting to Pay Dividends (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by nickwaynek@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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The Timberwolves now sit at 13-4, the current #1 seed in the Western Conference, almost 1/4 through the season.

Rudy Gobert defensive rating: 102.3 (#1 in the league)

KAT defensive rating: 104 (#2 in the league this year / averaged 109 historically)

Timberwolves: 106.6 (#1 in the league)

If they make the finals this year; are we still saying it was an overpay?

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[–] SemataryPolka@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (36 children)

As a Timberwolves fan, I'd say it's ALREADY worth it. There were multiple full seasons where we literally barely won as much the whole year as have right now at 13. We're relevant. We're fun to watch. We're playing for today. We're in contention. We haven't had that in 20 years. I don't care what non-Timberwolves fans think tbh. They don't get it. Most of yall skip around with your favorite players anyway. You don't know what it's like to follow a losing team for decades. Only Kings bros can talk to us. I'm not losing sleep over some basic bench players and some #25-30 draft picks. We aren't #1 in the West without Gobert. Full stop.

Now I'm gonna enjoy this season that (barring injuries) will continue to be a blast

[–] Chubbin@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

This is what people don't get about us Nuggets fans being so passionate about Jokic and our current squad in general.

Im a lifetime nuggets fan. I was going to games when Antonio McDyess was our best player. As late as 2017 I would've laughed at you if you said the Nuggets would ever win a ring. Getting to the WCF during The bubble was the peak of my fandom and never thought I could ask for more from this franchise.

Big market/perennially good fanbases will never understand, and will always try to make us (and yall) feel stupid for caring about finally having SOMETHING. Fuck em all.

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