This Report is INSANE...|Timberwolves Offseason Update...

So today we begin with this report is insane. Timberwolves off season update today. We take a look at the Ben Simmons opportunity in the Boston Celtics, jail and Brown deal that actually involved Rudy go bear, I guess, ultimately did Minnesota Timberwolves president Tim Connolly ultimately make the right no deal decisions on both of those. Welcome back to the Timberwolves digest as always North America. I'm Dave Debaugh and I bring you the latest Minnesota Timberwolves news trade reports, trade rumors, and of course, a whole lot of commentary on today's show. We're going to take a close look at the jail and Brown deal as well. And I'm going to ask you all a question about Rudy go bear. But before we dive into that, was this the right move? Not actually signing good old Ben Simmons to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Please go ahead and drop your comments in. I want to know what your thoughts and opinions are. Now we'll talk more about that in just a little bit, but I did want to mention that we've got some new reporting today on what happened with jail and Brown and what the Timberwolves were ultimately going to have to give up, which in my opinion was too much, which actually leads me to the next image I'm going to show you all, which is a picture of Rodney Dangerfield, Rudy go bear, where I asked the question is Rudy, the Rodney Dangerfield of the NBA. I want to know what your thoughts and opinions are. I swear, Rudy go bear is just like Rodney Dangerfield. He gets absolutely no respect. Drop your comments in. And if you are new to the Timberwolves digest, please go ahead and subscribe. And of course I always like to say, if you like the pod, well, then go ahead and like the pod, so we're going to talk more about jail and Brown in just a little bit, but I did want to wrap up the whole Ben Simmons potential deal to the Minnesota Timberwolves with this following statement, which is simply to say, wait and see, I think Tim Connolly absolutely made the right decision, not actually fully going through with a Ben Simmons deal at this point. I think we should just simply wait and see which Ben Simmons actually shows up in Sacramento because before the NBA trading deadline goes down, if the Timberwolves really did like what we're seeing out of Ben Simmons in Sacramento. Then a decision to bring Ben Simmons to the Timberwolves would make sense, but I like the idea of actually waiting and seeing now in terms of jail and Brown, we've talked a lot about jail and Brown in the past and what the Timberwolves were actually thinking about when it came to actually bringing jail and Brown into the Minnesota Timberwolves. Now we have a new report that just came out. I just showed you part of it. What Boston ultimately wanted in return was substantial. The Celtics wanted Rudy and Nas, and it was going to be just too high a price to pay said drawn John Krasinski. I absolutely agree that giving up Rudy would have been too much for the Timberwolves. Rudy provides a layer of comfort for this Minnesota Timberwolves team. Now, if they were able to actually do what they ended up doing and not give up Rudy Gobert, well, then that's a different story. Look, I'd love to get your thoughts and opinions on that. Please go ahead and drop them in. 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So look, ultimately I think the price was too high, uh, considering that the Timberwolves were going to have to give up Rudy go bear, uh, to bring Jalen Brown into the team, but, uh, enough of my opinions, I would love to know what your opinions are on that actual topic. Do you think that the Timberwolves should have gone ahead and moved off of Rudy at this point? Do you think Tim Connolly should have made the move ultimately to move off of Rudy go bear in order to bring a Jalen Brown on to this team? I, I personally think the price was too high. I like the chemistry that we have. Uh, I like this new look, Minnesota Timberwolves team, which involves all of these pieces. And of course, missing from this picture is IO and TJ and a couple other key ingredients is as well that I think make the Minnesota Timberwolves at least the third best team entering the season in the Western conference. I think we're ultimately from a team perspective, we're better than Lakers. I guess the real question will be, you know, do we have enough firepower and do we have enough of a strategy from a zigzag Tim Connolly perspective to ultimately take down San Antonio and, or that other pesky team in the Western conference, which is pretty good too in OKC drop your comments in, I want to know what your thoughts and opinions are just to refresh everybody on why I think Rudy ultimately matters more than a lot of people realize, look, 11 points a game. He can't shoot free throws. Uh, 11.5 rebounds per game. How many people in the national basketball association are going to do that for you? 1.7 assists. He's a good team player. We know he doesn't shoot threes. We do know they still has a free throw shooting problem. And we also know that there are games in which he'll finish those with four or five blocks. Normally averages between one and a half and two blocks per season. So I think Gobert is a perfect fit for a team like this Minnesota Timberwolves team that's going to run and gun a lot more this upcoming season, but still will need the comfort of a Rudy Gobert to provide that baseline defense. All right. That's all I've got for you all today on the Timberwolves digest. Love to know your thoughts and opinions. Please go ahead and drop them in. As always for the Timberwolves digest, I'm Dave DeBaw wishing you all a tremendous rest of your sports viewing day.